The California Congress of Republicans is a "grass roots" coalition of Republicans in the state of California and is officially charted by the . It was founded by former officials of the California Republican Assembly who felt CRA had become a single-issue organization. It is considered more socially inclusive than other Republican groups. According to its website, "CCR stresses the inclusion of divergent views among Republicans. We agree with Ronald Reagan: If we agree with each other 80 percent of the time, we should overcome the 20 percent of disagreement. We strive to INCLUDE all Republicans, and we extend our appeal toindependent voters. We are the natural volunteer home for most Republicans in California and we are a strong recruiter for others to join our party." CCR describes its philosophy as "based on core Republican values: individual responsibility, personal freedoms, limited government, a market economy, low taxes, and strong national defense. We don’t play politics with personal and religious social issues, leaving those to the practice of personal freedoms." The group has chapters throughout the state, including the , the , Hollywood Congress of Republicans, Shasta Congress of Republicans, , , , Hemet-San Jacinto Congress of Republicans, East Valley Congress of Republicans, Central Coast Congress of Republicans, Bakersfield Congress of Republicans and others. CCR leadership for 2019-2020 includes Peter Coe Verbica, President, Mark Hershey, First Vice President, Sharon Durbin, Recording Secretary, R.J. Kelly, Treasurer, and Pam Corradi, Membership Secretary. 2019-2020 Division Vice Presidents include Margaret Dominici, Carl Burton, Larry Ciardella, Steve Brown, Dean Haddock, Rob Bernosky, Katie Varner, Anna Bryson, Barbara Hazlett, Robin Lowe and Don Genhart. Past Presidents include Peter Coe Verbica, Mark Vafiades, Bonnie Shea, Carl Burton, Pamela Corradi, Dennis Catron, James Bratt, Stuart Posselt, Patty Kelly and Robin Lowe. In 2019, CCR was the only broad-based, statewide, grassroots, chartered organization which endorsed Jessica Patterson a Latina who won the race for California Republican Party Chair; she is the first female elected to the position. CCR held its 2018 Endorsing Convention in Aptos, California to a standing-room only audience; the event sponsors included members of the and the CCR's 2019 Special Convention, held in Sacramento at the Hyatt Regency, hosted CCR officers, delegates, members, guests and CRP statewide officer candidates; the event was so well attended that extra chairs had to be brought in by the hotel to accommodate attendees.
