Weekly Republican Address

The Weekly Republican Address is delivered by a different prominent Republican each week, in response to the weekly address of the president of the United States during a Democratic presidency. When a Republican has held the Presidency, the President delivers the weekly address, such as occurred during 2001–2009 under George W. Bush, and most recently, Donald Trump, 2017-2021.[1][2]

2009 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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Democrat President Barack Obama inaugurated on January 20. Democrats hold "super majorities" in both Senate and House.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 9Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[3]
January 16Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-Chair[4]
January 23John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[5]
January 30Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[6]
February 6Michael SteeleMarylandRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee Chairman[7]
February 13Thaddeus McCotterMichiganHouse[8]
February 20Dave CampMichiganHouseWays and Means Committee, ranking member[9]
February 28Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[10]
March 7Roy BluntMissouriHouse[11]
March 13Chuck GrassleyIowaSenate[12]
March 20Haley BarbourMississippiGovernor[13]
March 27Judd GreggNew HampshireSenate[14]
April 4Paul RyanWisconsinHouse[15]
April 10Tim PawlentyMinnesotaGovernor[16]
April 18Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouse[17]
April 23Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[18]
May 2Lynn JenkinsKansasHouse[19]
May 8Kit BondMissouriSenate[20]
May 16Charles BoustanyLouisianaHouse[21]
May 22John BarrassoWyomingSenate[22]
May 30Mitch DanielsIndianaGovernor[23]
June 6Jeff SessionsAlabamaSenateSenate Judiciary Committee, Chairman[24]
June 13Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[25]
June 20Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[26]
June 27John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[27]
July 1John McCainArizonaSenate2008 Republican presidential nominee[28]
July 11Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Republican Whip[29]
July 18Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican Whip[30]
July 25Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-Chair[31]
August 1John ThuneSouth DakotaSenate[32]
August 8Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernor candidateWon Governor election in November, later delivered Republican response to 2010 State of the Union Address[33]
August 15Orrin HatchUtahSenate[34]
August 22Tom PriceGeorgiaHouse[35]
August 29Mike EnziWyomingSenate[36]
September 5John KlineMinnesotaHouse[37]
September 12John CornynTexasSenate[38]
September 19Sue MyrickNorth CarolinaHouse[39]
September 26Johnny IsaksonGeorgiaSenate[40]
October 3Candice MillerMichiganHouse[41]
October 10George LeMieuxFloridaSenate[42]
October 17Kevin BradyTexasHouse[43]
October 24Mike JohannsNebraskaSenate[44]
October 30John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[45]
November 7Haley BarbourMississippiGovernor[46]
November 14Mark KirkIllinoisHouse[47]
November 20Mike CrapoIdahoSenate[48]
November 26Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[49]
December 5Carly FiorinaCaliforniaSenate candidateWould later win primary election, lose general election to incumbent Barbara Boxer[50]
December 12Marsha BlackburnTennesseeHouse[51]
December 18John McCainArizonaSenate2008 Republican presidential nominee[52]
December 24Duncan HunterCaliforniaHouse[53]

