Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Mai i te tau 1978, i te wā i whai wāhi ai ia ki a Charles W. Pickering, he maha ngā wā i pōtitia ai a Retzer hei tumuaki kāwanatanga o te Rōpū Reipa o Mississippi. I te tau 2004, i pootihia ia hei Kaitiaki Moni o te Republican National Convention
, i hui mai ki New York City ki te whakaingoa anō i te tīkiti Bush-Cheney. I te tau 2001, i pootihia ia hei mema mo te Republican National Committeeman mo Mississippi; Ko Jim Herring, he roia no Canton, ka noho hei tiamana mo te whitu tau. I te tau 2002, i whakaingoatia a Retzer hei kaitiaki putea mo te roopu Republican a motu.