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Presented by Rebuild the Party and co-sponsored by YouTube, this RNC Candidates Forum is our last chance to quiz the candidates for RNC Chairman before the vote on January 30th.

At 11:59pm on January 19th, question submission and voting closed and we are presenting the ten questions below to the candidates for their video responses.

Read more about the questions and our selection process here.

Thank you for helping make this the most open and transparent RNC Chairman's race in history!

If elected Chairman, you will be the "CEO" of the Party. A good CEO is dependent on the leaders right below him in charge of the important aspects of the Party. What will you look for in candidates to lead the messaging, grassroots organizing and fundraising aspects of the Party? -- Mindy Finn asked on July 29, 2010 at 6:52 pm Vote: 8 6 Overall Score 2 Report This Question	Do you believe we should integrate the web operation into every department at the RNC? -- Robert Willington asked on July 29, 2010 at 7:06 pm Vote: 10 8 Overall Score 2 Report This Question	A Republican Secretaries of State Project -- Patrick Ruffini asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:17 pm Vote: 21 6 Overall Score 15 Report This Question
Would You Have Supported Lincoln Chafee? -- Patrick Ruffini asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:30 pm Vote: 10 5 Overall Score 5 Report This Question	As Republicans try to remedy the Democratic Party strength among the youth, how should the GOP deal with the problem that by definition most of the current young Republicans are out of the majority and considered dorks by their peers? -- Bob Brigham asked on July 29, 2010 at 10:38 pm Vote: 7 17 Overall Score -10 Report This Question	Many local parties do not have any strategy for presenting themselves on the Internet, many do not see a need. Especially in successful local parties that are winning their races, they do not see the bigger picture and the fact that we lost the youth vote severely this last election. Some even point to local wins among youth withou considering, did they win or did no one actually reach them? How will you get the local parties to understand how important the Internet is to our future? -- Randy Covington asked on July 29, 2010 at 12:19 am Vote: 10 5 Overall Score 5 Report This Question
Specific Items to Attract Young Voters -- Aaron Marks asked on July 29, 2010 at 3:53 am Vote: 36 5 Overall Score 31 Report This Question	3 Most Important Jobs of RNC Chairman -- Mindy Finn asked on July 29, 2010 at 12:33 pm Vote: 8 9 Overall Score -1 Report This Question	Ali A. Akbar: Courting the African American Vote... -- Ali Akbar asked on July 29, 2010 at 1:50 pm Vote: 1 8 Overall Score -7 Report This Question
Ali A. Akbar asks: Courting the African American Vote -- Ali Akbar asked on July 29, 2010 at 1:54 pm Vote: 17 12 Overall Score 5 Report This Question	In states such Illinois, the Republican party is all but dead, engaging in a lackluster performance that has resulted, among other things, allowing a novice Chicago politician to rise from that of State Senator to US Senator, to President. The Illinois GOP offers a reputation of being arrogant, bigoted, out-of-touch, complacent, inaccessible and unresponsive to the needs of constituents throughout the state, offering a tarnished image of the unwanted step-child of Illinois politics, felt by conservative allies as a tremendous disappointment and embarrassment. With calls for party leaders here to resign in favor of more pro-active leadership, what would you do as RNC Chair to enact substantive reforms at the state level so that we can avoid... -- Michael Burns asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:00 pm Vote: 18 6 Overall Score 12 Report This Question	What is your paln to strengthen the State party structure. -- james sleight asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:03 pm Vote: 3 7 Overall Score -4 Report This Question
How will your work to strengthen our State Party's. -- james sleight asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:05 pm Vote: 4 9 Overall Score -5 Report This Question	It is known that some Republican lawmakers at the state and federal level have ignored conservative principles at one time or another in favor of supporting liberal policy proposals, sometimes due to pressure from groups such as trial lawyers and feminists, who threaten retaliation come time for re-election. As RNC Chair, what, if anything, will you do to help address or alleviate this problem so that Republican lawmakers will stay true to their word, and stand behind the conservative principles they once promoted to become elected? -- Michael Burns asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:19 pm Vote: 22 4 Overall Score 18 Report This Question	Does the RNC need a major re-branding effort, in order to forge better connections with an ever-changing U.S. population, or do we just need a light touch-up? -- Michael Burns asked on July 29, 2010 at 5:22 pm Vote: 10 4 Overall Score 6 Report This Question