Deputy Political Director- NRCC

Over the last fourteen years, Lambertville resident Theresa Winegar has emerged as one of New Jersey’s most effective Republican operatives. She’s worked for Chris Christie, Mitt Romney, and Rodney Frelinghuysen before becoming Executive Director of the New Jersey Republican State Committee; she was Tom Kean Jr.’s campaign manager in 2020 and served briefly as Doug Steinhardt’s campaign manager in the 2021 gubernatorial race.

Theresa spent the 2022 cycle as a Regional Political Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) and was part of the team that picked up five House seats in New Jersey and New York. She will spend the 2024 cycle back at the NRCC as Deputy Political Director.

Winegar has been named New Jersey Globe’s 2022 New Jerseyan of the Year and was previously named to the 2019 InsiderNJ Power List and Save Jersey’s 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Right Women to Watch lists.