The Republican Main Street Partnership is a group of centrist and moderately conservative members of the United States Republican Party within the United States Congress. The group is the rough equivalent of the Blue Dog Democrats.
Members of the group are often labeled as RINOs by conservative Republicans and are often challenged in Republican primaries by the Club for Growth, FreedomWorks, and the Tea Party movement, among others.
The Main Street Partnership was formed following the 1994 House elections, in which conservative Republicans were swept into power. An informal discussion group formed by Representatives Nancy Johnson, Steve Gunderson, and Fred Upton later became somewhat of an organized bloc intent on representing the moderate wing of the Republican Party. The partnership is currently composed of moderates such as Susan Collins and Mark Kirk; some members would fit most of the criteria of a conservative, such as Thad McCotter and Brian Bilbray.
The Main Street Partnership has allied with other moderate Republican groups, including Christine Todd Whitman's It's My Party Too, Ann Stone's Republicans for Choice, the Log Cabin Republicans, the Republican Majority For Choice, The Wish List, Republicans for Environmental Protection, the Mainstream Republicans of Washington, and the Kansas Traditional Republican Majority.
In May 2005, the Main Street Partnership helped pass the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act in the House Of Representatives; 50 Republicans voted in support of the bill, which passed 238–194.
They are an important swing vote on spending bills and as a result have gained influence in Congress out of proportion to their numbers. They are frequently sought after to broker compromises between the Democratic and Republican leadership, generally lending a more centrist character to US politics.
The organization's board of directors voted on January 8, 2013 to scrap party identification from its title and be known simply as "The Main Street Partnership." The group's new president, former Ohio Republican Rep. Steven LaTourette, told Yahoo News that he intended to start conversations with Blue Dog Democrats and centrist groups in the following months.
Steve LaTourette – Chairman and CEO (In Memoriam), former Representative from Ohio
Sarah Chamberlain – President and CEO
Amo Houghton – Chairman Emeritus and founder, former Representative from New York
Dave Hobson – Board Member, former Representative from Ohio
Jennifer LaTourette – Board Member
Doug Ose – Board Member, former Representative from California
Robert Ziff – Board Member
Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia
Susan Collins, Maine
John McCain, Arizona
Todd Young, Indiana
Don Bacon (NE-2)
Mike Bost (IL-12)
Susan Brooks (IN-5)
Larry Bucshon (IN-8)
Ken Calvert (CA-42)
Chris Collins (NY-27)
Barbara Comstock (VA-10)
Paul Cook (CA-8)
Ryan Costello (PA-6)
Carlos Curbelo (FL-26)
Rodney Davis (IL-13)
Jeff Denham (CA-10)
Charlie Dent (PA-15)
Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
Dan Donovan (NY-11)
Sean Duffy (WI-7)
Tom Emmer (MN-6)
John Faso (NY-19)
Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-8)
Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1)
Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ-11)
Matt Gaetz (FL-1)
Mike Gallagher (WI-8)
Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-3)
Evan Jenkins (WV-3)
Lynn Jenkins (KS-2)
Bill Johnson (OH-6)
David Joyce (OH-14)
John Katko (NY-24)
Mike Kelly (PA-3)
Peter King (NY-2)
Adam Kinzinger (IL-16)
Darin LaHood (IL-18)
Leonard Lance (NJ-7)
Frank LoBiondo (NJ-2)
Tom MacArthur (NJ-3)
Roger Marshall (KS-1)
Brian Mast (FL-18)
David McKinley (WV-1)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5)
Martha McSally (AZ-2)
Pat Meehan (PA-7)
Tim Murphy (PA-18)
Dan Newhouse (WA-4)
Erik Paulsen (MN-3)
Bruce Poliquin (ME-2)
Tom Reed (NY-23)
Dave Reichert (WA-8)
Jim Renacci (OH-16)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-27)
Mike Simpson (ID-2)
Lloyd Smucker (PA-16)
Elise Stefanik (NY-21)
Steve Stivers (OH-15)
Scott Taylor (VA-2)
Pat Tiberi (OH-12)
David Trott (MI-11)
Mike Turner (OH-10)
Fred Upton (MI-6)
David Valadao (CA-21)
Greg Walden (OR-2)
Mimi Walters (CA-45)
David Young (IA-3)
Lee Zeldin (NY-1)
Steve Austria, Ohio
Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland
Charles Bass, New Hampshire
Dan Benishek, Michigan
Doug Bereuter, Nebraska
Judy Biggert, Illinois
Brian Bilbray, California
Sherwood Boehlert, New York
Mary Bono Mack, California
Jeb Bradley, New Hampshire
Dave Camp, Michigan
Joseph Cao, Louisiana
Mike Castle, Delaware
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Tom Davis, Virginia
Bob Dold, Illinois
Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Florida
David Jolly, Florida
Charles Djou, Hawaii
David Dreier, California
Vern Ehlers, Michigan
Renee Ellmers, North Carolina
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Phil English, Pennsylvania
Mike Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania
Mark Foley, Florida
Bob Franks, New Jersey
Greg Ganske, Iowa
Jim Gerlach, Pennsylvania
Chris Gibson, New York
Wayne Gilchrest, Maryland
Benjamin Gilman, New York
Paul Gillmor, Ohio
Porter Goss, Florida
Jim Greenwood, Pennsylvania
Frank Guinta, New Hampshire
Richard Hanna, New York
Melissa Hart, Pennsylvania
Nan Hayworth, New York
Joe Heck, Nevada
Dave Hobson, Ohio
Steve Horn, California
Amo Houghton, New York
Nancy Johnson, Connecticut
Sue Kelly, New York
Jim Kolbe, Arizona
Randy Kuhl, New York
Ray LaHood, Illinois
Steve LaTourette, Ohio
Jim Leach, Iowa
Jerry Lewis, California
Jim McCrery, Louisiana
Jan Meyers, Kansas
Connie Morella, Maryland
George Nethercutt, Washington
Doug Ose, California
Tom Petri, Wisconsin
Todd Platts, Pennsylvania
Jon Porter, Nevada
Deborah Pryce, Ohio
Jack Quinn, New York
Jim Ramstad, Minnesota
Ralph Regula, Ohio
Scott Rigell, Virginia
Marge Roukema, New Jersey
Jon Runyan, New Jersey
Jim Saxton, New Jersey
Bobby Schilling, Illinois
Joe Schwarz, Michigan
E. Clay Shaw, Jr., Florida
Chris Shays, Connecticut
Rob Simmons, Connecticut
Bob Turner, New York
Jim Walsh, New York
Jerry Weller, Illinois
Ed Whitfield, Kentucky
Heather Wilson, New Mexico
Frank Wolf, Virginia
Ryan Zinke, Montana
Lincoln Chafee, Rhode Island
Saxby Chambliss, Georgia
Norm Coleman, Minnesota
John Danforth, Missouri
Jim Jeffords, Vermont
Mark Kirk, Illinois
Warren Rudman
Gordon Smith
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Olympia Snowe, Maine
Ted Stevens, Alaska
George Voinovich, Ohio
Jim Geringer, Wyoming
Bill Graves, Kansas
Linda Lingle, Hawaii
George Pataki, New York
John G. Rowland, Connecticut
Arnold Schwarzenegger, California
