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Judge, who has served as the state GOP's political director since 2021, succeeds Jason Simmons, who was named the state party chairman last month. 

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State Republican Chairman Michael Whatley is stepping down from the role days after he was named chairman of the Republican National Committee. He says the state should have a full-time chair. 

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At the Republican National Committee's spring meeting here Friday, members elevated Trump's endorsed candidates - North Carolina GOP chairman Michael Whatley and the former president's daughter-in-law, Lara Trump - to serve as the organization's new chair and co-chair, respectively.

HARMAN FACES SEVERAL CHARGES, INCLUDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE >> KIDNAPPING AND MURDER. NEW LEADERSHIP ANNOUNCED IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY TODAY, MICHAEL WHATLEY AND LARA TRUMP WILL BE THE NEW COACH AIRS OF THE RNC. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE LARA TRUMP. SHE'S THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, WILMINGTON, NATIVE IN NC STATE ALONG YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW MICHAEL WHATLEY, THOUGH I ASKED ONE OF OUR STATE GOVERNMENT REPORTER SOME MORE ABOUT IT. SO LET'S ESTABLISH THIS QUICKLY. WHO IS MICHAEL WILDLY AND WHAT'S HIS CONNECTION TO THE STATE HERE? NORTH CAROLINA, RIGHT? WELL, HE'S A NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE. HE'S FROM WATAUGA HE GOT PROFESSIONALS START ACTUALLY WITH THE GEORGE W BUSH CAMPAIGN BACK IN. THERE'S A RECOUNT, FLORIDA BACK IN. >> THE YEAR 2000, THAT'S A LITTLE FORESHADOWING. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE ELECTION. INTEGRITY, OBVIOUSLY GETTING A START THERE. BUT FROM THERE, HE WORKED WITH FORMER SENATOR ELIZABETH DOLE HE WENT ON TO BECOME AN ENERGY CONSULTANT. AND THAT'S WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE JOINED TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN AT ITS IN NORTH CAROLINA BACK IN 2015. AND YOU MENTIONED FORMER PRESIDENT IT IS WORTH MENTIONING THAT HE WAS HAND SELECTED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND DOES THE NOMINEE ALWAYS HAVE SUCH SWAY OVER THE PARTY? YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THE ANSWER THAT UNTIL JUST TODAY. AND I ASKED THE FORMER RNC SPOKESMAN, HE SAID YES, ACTUALLY IN ELECTION YEARS, THE PRESIDENT OR THE NOMINEE GENERALLY GETS TO DECIDE WHO IS LEADING THE RNC BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED AN ARM OF THE CAMPAIGN. IN FACT, BACK IN THE REAGAN'S DAUGHTER WAS A CO-CHAIR OF THE RNC. INTERESTING. SO SO WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS CHOICES ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONALLY AS WELL AS HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA? WHAT WE'RE SEEING IT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT PEOPLE WHO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH TRUMP US AND IN THE PARTY, WHETHER THAT AND THE RNC, WHETHER THAT'S YOU KNOW, AND ELECTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA ARE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. YOU SEE PEOPLE CLINGING TO AT LEAST WITHIN THE PARTY. HIS NAME IS A WINNER HELP TO WIN PRIMARIES IN, YOU KNOW, GET YOUR NAME OUT THERE. GET YOU ON FOX NEWS. SO WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE MORE

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Houston (CNN) -- Donald Trump wasted little time putting his imprint on the Republican Party just days after becoming its presumptive presidential nominee.