2010 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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After the United States elections of 2010, Republicans took back the majority in the House of Representatives, and achieved a net gain in the Senate, decreasing the Democratic majority.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 2Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[54]
January 9Peter KingNew YorkHouse[55]
January 16Mike CastleDelawareHouse[56]
January 22John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[57]
January 30Susan CollinsMaineSenate[58]
February 6Jeb HensarlingTexasHouse[59]
February 13Lindsey GrahamSouth CarolinaSenate[60]
February 20Dave CampMichiganHouse[61]
February 27Tom CoburnOklahomaSenate[62]
March 6Parker GriffithAlabamaHouse[63]
March 13Scott BrownMassachusettsSenate[64]
March 20John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[65]
March 27Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[66]
April 3Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouse[67]
April 10Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican Whip[68]
April 17Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Republican Whip[69]
April 24Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenate[70]
May 1Pete HoekstraMichiganHouse[71]
May 7Richard ShelbyAlabamaSenate[72]
May 15Chris LeeNew YorkHouseLater resigned due to sex scandal, seat won in special election by Democrat Kathy Hochul[73]
May 22David VitterLouisianaSenate[74]
May 29Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouse[75]
June 5Michael SteeleMarylandRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee Chairman[76]
June 12John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[77]
June 19Roger WickerMississippiSenate[78]
June 26Paul RyanWisconsinHouse[79]
July 3Saxby ChamblissGeorgiaSenate[80]
July 10Phil GingreyGeorgiaHouse[81]
July 17Pat RobertsKansasSenate[82]
July 24Mike PenceIndianaHouse[83]
July 31Mike JohannsNebraskaSenate[84]
August 7Peter RoskamIllinoisHouse[85]
August 13Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate candidateLater won general election against challenger Joe Sestak[86]
August 21Charles DjouHawaiiHouse[87]
August 27Marco RubioFloridaSenate candidateLater won general election against challengers Kendrick Meek and incumbent Governor Charlie Crist[88]
September 4Geoff DavisKentuckyHouse[89]
September 11Jon KylArizonaSenate[90]
September 18Greg WaldenOregonHouse[91]
September 25Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouse[92]
October 2Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[93]
October 9John BarrassoWyomingSenateSenate Republican Conference Vice-Chair[94]
October 16Mike PenceIndianaHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[95]
October 23John ThuneSouth DakotaSenate[96]
October 30John BoehnerOhioHouseHouse Republican Leader[97]
November 6Marco RubioFloridaSenator-elect[98]
November 13Greg WaldenOregonHouseMajority Transition Chairman[99]
November 20Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[100]
November 25Austin ScottGeorgiaHouse-elect[101]
December 4Mark KirkIllinoisHouse[102]
December 11Kristi NoemSouth DakotaHouse-elect[103]
December 18John CornynTexasSenate[104]
December 24Joe PittsPennsylvaniaHouse[105]

2011 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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After the January 5 inaugurations, all positions won in the November 2010 elections were officially filled.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 1Kelly AyotteNew HampshireSenate-elect[106]
January 7Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority Leader[107]
January 15Jeff FlakeArizonaHouse[108]
January 22John BarrassoWyomingSenate[109]
January 29Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenate[110]
February 5Jeb HensarlingTexasHouse[111]
February 12Orrin HatchUtahSenate[112]
February 19Tom PriceGeorgiaHouseHouse Policy committee, Chairman[113]
February 26Rob PortmanOhioSenate[114]
March 5Diane BlackTennesseeHouse[115]
March 12Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenate[116]
March 19Jaime Herrera BeutlerWashingtonHouse[117]
March 26Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernor[118]
April 2John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House[119]
April 9Paul RyanWisconsinHouseHouse Budget Committee, Chairman; earlier delivered Republican response to 2011 State of the Union Address[120]
April 16Tom CoburnOklahomaSenate[121]
April 23Mike JohannsNebraskaSenate[122]
April 30James LankfordOklahomaHouse[123]
May 7Scott BrownMassachusettsSenate[124]
May 14Martha RobyAlabamaHouse[125]
May 21Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenate[126]
May 28Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority Leader[127]
June 3Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[128]
June 11Adam KinzingerIllinoisHouse[129]
June 18John HoevenNorth DakotaSenate[130]
June 25Renee EllmersNorth CarolinaHouse[131]
July 2Dan CoatsIndianaSenate[132]
July 9Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-Chair[133]
July 16Orrin HatchUtahSenate[134]
July 23Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[135]
July 30Jon KylArizonaSenateSenate Republican Whip[136]
August 6Michael GrimmNew YorkHouse[137]
August 13Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[138]
August 20John KasichOhioGovernor[139]
August 27Dean HellerNevadaSenate[140]
September 3Bob GoodlatteVirginiaHouse[141]
September 10Rudy GiulianiNew YorkMayorFormer New York City mayor[142]
September 17Peter RoskamIllinoisHouse[143]
September 24Susan CollinsMaineSenate[144]
October 1Morgan GriffithVirginiaHouse[145]
October 8John ThuneSouth DakotaSenate[146]
October 15Kevin McCarthyCaliforniaHouseHouse Majority Whip[147]
October 22Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[148]
October 29Bobby SchillingIllinoisHouse[149]
November 5Scott BrownMassachusettsSenate[150]
November 12Joe HeckNevadaHouse[151]
November 19Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenateMember of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction[152]
November 24Sandy AdamsFloridaHouse[153]
December 3Olympia SnoweMaineSenate[154]
December 10John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House[155]
December 17John BarrassoWyomingSenateSenate Republican Policy Committee Chairman[156]
December 24Mike PenceIndianaHouse[157]
December 31Johnny IsaksonGeorgiaSenate[158]

