Ronna Romney McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, speaks during the Women Rule Summit in Washington. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images Women Rule Summit GOP chair: Party will take 'deep data dive' into 2018 losses

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel said Tuesday that the party would do a "deep data dive" into GOP losses in the House during this year's midterm elections.

Speaking during POLITICO's Women Rule Summit, McDaniel said the party needs to look into why many white suburban female voters — a traditionally solidly Republican group — switched to Democratic candidates during the midterms.


"Of course, we have to look at why we’re losing with women," McDaniel said. "I’m a woman. I want to know that, too. I don’t think we’re a monolithic group. I don’t like that."

McDaniel didn't specify a timeline for the party soul-searching effort or whether the results would be made public. But she did say the results would be shared with GOP leaders and candidates to consolidate the party's resources.

Still, McDaniel pointed out that Republicans did not suffer a total loss this year. The party gained two seats in the Senate, in stark contrast to the average of losing four seats during the first midterms for a sitting president's party. McDaniel also said the party has maintained its popularity among rural female voters, whose voices McDaniel said are often overlooked.