In June 2013 , he was elected chair of the Republican State Committee of Delaware at a special convention in Dover to replace John C. Sigler , who had abruptly resigned in May . As chair , he was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention and strongly defended Donald Trump for the Republican nomination . He resigned as party chair in 2017 after becoming president of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute , a nonprofit organization that builds conservative values among college students
2016 Republican National Convention
2016 Republican National Convention
Charles L. Copeland