2026 NRA Board Election Results (Updated)

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posted on April 2, 2026
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Update: Eb Wilkinson informed NRA that he does not wish to accept the seat to which he was elected. Isaac Demarest has decided to fill the resulting one-year vacancy. This change means that Regis Synan will be elected to a full three-year term, and Jim Wallace will be elected to a two-year term. The updated results are below.

The National Rifle Association is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 elections for the NRA Board of Directors. Following on notifications to individual candidates, the preliminary results of the 2026 mail ballot election for the NRA Board of Directors are below, in rank order of votes received. The official results (with final vote tallies) will be announced by the Committee on Elections at the Annual Meeting of Members in Houston.

ELECTED FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2029
1. Leroy Sisco
2. Megan Hilbish
3. Amanda Suffecool
4. Ted Carter
5. Linda Walker
6. James D’Cruz
7. Kenneth Bowra
8. David Raney
9. James W. Porter II
10. Jacqueline Janes
11. Jay Wallace
12. William Bailey
13. Eric Metteauer
14. Bruce Widener
15. Rob Beckman
16. Mark Vaughan
17. Robert Mansell
18. Charles Brown
19. Charles Hiltunen III
20. Mark Robinson
21. Jerry Kraus
22. Amy Heath-Lovato
23. Randy Luth
24. Richard Fairburn
25. Regis Synan

ELECTED FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2028
26. Todd Figard
27. Deborah Lyman
28. Kyle Hupfer
29. Robert K. Brown
30. Steve Schreiner
31. Jim Wallace

ELECTED FOR ONE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2027
32. Alex Carroll
33. Huey Laugesen
34. Todd Vandermyde
35. Isaac Demarest
36. Lynn Gipson (by acclamation to 76th Director seat)

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