Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois

Our Mission

The mission of the RNHA is to build a membership organization to foster the principles of the Republican party in the Hispanic community; to provide Hispanic Americans with a forum to play an influential role in local, state and national Party activities; to increase the number of Hispanic elected officials; and to create and maintain a network of Hispanic Republican leaders.

Our Objectives

• To elect Republican candidates in Presidential, Congressional, State and local election.
• To organize the diverse Hispanic communities within the Republican Party.
• To promote the recruitment of Hispanic candidates and assist them with raising grassroots support.
• To promote the appointments of Hispanic leaders to political high-level positions in Republican Administration at the federal, state and local levels.
• To assist Republican campaigns by providing support for its candidates in the Hispanic media.
• To develop a Hispanic agenda that will address the necessities of our diverse Hispanic communities, so our points of view are taken into consideration by the Party in the development of its platform and in the legislative process.

Our Commitment

Since 1974 the RNHA has been involved in the elections of presidents Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush. Our new leadership is strongly committed to the following:

• To increase the RNHA membership, and its role as a resource to local, state, and national GOP candidates and leaders.
• To increase, organize and expand state and local RNHA chapters.
• To develop and present regional training conferences which provide guidance on organizational issues, electoral planning and mobilizing the Hispanic vote.
• To communicate the GOP message to the Hispanic community by participating in educational forums.
• To act as community liaison between the Hispanic community and the Republican Party.

Our History

The 1972 Presidential campaign, for the first time in U.S. history, created an outreach committee to involve Hispanic American voters in politics. The Spanish Speaking Committee for the Re-Election of President Nixon was instrumental in the acquisition of 60% of the Hispanic vote.

In 1972 President Nixon appointed George Bush as Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC). Reviewing the substantial gains scored by GOP candidates among voters of Hispanic background during the past election, Bush believed there was a need to keep all those Hispanic Americans who participated in President Nixon’s presidential election in the ranks of the Republican Party.

In April of 1973, Chairman Bush announced the formation of the Spanish Speaking Advisory Committee to the RNC to expand and improve the participation of Spanish surnamed persons in the Party.

Under the leadership of the national members of the Spanish Speaking Advisory Committee, the RNHA was officially born at the organizational meeting that took place on July 11-13, 1974 at the Stouffer’s National Center Inn in Crystal City, Virginia.

In 1974 the RNHA was officially organized by a group of Hispanic Republicans under the leadership of then-incumbent RNC Chairman George Bush. Since that time, the RNHA has been the only Hispanic Republican organization recognized as allied with the Republican National Committee (RNC).

Today, the RNHA continues to play an influential role as an allied organization of the RNC. With chapters throughout the nation, the RNHA is committed to its mission of inclusion, outreach and opportunity for the Hispanic community.