What is Republican Mayors and Local Officials?

A national advocacy group of Republican elected officials from the city level.

In paperwork submitted to the Internal Revenue Service in 2002, the group described its mission:

To enable Republican officials elected at the municipal level to express, develop and preserve the philosophy of the Republican party in cities and towns across America and to support Republican positions and candidates.

Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory was elected president of the group in December of 2000. He served in that capacity at least through 2005.

The group claims about 750 members, although tax forms indicate between 61 and 83 dues-paying members in 2001 and 2002.

Aside from $25 annual dues, the group was funded by corporations and PACs that paid $5,000 a year for an annual sponsorship, including the  the Bond Market Association, the National Cable and Telecommunications Association and the International Council of Shopping Centers and the American Petroleum Institute.

In McCrory's first two years in charge of the group, it overspent, reducing its cash reserves from $101,948 to just $5,790. By 2005, it had built them back up to $23,212.

As president of the group in 2004, he praised President George W. Bush at the Republican National Convention in New York City.

That speech was later cited in a TV ad by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beverly Perdue, who faced McCrory in the 2008 general election.

The group is organized as a 527 political advocacy organization.

Its Employer Identification Number is 52-1976233.