What is Republican Governors Association?
[[File:Secretary Kelly In Texas Pool Photos (31808974854) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Leader of the RGA since 2019 is [[Greg Abbott]] of [[Texas]]]] The '''Republican Governors Association''' ('''RGA''') is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-based [[527 organization]]. It started in 1963.<ref name=RGA>{{cite web|url=http://www.rga.org/default.asp?pt=doc&doc=about|title=About the RGA|access-date=2014-09-24|archive-date=2007-07-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070727161507/http://www.rga.org/default.asp?pt=doc&doc=about|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its members are [[U.S. state]] and territorial [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[governors]]. The RGA chairman is [[Governor of Tennessee|Governor]] [[Greg Abbott]] of [[Texas]]. He became chairman in November 2019 after Governor [[Pete Ricketts]] of [[Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ebert |first=Joel |date=2017-11-16 |title=For second time, Gov. Bill Haslam elected to serve as RGA chief |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/16/second-time-gov-bill-haslam-elected-serve-rga-chief/870059001/ |work=Tennessean |access-date=April 21, 2018}}</ref> The 2017 RGA Vice Chair was [[Governor of Wisconsin|Governor]] [[Scott Walker]] of [[Wisconsin]]. The rest of the Executive Committee includes Governors [[Kim Reynolds]] of [[Governor of Iowa|Iowa]], [[Larry Hogan]] of [[Governor of Maryland|Maryland]], [[Charlie Baker]] of [[Governor of Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[Henry McMaster]] of [[Governor of South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Kristi Noem]] of [[Governor of South Dakota|South Dakota]], [[Bill Lee]] of [[Governor of Tennessee|Tennessee]], [[Pete Ricketts|Pete Rickets]] of [[Governor of Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[Eric Holcomb]] of [[Governor of Indiana|Indiana]], and [[Doug Burgum]] of [[Governor of North Dakota|North Dakota]]. 40th [[President of the United States]], [[Ronald Reagan]], was once president of the RGA when he was [[Governor of California]]. These people have been leaders of the RGA: [[John Chafee]], [[William Milliken