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The Republican Main Street Partnership (RMSP) is a group of moderate and centrist members of the United States Republican Party. They tend away from the dominant social conservatism of most Republicans and towards fiscal conservatism and limited government. The current president of the Republican Main Street Partnership is Michael N. Castle, who serves as the representative of Delaware's at-large congressional district.
History
The Republican Main Street Partnership was formed following the 1994 House elections, in which right-wing Republicans were swept into power. An informal discussion group formed by Representatives Nancy Johnson, Steve Gunderson, and Fred Upton became a large group of moderate Republicans.
The Republican Main Street Partnership has allied with other moderate Republican groups, including Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too, Ann Stone's Republicans for Choice, the Log Cabin Republicans, the Republican Majority For Choice, the Wish List, Republicans For Environmental Protection, and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority.
The Republican Main Street Partnership is a rather big-tent group that includes most liberal Republicans in Congress, such as Lincoln Chafee and Chris Shays, and some members who would fit most of the criteria of a conservative, such as Norm Coleman and Jerry Weller. The group's intent is to represent the moderate wing of the Republican Party.
In May 2005, the Republican Main Street Partnership helped pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act in the House Of Representatives; 50 Republicans voted in support of the bill, which passed 238-194.
Notable members
Senators
- Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
- Norm Coleman, Minnesota
- Susan Collins, Maine
- Johnny Isakson, Georgia
- John McCain, Arizona
- Gordon Smith, Oregon
- Olympia Snowe, Maine
- Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Representatives
- Charlie Bass, New Hampshire
- Judy Biggert, Illinois
- Sherwood Boehlert, New York (Retiring in 2006)
- Mary Bono, California
- Jeb Bradley, New Hampshire
- Ginny Brown-Waite, Florida
- Ken Calvert, California
- Dave Camp, Michigan
- Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
- Michael N. Castle, Delaware
- Thomas M. Davis, Virginia
- Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania
- David Dreier, California
- Vern Ehlers, Michigan
- Mark Foley, Florida
- Rodney Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
- Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
- Wayne Gilchrest, Maryland
- Paul Gillmor, Ohio
- Kay Granger, Texas
- David Hobson, Ohio
- Nancy Johnson, Connecticut
- Timothy V. Johnson, Illinois
- Sue Kelly, New York
- Randy Kuhl, New York
- Mark Kirk, Illinois
- Jim Kolbe, Arizona (Retiring in 2006)
- Ray LaHood, Illinois
- Steve LaTourette, Ohio
- Jim Leach, Iowa
- Jerry Lewis, California
- Frank LoBiondo, New Jersey
- Jim McCrery, Louisiana
- Thomas Petri, Wisconsin
- Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
- Jon Porter, Nevada
- Deborah Pryce, Ohio
- Jim Ramstad, Minnesota
- Ralph Regula, Ohio
- Joe Schwarz, Michigan
- Christopher Shays, Connecticut
- Rob Simmons, Connecticut
- Mike Turner, Ohio
- Fred Upton, Michigan
- Greg Walden, Oregon
- James T. Walsh, New York
- Curt Weldon, Pennsylvania
- Jerry Weller, Illinois
- Heather Wilson, New Mexico
Governors
- Robert Ehrlich, Maryland
- Linda Lingle, Hawaii
- George Pataki, New York (Retiring in 2006)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
External links
Republican Party (United States) organizations | Centrist political advocacy groups in the United States
"Republican Main Street Partnership"