The conservative leadership that over several decades helped move Republicans in Hamilton County from a minority to a majority party has been swept out of party office.
Today, all constitutional officers in Hamilton County are Republican. Eight of 11 Hamilton County commissioners and its mayor are Republican. Six of the seven members of the Hamilton County legislative delegation are Republican.
On Saturday, though, a group of Republicans calling themselves Activate Hamilton – many of them relatively new to the area and many affiliated with a locally politically active church – outorganized the old guard and were voted decisively into leadership positions of the county party.
Since the new party chair, Gail Greene, received 213 votes, and more than 40,000 people voted in the 2022 Republican primary for Hamilton County mayor, the election is not likely to mean much to the average Hamilton County GOP voter at the moment.
However, the current and past pronouncements of some members of the new leadership slate may make some of those 40,000 voters wonder about the party now representing them.