{{Short description|American political advisor}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Bob Paduchik |image = Bob_Paduchik_20170523.jpg |office = Chair of the Ohio Republican Party |term_start = February 26, 2021 |term_end = January 6, 2023 |predecessor = Bryan C. Williams (Acting) |successor = Alex Triantafilou | office1 = Co-Chair of the Republican National Committee | term_start1 = January, 2017 | term_end1 = January, 2019 | leader1 = Ronna McDaniel | predecessor1 = | successor1 = Thomas O. Hicks Jr. |birth_name = Robert Anthony Paduchik |birth_date = |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |spouse = |children = 2 |education = University of Akron (BA) }} '''Robert Anthony Paduchik''' is an American political advisor who served as the co-chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2017 to 2019. He was also a senior advisor for the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign. He was also the campaign's Ohio state director in 2016.
== Early life and education == A native of Tallmadge, Ohio, Paduchik earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Akron in 1989, where he was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.<ref name="cleveland" /><ref>{{cite web |date=15 December 2016 |title=National party leadership comes once again from UA |url=https://www.uakron.edu/im/news/national-party-leadership-comes-once-again-from-ua/ |publisher=University of Akron |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Distinguished Alumni |url=https://www.tke.org/about/distinguished-alumni |publisher=Tau Kappa Epsilon |access-date=November 28, 2023}}</ref> He also earned a certificate from the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics.<ref>{{cite web |date=2018 |title=Robert Paduchik |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=42117918&privcapId=118597032&previousCapId=118597032&previousTitle=American%20Coalition%20For%20Clean%20Coal%20Electricity |publisher=Bloomberg News |format=PDF |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
==Career== Paduchik started his professional career at Ohio Department of Transportation during the tenure of Governor George Voinovich. In 1994, Paduchik was the coordinator for Northeast Ohio during the senate campaign of Mike DeWine and then served on the Senator's staff. He became political director in Bob Taft’s campaign to become governor of Ohio in 1998. After the successful campaign, he was appointed Director of Constituent Affairs responsible for minority, veterans, and cultural affairs.<ref>{{cite web|title=President George W. Bush-Campaign Organization, Ohio|url=http://p2004.org/bush/bushorgoh.html|date=5 March 2004|publisher=Race for the White House|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> In the year 2000, he was executive director of the George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign in Ohio,<ref>{{cite news|title=Little Wheels Roll Against GOP Machine|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/03/07/little-wheels-roll-against-gop-machine/2361541d-fa30-4566-a79c-50eec47f744d/|date=7 March 2000|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> on leave from his usual job as Governor Taft's political director.<ref>{{cite web|title=THE 2000 CAMPAIGN: THE ORGANIZATION; G.O.P. Ambassadors for Bush Blanket Ohio as McCain Presses On|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/03/07/us/2000-campaign-organization-gop-ambassadors-for-bush-blanket-ohio-mccain-presses.html|date=7 March 2000|work=The New York Times|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
After the election, Paduchik was a member of the United States Department of Defense Transition Team and was later appointed by George W. Bush as deputy assistant secretary for intergovernmental affairs at the United States Department of Energy. He served in this capacity between October 2001 and January 2003.<ref>{{cite web|title=National GOP Leadership|url=https://gop.com/leaders/co-chair-bob-paduchik|publisher=GOP|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> During this time, he was a driving force in the so-called Yucca Mountain Project.<ref>{{cite web|title=House panel votes to advance Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project|url=https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/339837-house-panel-votes-to-advance-yucca-mountain-nuclear-waste-project/|date=28 June 2017|work=The Hill|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>
Paduchik afterwards founded his own company, Agincourt Consultants.<ref name="public">{{cite web|title=About Robert Paduchik|url=http://1415ad.com/about/|date=|publisher=Agincourt Consultants|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, he was asked to run Bush's reelection efforts in Ohio in 2004 and succeeded through a grassroots campaign which included the help of about 85,000 volunteers to motivate up to 175,000 new voters, most of whom where presumably Republican, to cast their votes.<ref>{{cite news|title=Boasts and Bluster in the Ground War|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4553-2004Oct3.html|date=4 October 2004|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 November 2004 |title=GOP Won With Accent On Rural and Traditional |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23754-2004Nov3.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
