World Library  
  
Flag as Inappropriate
Email this Article

Republican National Committee chairmanship election, 2011

 

Republican National Committee chairmanship election, 2011

Republican National Committee chairmanship election, 2011
January 14, 2011 (2011-01-14)
 
Candidate Reince Preibus Saul Anuzis Maria Cino
Caucus vote 97 43 28
Percentage 57.7% 25.5% 16.6%
Chairman before election

Michael Steele

 Elected Chairman

Reince Priebus

The 2011 Republican National Committee (RNC) chairmanship election was held on January 14, 2011, to determine the next chairman of the RNC, who will serve a two-year term ending in 2013 and will lead the party through the 2012 general elections. After seven rounds of balloting, Reince Priebus was elected chairman over incumbent chair Michael Steele, Saul Anuzis, Ann Wagner and Maria Cino.[1]

Contents

  • Candidates 1
  • Timeline 2
  • Debates 3
  • Polling 4
  • Results 5
  • References 6

Candidates

Former candidates who withdrew before voting began

Timeline

Debates

A debate among the candidates hosted by Americans for Tax Reform took place on January 3, 2011 at the National Press Club.[10] Anuzis, Cino, Priebus, Steele, and Wagner participated in the debate.[11]

  • Republican Committee Chair Debate, C-SPAN, January 3, 2011, full video

Polling

A poll by the National Journal, released on January 13, 2011, showed Priebus in the lead with 40 committed votes out of 168, Steele 17, Wagner 15, Anuzis 14, and Cino 12.

Results

With 168 voting members of the RNC, 85 votes were required to win the chairmanship.

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
Priebus, ReinceReince Priebus 45 52 54 58 67 80 97
Anuzis, SaulSaul Anuzis 24 22 21 24 32 37 43
Cino, MariaMaria Cino 32 30 28 29 40 34 28
Wagner, AnnAnn Wagner 23 27 32 28 28 17 Withdrew
Steele, MichaelMichael Steele 44 37 33 28 Withdrew
     Candidate won majority of votes in the round
     Candidate secured a plurality of votes in the round
     Candidate withdrew

References

  1. ^
  2. ^
  3. ^
  4. ^
  5. ^
  6. ^
  7. ^
  8. ^
  9. ^
  10. ^
  11. ^
Chairpersons
of the RNC
Presidential tickets
Parties by state
and territory
State
Territory
Conventions
(list)
Affiliated
organizations
Fundraising groups
Sectional groups
Factional groups
Related articles
This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. World Heritage Encyclopedia content is assembled from numerous content providers, Open Access Publishing, and in compliance with The Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act (FASTR), Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., Public Library of Science, The Encyclopedia of Life, Open Book Publishers (OBP), PubMed, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, and USA.gov, which sources content from all federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial government publication portals (.gov, .mil, .edu). Funding for USA.gov and content contributors is made possible from the U.S. Congress, E-Government Act of 2002.
 
Crowd sourced content that is contributed to World Heritage Encyclopedia is peer reviewed and edited by our editorial staff to ensure quality scholarly research articles.
 
By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. World Heritage Encyclopedia™ is a registered trademark of the World Public Library Association, a non-profit organization.
 



Copyright © World Library Foundation. All rights reserved. eBooks from Hawaii eBook Library are sponsored by the World Library Foundation,
a 501c(4) Member's Support Non-Profit Organization, and is NOT affiliated with any governmental agency or department.