RALEIGH — Chapel Hill’s Martha Jenkins was elected president of the National Federation of Republican Women during the organization’s 43rd Biennial Convention in Orlando, Florida.
Jenkins will be the first National Federation of Republican Women’s (NFRW) president from North Carolina. NFRW was founded in 1938 and is the largest Republican women’s organization in the country.
“I am honored beyond measure to be elected the 2026-2027 NFRW President,” Jenkins said in a press release. “My vision is to continue the growth and outreach of President Julie Harris. Our focus will be our members and our future members. All of our states will prosper by being united around our Republican ideals, and it will be my pleasure to lead this fantastic organization.”
Jenkins is currently the NFRW’s first vice president and director of Region 4. She will continue to serve in those roles until she is installed as president in 2026.
“It will be an awful lot of work and will be very intense, but it is something that I’ve hoped to do for quite a long time,” Jenkins told North State Journal.
“The main thing that I want to accomplish is to increase our membership and continue to grow our relevance within the Republican Party and within the national political scene,” Jenkins said.
Jenkins previously served as NFRW’s third vice president and member-at-large, chair of the Legislation and Research Committee, and vice chair of the Public Relations Committee. Jenkins is also a past president of the N.C. Federation of Republican Women (2003-07), during which she was recognized in 2007 by NFRW with a Reagan Leadership award.
