WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee is trying to strengthen its outreach to black voters by hiring a new national director of African-American engagement and bringing on new advisers and strategists to bolster its efforts to bring in more minority voters.
Ashley Bell, who was one of the 18 black delegates at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, started this week as an RNC senior strategist and national director of African-American engagement.
House Speaker Paul Ryan overwhelming won his primary against his Tea Party challenger, Paul Nehlen, in the race for Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District Tuesday evening.
