Chandler Thornton


Chandler Thornton is an American politician currently serving as Chairman of the College Republican National Committee, the College wing of the Republican Party.

Education

Chandler attended American University, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and his Master of Public Administration. He is a graduate of the Campaign Management Institute in Washington, D.C. and the European Public Affairs and Advocacy Institute in Brussels, Belgium. He was a George C. Marshall Fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

Career

Thornton started his career as a communications intern with the Maryland Republican Party in 2010 and shortly thereafter interned with the Bob Ehrlich campaign for Governor of Maryland. In 2011, he interned for Congressman Roscoe Bartlett and served as a Page in the Maryland General Assembly. From 2011-2012 he was a Political/Coalitions intern with the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign and then served as director of the Kennedy Political Union Lecture Series until 2014. In 2014 he served as Chairman of the D.C. Federation of College Republicans. He also interned with Hudson Institute, The Heritage Foundation, and the United States Department of the Treasury from 2014-2016. In 2016 he served two terms as Northeast Regional Vice Chairman of the College Republicans.
In 2017, he was elected at the College Republican National Convention to chairman.
He was featured on the 2016 Red Alert Politics “30 Under 30” list of young conservatives, the 2017 Maverick PAC “Future 40” list of young professionals, and the 2018 Newsmax “30 under 30” list of most influential Republicans.