SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — It has been a week since State Sen. Joe Gruters, a Sarasota Republican, became the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.

“I’m ready to take up the president’s vision and looking forward to winning the midterms and moving on from there,” Gruters said.

The lawmaker is no stranger to being heavily involved in the Republican Party. Over the last two decades, he has been involved with the national, state, and local party groups. Now, he’s preparing to leave his post as a full-time public accountant in Venice and focus more on his new role full-time.

“I’m just finishing up some stuff here. When I first got that call, I’m a CPA by trade. I’m trying to finish up some work,” Gruters said. “But in about a week, I’ll move up to D.C. and start really traveling around the country and really helping organize local and state parties, getting them ready and prepared for the midterms.”

Gruters understands it’s an uphill battle being one of the leaders of the incumbent party. This upcoming election is when President Trump will learn whether voters want him to continue his current agenda.

“The incumbent party is two in 39 over the last 41 off-cycle elections over the incumbent party but listen nobody has done what President Trump has done in the first seven months of his administration,” Gruters said.

The party is focused on flipping several congressional seats.

“We have 13 seats that we are really focused on. Those 13 seats are the ones that the president won in the last cycle that Democrat members of congress also won,” Gruters said.

The Florida lawmaker would like county and state parties to talk with voters about what’s included in the president’s massive bill that involves tax cuts and spending changes.

“With the ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ passing, we have a lot to focus on and a lot to celebrate, and we have to educate the public,” Gruters said.

President Trump recently admitted he hopes to rebrand the bill. This comes at the same time as the Pew Research Center showed there’s more opposition than support among voters for the legislation.

In the meantime, Gruters plans to continue representing his current constituents for the remainder of his term. However, he will leave the race for Florida Chief Financial Officer.