{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1963)}} {{BLP sources|date=February 2010}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | caption = | name = Tina J. Benkiser | office = Chair of the Texas Republican Party | term_start = 2003 | term_end = 2009 | preceded = Susan Weddington | succeeded = Cathie Adams | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|2|7}} | occupation = Attorney | spouse = Eric Benkiser }}
'''Tina Renee Johns Benkiser''' (born February 7, 1963) is an attorney and was from 2003 to 2009 the state chairman of the Republican Party of Texas. She became chairman on the resignation of Susan Weddington.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whittaker |first=Richard |title=Benkiser for RNC Co-Chair? |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2008-12-22/718836/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225200922/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2008-12-22/718836/ |url-status=live |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |date=December 22, 2008 |newspaper=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Reid |title=Blackwell, Benkiser team up for RNC bid |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/news/17416-blackwell-benkiser-team-up-for-rnc-bid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308185858/https://thehill.com/homenews/news/17416-blackwell-benkiser-team-up-for-rnc-bid |url-status=live |archive-date=March 8, 2021 |date=December 16, 2008 |work=The Hill |access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> Benkiser resigned from the post in 2009 to serve as a senior adviser in Governor Rick Perry’s campaign for re-election.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-10-09 |title=Texas Republicans seek a new party chairman {{!}} Texarkana Gazette |url=https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2009/oct/09/texrepublicans-seek-new-party-chairman/ |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=www.texarkanagazette.com |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080409211955/http://www.texasgop.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Chairman_Benkisers_Bio Tina J. Benkiser's Bio]
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