He then again moved to the private sector, where he became vice-president of client services at the public affairs firm DCI Group before joining Rob Portman's, who ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate in February 2009.<ref name="cleveland">{{cite web|title=Portman hires political veteran Bob Paduchik as campaign manager|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2009/02/portman_hires_political_vetera.html|date=3 February 2009|publisher=Advance Digital|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> In February 2011, Paduchik became senior vice president of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity for state affairs and outreach.<ref>{{cite web|title=Paduchik Named ACCCE Senior Vice President, State Affairs and Outreach|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110209006390/en/Paduchik-Named-ACCCE-Senior-Vice-President-State|date=9 February 2011|publisher=BusinessWire|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
During the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries, Paduchik became Ohio director of the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign and was later described as "the architect of President-elect Donald Trump’s wildly successful campaign in Ohio".<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Ohio campaign director Bob Paduchik tapped for national Republican Party leadership post|url=http://www.cleveland.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/12/ohio_trump_campaign_director_t.html|date=14 December 2016|publisher=Advance Digital|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> Four weeks before Paduchik joined the campaign, the Ohio organization had a relatively small operation in the state.<ref>{{cite web |date=23 June 2016 |title=Donald Trump finally hires Ohio campaign manager |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2016/06/23/donald-trump-finally-hires-ohio-campaign-manager/86296074/ |publisher=Cincinnati |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump's Feud With John Kasich May Haunt Him in Ohio|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/politics/donald-trump-ohio-john-kasich.html|date=6 September 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> Another burden the campaign had to overcome was a certain opposition by Ohio GOP leaders against candidate Trump, which in fact kept on until late in the campaign and led to a public exchange between Paduchik and Matt Borges, the chair of the Ohio Republican Party.<ref>{{cite news |date=15 October 2016 |title=Trump's Ohio state director says campaign has severed ties with state Republican Party chairman |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/15/trumps-ohio-state-director-says-campaign-has-severed-ties-with-state-republican-party-chairman/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump and Republican party at war in Ohio|url=https://www.ft.com/content/62eeb762-9314-11e6-a1dc-bdf38d484582|date=16 October 2016|publisher=Financial Times|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> In December 2016, Borges announced his support for Paduchik's upcoming election as deputy chair of the RNC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump's Ohio campaign chair named to RNC post |url=http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2016/12/14/Trump-s-Ohio-campaign-chair-named-to-RNC-post.html|date=14 December 2016|publisher=The Blade|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
In December 2016, President-elect Donald Trump announced Paduchik as next RNC deputy co-chairman,<ref>{{cite news|title=The full transcript from the Trump transition team's Thursday call to reporters|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/15/the-full-transcript-from-the-trump-transition-teams-thursday-call-to-reporters-2/|date=15 December 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> poised to become co-chairman of the RNC in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Names Top Michigan Official to Senior G.O.P. Committee Post|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/us/politics/donald-trump-republican-national-committee-ronna-romney-mcdaniel.html|date=14 December 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref> Indeed, Paduchik's as well as his superior Ronna McDaniel’s election by the Republican National Committee which took place in January 2017 were unanimous.<ref>{{cite web|title=RNC Elects Ronna McDaniel Chairwoman, Bob Paduchik Elected Co-Chair|url=https://www.gop.com/rnc-elects-ronna-mcdaniel-chairwoman-bob-paduchik-elected-co-chair/|date=9 January 2017|publisher=GOP|accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
In February 2018, Trump praised Paduchik during an RNC dinner for his handling of the campaign in the swing state of Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trump rips into Kasich at RNC dinner|url=https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2018/02/02/trump-rnc-dinner-2018-kasich-384975|date=2 February 2018|publisher=Politico |accessdate=7 May 2018}}</ref>
==Personal life== Paduchik lives in Genoa Township with his wife and two daughters. He is a member of the St. Gregory of Nyssa Orthodox Church. He is a member of the board of the Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio Foundation as well as a certified coach for the United States Soccer Federation.<ref name="public" />
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