2012 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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After the United States elections in 2012, Democrat President Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Democrats made a net gain in the U.S. House, although Republicans continued to hold the House majority.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 7Nan HayworthNew YorkHouse[159]
January 14John HoevenNorth DakotaSenate[160]
January 21Jeb HensarlingTexasHouseHouse Republican Conference Chairman[161]
January 28Marco RubioFloridaSenate[162]
February 4Pat MeehanPennsylvaniaHouse[163]
February 11Bob McDonnellVirginiaGovernor[164]
February 18Cathy McMorris RodgersWashingtonHouseHouse Republican Conference Vice-Chair[165]
February 25Kay Bailey HutchisonTexasSenate[166]
March 3Doc HastingsWashingtonHouse[167]
March 10Jack DalrympleNorth DakotaGovernor[168]
March 17Cory GardnerColoradoHouse[169]
March 24Mitch McConnellKentuckySenateSenate Republican Leader[170]
March 31John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House[171]
April 7Mary FallinOklahomaGovernor[172]
April 14Fred UptonMichiganHouse[173]
April 21Roy BluntMissouriSenate[174]
April 28Paul RyanWisconsinHouseHouse Budget Committee, Chairman[175]
May 5Bob CorkerTennesseeSenate[176]
May 12Kristi NoemSouth DakotaHouse[177]
May 19Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenate[178]
May 26Lynn JenkinsKansasHouse[179]
June 2John CornynTexasSenate[180]
June 9Erik PaulsenMinnesotaHouse[181]
June 16Scott WalkerWisconsinGovernor[182]
June 23Bill CassidyLouisianaHouseWon recall election on June 5[183]
June 30John BarrassoWyomingSenateSupreme Court upheld Affordable Care Act on June 28[184]
July 7Ann Marie BuerkleOhioHouse[185]
July 14Rob PortmanNew YorkSenate[186]
July 21John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House / speaking on Aurora, Colorado massacre[187]
July 28Orrin HatchUtahSenate[188]
August 4Eric CantorVirginiaHouseHouse Majority Leader[189]
August 11Roger WickerMississippiSenate[190]
August 18Vicky HartzlerMissouriHouse[191]
August 25Rand PaulKentuckySenate[192]
September 1Steve ScaliseLouisianaHouse[193]
September 15Allen WestFloridaHouse[194]
September 29Vernon ParkerArizonaHouse candidateLost election to Kyrsten Sinema[195]
October 6Reince PriebusWisconsinRepublican National Committee ChairmanRepublican National Committee Chairman[196]
October 13Markwayne MullinOklahomaHouse candidateWon the election[197]
October 20Jeff FlakeArizonaHouse[198]
October 27Ann WagnerMissouriHouse candidateWon the election[199]
November 3Mitt RomneyMassachusettsPresidential candidate, former Governor of MassachusettsLost that week's presidential election to Barack Obama[200]
November 9John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House, following the preceding week's presidential election loss to Barack Obama[201]
November 17Kelly AyotteNew HampshireSenate[202]
December 1Orrin HatchUtahSenate[203]
December 8Marco RubioFloridaSenate[204]
December 15None"House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), citing respect for the victims of the Newtown, CT shooting, announced that there will be no Weekly Republican Address for Saturday, December 15, 2012: "There will be no Weekly Republican Address this weekend so that President Obama can speak for the entire nation at this time of mourning. I join the president – and all Americans – in sending prayers and condolences to the victims' loved ones."[205]
December 22John BoehnerOhioHouseSpeaker of the House[206]
December 29Roy BluntMissouriSenate[207]

2013 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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After the United States elections in 2012, Democrat President Barack Obama defeated Republican nominee Mitt Romney, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate, and Democrats made a net gain in the U.S. House, although Republicans continued to hold the House majority.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 12Deb FischerNebraskaSenate[208]
January 21John ThuneSouth DakotaSenate[209]
February 9Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenate[210]
February 23John HoevenIdahoSenate[211]
March 9Jeff SessionsAlabamaSenate[212]
March 23Mike LeeUtahSenate[213]
April 6Sam BrownbackKansasGovernor[214]
April 20Tim ScottSouth CarolinaSenate[215]
May 4Pat McCroryNorth CarolinaSenate[216]
May 25Jim InhofeOklahomaSenate[217]
June 1Sean ParnellArkansasSenate[218]
June 15Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[219]
June 29Pat RobertsKansasSenate[220]
July 13Mike EnziWyomingSenate[221]
August 3Susan CollinsMaineSenate[222]
August 10Tim ScottSouth CarolinaSenate[223]
August 24Mike PenceIndianaSenate[224]
September 7John BarrassoWyomingSenate[225]
September 21Brian SandovalNevadaGovernor[226]
October 5John CornynTexasSenate[227]
October 19Ken CuccinelliVirginiaAttorney General[228]
November 2Dan CoatsIndianaSenate[229]
November 16Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenate[230]
November 28Lindsey GrahamSouth CarolinaSenate[231]
December 14Pat ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[232]
December 24Jim RischIdahoSenate[233]

