Joseph Spector reports at Politico that now that former Long Island Republican Congressperson Lee Zeldin lost his bid to be governor, he is now not going to challenge incumbent Republican National Committee chairperson Ronna McDaniel for her leadership post. But he thinks someone should. “I won’t be running for RNC Chair at this time with McDaniel’s reelection pre-baked by design, but that doesn’t mean she should even be running again,” he said in a statement. “Change is desperately needed, and there are many leaders, myself included, ready and willing to step up to ensure our party retools and transforms as critical elections fast approach, namely the 2024 Presidential and Congressional races.” Republicans were discussing Zeldin for the post after he did surprisingly well against Democrat Kathy Hochul, and after New York elected several new Republican Congressional representatives while, nationally, the GOP lost the Senate and only won a narrow majority in the House or Representatives. But now Zeldin says he is not running for the post. “The better path forward would be for Chairwoman McDaniel to listen to and respect the wishes of the actual grassroots voters of our party and allow the RNC to forge ahead with new leadership,” Zeldin said. Read more about this story at Politico.