For Chairman, Republican Party of Florida
A county chairman to lead the state party.
Dennis Ross chaired the Polk County Republican Party before he ever held office. Eight years in the Florida House. Eight in Congress. Now he is asking the State Executive Committee for its vote.
Years in the Florida House, 2000 to 2008
Terms in the U.S. House, 2011 to 2019
Committee vote for his flood insurance bill, which then passed the House unanimously
Florida counties. One Republican Party.
In 1992, Polk County Republicans elected Dennis chairman of their Executive Committee. Before that he led the Greater Lakeland Young Republicans. On his watch the county party recruited candidates, built an organization and elected Republicans to local office. He knows what a county chairman needs from Tallahassee because he has been one.
435 seats in the House. 218 is a majority.
In Congress, Republican leadership made Dennis a Senior Deputy Majority Whip. The work was to know where every member stood, keep the conference together and deliver the votes. A state chairman does the same work with a committee of some 250 members and 67 county parties.
In the last weeks of the 2016 campaign, with many Republicans keeping their distance from the top of the ticket, Dennis took the stage at Lakeland Linder airport and opened for Donald Trump in front of his own neighbors.
“One of a dwindling number of campaigning Republicans willing to be seen with Trump.”CBC News, October 2016
Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge in his first race for Congress.
Earned an A rating and the endorsement of the NRA.
Voted for President Trump’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
Held out on a spending bill until Florida was promised more hurricane relief.
Stood in Jerusalem for the opening of the U.S. Embassy.
To the members of the State Executive Committee:
I was a county chairman before I was anything else in politics. In Polk County in the early 1990s we recruited candidates, built an organization and elected Republicans to local office. That work taught me something I still believe. This party is built in the counties, by the people who serve on this committee.
I went on to serve eight years in the Florida House and eight in Congress, where I helped count votes for a Republican majority as a Senior Deputy Majority Whip. In October 2016 I stood on a stage in Lakeland and asked my neighbors to elect Donald Trump. I would do it again tomorrow.
Florida Republicans have earned something rare: a registration lead of more than a million voters, a newly elected Republican governor and strong majorities in Tallahassee. The next chairman’s job is to protect all of it and to build on it, in all 67 counties, in every cycle.
I am asking for your vote for Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. I will work for this committee, I will show up in your county, and I will keep the books open. I would be honored to earn your support.
Dennis Ross
Candidate for Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida
The members of the State Executive Committee elect the chairman, and the chairman answers to them.
Year-round registration, with every county REC funded and staffed to do the work.
A party that registers, turns out and chases ballots twelve months a year.
Work with Governor Donalds and legislative leadership as one team.
Sound governance, an independent audit and books that members can read.
Training for candidates, treasurers and county chairs, in every region of the state.