Updated: Check below the jump for complete election results from the 2009, 1997 and 1993 chairman’s races Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus is the clear front-runner in the race to replace Michael Steele, but that doesn’t mean Priebus will waltz to victory. Instead, history shows the front-runner in the race to chair the [...]
January 04, 2011 Posted by Jonathan Martin 04:19 PM Politico Speaker-designate John Boehner is calling members of the Republican National Committee this week on behalf of Maria Cino, the veteran GOP operative running for party chair. A state chair who talked to Boehner today said the Ohioan gently made the case for Cino. “He put in a plug [...]
Over one-third of RNC members have publicly stated their voting intentions By Patrick Caldwell | 12.28.10 | 10:33 am American Independent According to The Hotline’s latest whip count, Michael Steele continues to fall behind former Wisconsin GOP chair Reince Priebus in his bid to maintain his position as chair of the Republican National Committee [...]
Posted by Jonathan Martin, Politico December 26, 2010 11:11 PM A group of conservatives on the Republican National Committee’s governing board has launched an “Anybody but Steele” campaign and are gathering pledges from other committee members not to back the beleaguered RNC chairman, POLITICO has learned. Members of the Republican National Conservative Caucus held a [...]
December 28, 2010 Boston Globe Uncertainty reigns in the race for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, even though the election is less than a month away. Conversations with strategists close to the RNC — and its 168 voting members — suggest that none of the six candidates in the running are anywhere close [...]
By Reid Wilson, National Journal Tuesday, December 28, 2010 | 11:49 a.m. How do you run a campaign when you could be disqualified, through no fault of your own, moments before balloting begins? That’s a question a number of contenders are weighing as they vie for co-chairman of the Republican National Committee. The possibility that [...]
By Emily Goodin – 12/28/10 05:54 PM ET Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele confirmed he’ll join the other chairmanship candidates at the Jan. 3rd debate for the party’s top slot. The Daily Caller, which is co-sponsoring the debate with Americans for Tax Reform, confirmed the chairman’s appearance. Several Steele supporters doubted the embattled incumbent [...]
December 27, 2010 | 3:30 PM More than one-third of Republican National Committee members have declared their support for one of the six contenders seeking the chairmanship, and with just over two weeks to go the race remains wide open. The big movers over the weekend: Former RNC co-chairman Ann Wagner, who picked up [...]
December 27, 2010 10:41 A.M. By Brian Bolduc, National Review Ada Fisher, the Republican national committeewoman from North Carolina, plans to back Maria Cino for chair of the RNC. In an e-mail to National Review Online, Fisher writes: I do not believe in candidate endorsements. I have notified the Central Committee and Executive Committee of the [...]
Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 12/27/2010 By Felicia Sonmez, Washington Post Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has lost the support of yet another key supporter, the latest sign that the beleaguered chairman faces an uphill climb in his bid for a second term. California Republican National Committeeman Shawn Steel announced Sunday night that he [...]
A national group of Hispanic-American Leaders support Saul Anuzis for RNC Chair December 27th, 2010 by Saul Anuzis That’s Saul Folks.com Hispanic Leaders for Saul, a group of leaders who are proud Americans, proud Republicans, and proud of their Hispanic heritage, realize that the Republican Party needs a Chairman who can not only provide visionary [...]
By ANDY BARR | 12/22/10 5:20 PM EST Updated: 12/23/10 8:40 AM EST Politico Some of the top-tier candidates seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee have made their pitches to the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List in hopes of convincing social conservatives of their beliefs. Wisconsin Republican Chairman Reince Priebus, Michigan National Committeeman [...]
(AP) – 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A candidate to lead the Republican National Committee warned Monday that the GOP will hand a second term to Democratic President Barack Obama if the party doesn’t elect a chairman who can harness voters’ frustrations, prevent a third-party presidential candidacy and raise money quickly. The first step [...]
By Chris Cillizza, Washington Post | December 20, 2010; 3:11 PM ET After a year’s worth of “Worst Week in Washington” picks, we decided to go for the whole shebang — the Worst Year in Washington. There were any number of “great” contenders but one man stood above the rest. And that man’s name is Michael Steele, [...]
Alex Pappas–The Daily Caller 12:15 PM 12/20/2010 Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton — who says he’s considering a run for president in 2012 as a Republican — is backing Ann Wagner for chairman of the Republican National Committee. “Ann Wagner is a tough, no-nonsense conservative leader with the highest integrity, and has a long [...]