The results of the 2025 Board of Directors election for the NRA trickled out yesterday and today, and here’s what happened.

Elected For Three-Year Terms Ending In 2028:

• 1. Mitzy McCorvey (R)
• 2. Jack Hagan (New – R)
• 3. Howard L. Massingill Jr. (New – R)
• 4. Willes K. Lee (R)
• 5. Sharon Callan (New – OG)
• 6. Sandra S. Froman (OG)
• 7. James Fotis (New – R)
• 8. Cathy Wright (R)
• 9. Bob Barr (OG)
• 10. Larry E. Craig (OG)
• 11. Theresa Inacker (New – R)
• 12. Carol Frampton (OG)
• 13. Todd Ellis (R)
• 14. Jason Wilson (New – R)
• 15. Jonathan S. Goldstein (New – R)
• 16. Dwight D. Van Horn (OG)
• 17. Al Hammond (R)
• 18. Blaine Wade (OG)
• 19. John Richardson (New – R)
• 20. James A. Sheckels (New – R)
• 21. Philip Gray (New – R)
• 22. Knox Williams (New – R)
• 23. Anthony P. Colandro (R)
• 24. Lawrence Finder (New – OG)
• 25. Robert Scott Emslie (New – R)

There were also 4 seats vacated during the last cycle, so this election filled those seats for the duration of the terms, which means one 2-year seat, which will be filled by 26. Joel Friedman (OG), and three 1-year seats which will be filled by 27. Richard Fairburn (New – R), 28. James W. Porter II (R), and 29. Danny Stowers (OG).

In addition, one Director has announced his intention to resign from the Board after the April meetings, at which point 30. John Sigler (OG) will move up onto the Board to fill that seat for one year.

[Editor’s Note: It seems that investigative journalism work by AmmoLand News’ John Crump might have something to do with that resignation. More to come on the Ken Blackwell story.]

And, of course, there will be an election in Atlanta at the Annual Meetings and Exhibits among the remaining candidates to elect one (1) additional Director (the 76th Director) to serve for one year.

Not Elected — Eligible To Run For 76th Director:

• 31. Gene T. Roach (UA)

• 32. Frank Tait (R)

• 33. Charles T. Hiltunen III (R)

• 34. Regis Synan (R)
• 35. Todd Vandermyde (R)
• 36. Tom King (OG)
• 37. Jeffrey Fleetham (New – OG)
• 38. Ronald L. Schmeits (OG)
• 39. David Mitten (R)
• 40. Richard Todd Figard (R)
• 41. Kim Rhode (UA/OG)
• 42. James L. Wallace (R)
• 43. Charles Rowe (New – OG)
• 44. Lucretia Hughes Klucken (UA)
• 45. Isaac Demarest (OG)
• 46. Steven Dulan (OG)
• 47. Lane Ruhland (UA)
• 48. Greer Johnson (UA)
• 49. Mark Shuell (UA/R)

* OG=Old Guard, R=Reformer, UA=UnAffiliated, New=First time candidate (Almost all Reform candidates are either New or have served for less than two terms.)

I believe Charles Hiltunen will be the designated candidate for that seat from the Reform side.

What all of this means…

Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that there are currently two main factions of the NRA Board: The “Reformers,” and the “Old Guard.” Both factions had ads in the NRA magazines, urging members to vote for their chosen slates of candidates. Both factions also painted the situation as dire, insisting that the future of NRA depended on how members voted and which faction they chose.

I have to admit that, at times, I participated in this political hyperbole. Still, the reality is that the Reformers won that war last year when Dennis Fusaro, Rocky Marshall, Phil Journey, and I (Jeff Knox) were elected overwhelmingly as vocal reformers. We were immediately joined by about half the remaining Directors in a push for new leadership and a new focus. That majority grew from Board meeting to Board meeting.

So his election was more about how much stronger the reform movement would grow and how much our agenda would be accelerated or hampered going forward.

It should be noted that the Reformers are not a monolithic block marching in lock-step but rather a coalition of Directors who are all leaning in the same general direction. I don’t consider myself a “leader” of this coalition, so I will tend to refer to the movement as “they, them, their” rather than “my, we, or ours.” In my candidate endorsement article, I demonstrated this independent streak when I chose not to endorse the full Reform slate. Neither is the Old Guard a solid block, nor did all participate in the mistakes of the past. Some of the newer Board members and candidates have, for whatever reasons, aligned themselves with the Old Guard, so I refer to them as members of that faction. All of that said, for the most part, the election was a resounding victory for the Reformers. They didn’t get their entire slate elected, but that was never a realistic possibility.

What they managed to do was get most of their slate elected while blocking many of the Old Guard candidates.

For the Record, there’s nothing inherently bad or evil about the NRA Directors associated with the Old Guard.

I call them the Old Guard because they represent the older establishment on the Board that allowed Wayne LaPierre and his crew free rein for so long. I can’t begin to understand or explain their motivations or reasoning for that, though some absolutely had financial conflicts. What I can say is that many of them still seem to think that it wasn’t LaPierre’s and their own actions that have pushed the NRA to the brink of destruction, but rather the actions of their critics that are to blame.

That’s a huge problem.

As I say, most of these folks are intelligent, reasonable people, and I believe most of them can be persuaded to do what’s right in the end, or their resistance can be overcome.

The problem is that it takes a lot of extra time and energy to break some of them away from their old ways of thinking, get them to come around to the new paradigm, or overcome their tedious objections and roadblocks. Most are good, well-intentioned people, but they also were the folks who either failed to take action to rein in Wayne LaPierre when it was obvious they needed to or who joined with those Directors to obstruct reform.

Now, with the addition or reelection of at least 17 self-described Reformers, plus at least a couple of additional new Directors who were supported by, but not necessarily married to, the Old Guard, along with the few Old Guard folks who have demonstrated a willingness to listen to, and work with, Reformers, I think the Reform movement is solidly in the driver’s seat with a 40+ vote majority on most issues. If some of the new folks and less committed Old Guard prove to be independent-minded, that majority could go up to well over 45.

Even some of the most committed and problematic among the Old Guard have recently been much more open and less hostile to the suggestions and proposals of the Reformers, so I’m feeling very good about this election and the NRA’s prospects for the future.

I believe we will be able to move forward with better, more effective NRA programs for our members, more aggressive and principled legislative and litigation policies, and all-around better services and benefits for our fellow NRA members. I also intend to keep working toward a total reorganization of the Board and committee structure and on efforts to claw back monies that were diverted into the wrong pockets.

The road ahead won’t be easy, and we won’t be able to address every issue or fix every problem overnight, but with the help and support of our members, I believe we are Making NRA Great Again.

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