Conservatives tout former NC senator Shubert for RNC vacancy
Each state’s Republican Party gets three reps on the Republican National Committee: the state’s party chairman, plus an elected committeeman and elected committee-woman. It appears North Carolina’s GOP now has a vacancy on that body:
That’s the female post in the state’s delegation. So, a female will have to be selected to replace Brassington and finish out her term. State party leaders will meet to make this decision. 
Former North Carolina state senator Fern Shubert (R-Union County) has tossed her hat in the ring for the selection process. This move has caught the eye of party leader Jim Womack, head of the Conservative Coalition of North Carolina:
Another name being bandied about is that of Raleigh-area GOP activist Felice Pete. She currently serves as a vice-president of the NC Federation of Republican Women.
With the looming disaster facing the state GOP in November, leadership decisions like this are more important than ever.
With the polls showing a very challenging environment for the party in November, adding a well known and effective grassroots-oriented conservative like Fern Shubert to the top party leadership now dominated by the establishment will be a great help in unifying the party to win in this critical election year.
We would be idiots as a party not to take Fern up on her offer and vote her in as RNC Committeewoman. Her first elected position in the NC House was in an “unwinnable” Democrat district. She knows how to get Independents to the polls and even Democrats to vote Republican at times. She’s a strategist. She’s seasoned. She’d do awesome for our state and represent us well at the RNC. Can’t get a stronger candidate than her.
So, Felice Pete is VP of the NC Federation of (Moderate, Establishment, left-leaning) Republican Women.
Sue Butcher (Liberty First Grassroots, LFG) endorses Pete for RNC Committeewoman. LFG also endorsed Dave Boliek in the 2024 Primary, who then campaigned for Phil Berger during the 2026 Primary against Sam Page.
I’ve come to realize so many people in politics are either (a) not who they claim to be, or (b) are easily misled.
Fern Shubert has always been and will always be a steadfast conservative voice in the Republican Party – the logical choice of the actual grassroots conservatives (not those pretending to be).
I wonder which NCGOP Chair candidate threw their hat into the ring first…a woman who has been serving NCGOP women for years or a woman who ‘offered’ to run for the position. This race is just another example of the NCGOP’s ‘preference’ for executive leadership.
The position at question is for RNC Committeewoman, not NCGOP Chair.
As a member of the RNC Committee, she will participate in formulating or revising the Rules of the Republican Party and the national Party Platform (updated every four years at the convention). She can submit resolutions and provide input on national policies.
Fern Shubert is a former state legislator – both House and Senate. She’s the only candidate who’s both qualified for the job, and she truly supports every tenet of NC’s Republican Party Platform.
The candidate to support is a no brainer – if the candidate’s qualifications and ideology matter to the delegates.
It is a rare but positive opportunity when true conservatives have the option to vote for a over qualified candidate.
Indeed, a better candidate cannot be found to help navigate these waters.
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke
I support my friend, Fern Shubert, all the way. She is the experienced and faithful conservative we need for a huge change over what we have had.