Richland County GOP Chairman Tyson Grinstead
stands outside the West Wing of the White House
after meeting with staff of the Trump Administration
and getting their blessing for his run for South
Carolina Republican National Executive Committeeman.
Grinstead won Saturday afternoon in a very close race.
Photo Credit: Facebook
stands outside the West Wing of the White House
after meeting with staff of the Trump Administration
and getting their blessing for his run for South
Carolina Republican National Executive Committeeman.
Grinstead won Saturday afternoon in a very close race.
Photo Credit: Facebook
Written by Tony J. Spain, Palmetto Examiner
August 11, 2025
COLUMBIA, S.C. (PE) – The election for South Carolina Republican National Executive Committeeman came down to the wire in Columbia Saturday with Richland County GOP Chairman Tyson Grinstead narrowly defeating former SCGOP Chairman Chad Connelly for the national position.
The election was voted on by the South Carolina Republican Executive Committee who gave Grinstead 25 votes to Connelly’s 21 votes and Cherokee County State Executive committeeman Joey Lemons receiving 2 votes.
“Thank you to the SCGOP Executive Committee for your support today. I’m looking forward to hitting the ground running,” Grinstead said. “I also want to thank the dozens of people who worked tirelessly over the last two weeks to make this happen. Together we can bring unity and success to the SCGOP!”
Grinstead’s win was a shocker and a surprising defeat to the current South Carolina Republican Chairman Drew McKissick, who was strongly backing Connelly for the position. Historically state party chairmen usually have great influences over the selection, but the defeat may be a sign McKissick is losing his grip on the state party he has controlled since 2017 and was reelected for his fifth term earlier this year.
The seat became vacant early last month with the sudden and unexpected death of Glenn McCall, a retired banker from Rock Hill, S.C., who held the position for seventeen years. Connelly was the clear frontrunner early on, but Grinstead pulled ahead after a meeting with the White House and receiving the blessing from the Trump team.
The Republican National Committee is the governing body of the Republican Party and is responsible for drafting the party platform and managing the branding and fundraising. It is made up of 168 members which includes a state party chair, 2 members of the national executive committee from all fifty states and U.S. Territories.
Grinstead joins McKissick and South Carolina national committeewoman Cindy Costa as South Carolina’s Republican representatives on the RNC.
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