2014 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 12Thad CochranMississippiSenate[234]
January 21Roy BluntMissouriSenate[235]
February 8Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[236]
February 22Tom CottonArkansasHouse[237]
March 8Rob PortmanOhioSenate[238]
March 22Rick SnyderMichiganGovernor[239]
April 5Tim ScottSouth CarolinaSenate[240]
April 17Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[241]
May 3Marco RubioFloridaSenate[242]
May 17John McCainArizonaSenate[243]
May 31Mike EnziWyomingSenate[244]
June 14Tom CoburnOklahomaSenate[245]
November 27Tom CottonArkansasSenate[246]
December 13Tim ScottSouth CarolinaSenate[247]
December 25James LankfordOklahomaSenate[248]

2015 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 10John HoevenNorth DakotaSenate[249]
January 24Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenate[250]
February 7Rob PortmanOhioSenate[251]
February 21Ron JohnsonWisconsinSenate[252]
March 7Chuck GrassleyIowaSenate[253]
March 21Mike EnziWyomingSenate[254]
April 4Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[255]
April 18Mark KirkIllinoisSenate[256]
May 2Johnny IsaksonGeorgiaSenate[257]
May 16John McCainArizonaSenate[258]
May 30Deb FischerNebraskaSenate[259]
June 13Roy BluntMissouriSenate[260]
June 27John BoozmanArkansasSenate[261]
July 11Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[262]
July 25Jim InhofeOklahomaSenate[263]
August 8Bob CorkerTennesseeSenate[264]
August 22John ThuneSouth DakotaSenate[265]
September 5Patrick ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[266]
September 19Shelley Moore CapitoWest VirginiaSenate[267]
October 3John BarrassoWyomingSenate[268]
October 17Patrick ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[269]
October 31Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenate[270]
November 14Steve DainesMontanaSenate[271]
November 26Mike LeeUtahSenate[272]
December 19Mitch McConnellKentuckySenate[273]
December 24Mike CrapoIdahoSenate[274]

2016 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 9John HoevenNorth DakotaSenate[275]
January 23Lisa MurkowskiAlaskaSenate[276]
February 20Cory GardnerColoradoSenate[277]
March 5Kelly AyotteNew HampshireSenate[278]
March 19Thom TillisNorth CarolinaSenate[279]
April 2Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[280]
April 16Tom CottonArkansasSenate[281]
April 30John McCainArizonaSenate[282]
May 14Dan SullivanAlaskaSenate[283]
May 28Joni ErnstIowaSenate[284]
June 10Cory GardnerColoradoSenate[285]
June 25Richard BurrNorth CarolinaSenate[286]
July 9Patrick ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[287]
July 29Rob PortmanOhioSenate[288]
August 13Chuck GrassleyIowaSenate[289]
August 27Lamar AlexanderTennesseeSenate[290]
October 22Thom TillisNorth CarolinaSenate[291]
November 19Todd YoungIndianaSenate[292]
December 3John BarrassoWyomingSenate[293]
December 17Patrick ToomeyPennsylvaniaSenate[294]
December 31Cory GardnerColoradoSenate[295]

2017 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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With Donald Trump winning the United States elections in 2016, Republicans ended their response videos of the Weekly Address as they now hold the presidency and control of both houses in Congress. Republicans only made one response video for 2017, as Trump began holding a weekly presidential address after his inauguration. Trump started giving out Weekly Addresses as President on January 28,[296] while the Democrats started their addresses the day after the Inauguration on January 21, beginning with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York.

DateSpeakersStatePositionNotesReference(s)
January 14Deb FischerNebraskaSenateLast Weekly Address as the Opposition[297]

2021 Weekly Republican Address speakers

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It was resumed upon Trump’s loss of re-election to Joe Biden in the 2020 election

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