National Federation of Republican Assemblies
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The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) is a volunteer organization of Republicans that promotes conservative principles and candidates within the United States Republican Party. In addition to supporting candidates, they also campaign against so-called RINOs (Republican In Name Only), which they perceive as being sympathetic to liberalism. Their slogan is "The Republican Wing of the Republican Party". The group has allied itself with Eagle Forum, Accuracy in Media, and Front Page Magazine.
The NFRA is governed by a National Board of Directors. The board consists of officers and three representatives from chartered state organizations. The current President of the NFRA is Rod Martin, and his term expires in 2009.[1] Speakers at the 2007 NFRA convention in St. Louis included Grover Norquist, Phyllis Schlafly, and Tom DeLay.
History
The NFRA's beginnings go back to the election of 1996 in which Senator Bob Dole of Kansas (1969-1996) won the Republican Party's nomination for president. Republican activists, reeling from their loss to sitting President Bill Clinton, met in Las Vegas, Nevada in December of that year to unite the right-wing of the United States Republican Party nationally and create a grass roots level organization. The California Republican Assembly (CRA) called together the organizational meeting along with the Arizona Republican Assembly (ARA). Representatives such as Phyllis Schlafly became involved and in August, 1997, representatives from 18 states met in St. Louis, Missouri to make the organization official.[2]
Still based on grass roots activism, the group continues to align itself with the conservative wing of the United States Republican Party.
