Jill Homan and Bob Kabel were elected National Committeewoman and the National Committeeman, respectively. State Representative and Republican National Committeewoman Keiko Orrall was unopposed for the Republican nomination. Ginger Howard was elected at the 2016 State Convention as the current RNC Committeewoman. Benkiser was succeeded by Cathie Adams, a conservative activist and Republican national committeewoman from Plano. After her resignation as Republican National committeewoman, Sabin received tremendous support. His mother was a former Republican National Committeewoman. She is also a former national committeewoman for Minnesota to the Republican National Committee. She became a socialite and served as a Democratic committeewoman. She also serves as the National Committeewoman for the Republican Party of American Samoa. In 1972 she became a Republican National Committeewoman in Arizona. In August 1968, she was elected as the Democratic National Committeewoman from New York State. In 1924, she became the first elected national committeewoman from Illinois and served until 1928. For forty years, she was the Republican Committeewoman for the state of Washington. Since 2008, Peterson has served as Democratic National Committeewoman for Louisiana. She served as a national committeewoman until 1996.