◼ Steele drops out of race; Priebus is the new Republican Party chairman
Reince Priebus is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Priebus won with 97 votes in the seventh round of voting. Priebus, the chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party, was the leader from the first ballot, and was the only candidate to not lose any supporters as voting progressed Friday afternoon...
He thanked Steele for his service but pledged that under his leadership the RNC will "begin to restore the faith of our donors" and "work hard to develop a new line of communication with state parties," including Republican leaders in Congress.
"I am here to earn the trust and support of each and every one of you," Priebus said. "I'm going to start working right now as your chairman."
"We can defeat Barack Obama in 2012, together unified as a committee," said Preibus, who told members he can't wait to "rebuild this party and move on to conservative candidates."
◼ THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN STEELE
