SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — It has been a week since State Sen. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, became the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.

“I’m ready to take up the president’s vision and looking forward to winning the midterms and moving on from there,” Gruters said.

The lawmaker is no stranger to being heavily involved in the Republican Party. Over the last two decades, he has been involved with the national, state, and local party groups. Now, he’s preparing to leave his post as a full-time public accountant in Venice and focus more on his new role full-time.

“I'm just finishing up some stuff here. When I first got that call, I'm a CPA by trade. I'm trying to finish up some work,” Gruters said. “But in about a week, I'll move up to D.C. and start really traveling a

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