The annual election of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors has concluded. The 2026 results are in and 36 director candidates have been elected to available one-to-three year terms.
Annually an election is held for the NRA Board of Directors. Under normal circumstances there are 25 three-year director spots up for grabs each year. An additional 76th director who is elected at the NRA Annual Meeting would serve a one-year term. Candidates in the 2026 election had a near clean sweep, with all but two securing a spot. Due to multiple resignations from the board during the 2025 – 2026 year, 36 candidates were able to take posts on the board — including the 76th director’s spot.
As previously reported, the NRA Nominating Committee selected 30 candidates they felt met requirements set forth by the committee in conjunction with input from the NRA president and first vice president. Of those 30 candidates, there were 13 incumbent directors.
There were eight candidates who ran successful petition campaigns. Also notable, there were three director candidates who were selected by the nominating committee and ran successful petition campaigns: incumbent directors Steven C. Schreiner, Amanda Suffecool, and newcomer Robert Beckman.
Between the petition candidates and those selected by the committee, a slate of 38 potential candidates was previously announced.
On April 2, 2026 the NRA announced the results of the Board of Directors election. The original notification stated 35 candidates were elected. An update to NRA’s announcement on American Rifleman indicated that one candidate who was eligible for 76th director withdrew from the slate — Isaac Demarest — leaving Lynn Gipson elected as the de facto 76th director.
The updated results are as follows:
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 Mettauer
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. Eb Wilkinson
25. Richard FairburnELECTED FOR TWO-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2028
26. Regis Synan
27. Todd Figard
28. Deborah Lyman
29. Kyle Hupfer
30. Robert K. Brown
31. Steve SchreinerELECTED FOR ONE-YEAR TERMS ENDING IN 2027
32. Jim Wallace
33. Alex Carroll
34. Huey Laugesen
35. Todd Vandermyde
36. Lynn Gipson
NRA’s notification stated that final tallies of the votes would be announced at the NRA Annual Meeting by the Committee of Elections. Incumbent directors reelected and directors new to the board will be sworn in at the annual members’ meeting.
The National Rifle Association Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held mid-April. The exposition is set to open on April 17 through 19 at the George R. Brown Convention Center, 1001 Avenida De Las Americas, Houston, TX 77010. The annual members’ meeting will be held on April 18 at 10 a.m.
For more information about the latest slate of elected directors NRA’s announcement is at American Rifleman. For details about the Annual meeting visit: NRAAM.org
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