Friday, January 30, 2009

RNC chairman update, incumbent withdraws: UPDATED

The Palmetto Scoop is live blogging the choosing of the next Republican National Chairman.

Here's the latest:

1:37 (EST) - Third ballot results: Steele 51, Duncan 44, Dawson 34, Anuzis 24, Blackwell 15.

Mike Duncan the incumbent, just withdrew his name from consideration.

Michael Steele, Maryland's former lieutenant governor, seems (to me) to be the choice of the blogosphere.

The other candidates are Katon Dawson, the chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, Saul Anuzis, his Michigan counterpart, and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

The fourth round ballots are being handed out as of this writing.

UPDATE 3:00pm CST: The fifth round has ended, and their are only two candidates left: Steele and Dawson. Blackwell has endorsed Steele.

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1 comment:

talnik said...

Well, Mike Duncan did such a bang- up job nobody even knew he was there.