Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mai i te tau 1978, i te wa i whai mana ai ia ki a Charles W. Pickering, kua pootihia a Retzer i nga wa maha hei tiamana o te roopu Republican o Mississippi. I te tau 2004, i kōwhiria ia hei Kai-tiaki o te
Ko te Huihuinga ā-Motu o te Rōpū Reipa, i huihui 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.