National Teen Age Republicans (TARs) is one of the youth wings of the United States Republican Party. The group's membership consists of Republicans from ages 14 to 17. TARs has had a presence in all 50

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and the

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, with membership in the tens of thousands. TARs is the first of the four official youth wings of the

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, along with the High School Republican National Federation,

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History

The oldest recorded TAR group was formed in 1960 in South Dakota. The first national conference was held in Washington D.C. at Trinity College on June 16–21, 1969, and ever since National TARs has hosted an annual Teen Age Republican Leader Conference (TLC). Following his 1980 election victory,

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held a reception for delegates to the TLC, where he stated that TARs "had a significant impact in the outcome of the last election...you walked the precincts, you licked stamps, stuffed envelopes, got senior citizens to the polls, and babysat while mothers voted...what you did adethe difference between winning and losing." Ex-TARs members include

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, Paris Dennard,

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, and

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Founding of High School Republicans

In April 2022, certain state chapters left the National Teenage Republicans and created a new organization, The High School Republican National Federation, a student-led alternative.

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* {{Republican Party (United States), state=collapsed Republican Party (United States) organizations Youth wings of political parties in the United States Political youth organizations in the United States Conservative organizations in the United States