Updating The RNC Chairman's Race Whip Count
Updated 9:50 p.m., and again at 10:24 p.m.
Nearly half the voting members of Republican National Committee have declared their support for one of the six contenders seeking the chairmanship, and with just over two weeks to go the race has a clear front-runner, Wisconsin Republican Party chairman Reince Priebus.
Still, Priebus has about a third of the 85 votes he would need to win, meaning any of the contenders have a path to victory. Expect several more members to make public their commitments after a public forum featuring all six candidates, to be held Monday at the National Press Club in Washington.
So far, at least 76 committee members have publicly said they back a candidate. We consider an endorsement either a comment in a publication or a release from a candidate's campaign. Missing any names? Email us and let us know.
The standings:
Reince Priebus -- 30 votes
Michael Steele -- 15
Ann Wagner -- 12
Saul Anuzis -- 10
Maria Cino -- 6
Gentry Collins -- 3
(Note: Late Sunday, Collins dropped his bid to become RNC chairman. We'll remove him from the list the next time we post an update, as his supporters move back to the "undeclared" category)
After the jump, a full list of endorsers.
The Hotline's latest RNC whip count:
REINCE PRIEBUS (30)
Linda Ackerman, California national committeewoman
Mark Amodei, Nevada Party chairman
Henry Barbour, Mississippi national committeeman
Sandy Boehler, North Dakota national committeewoman
Jim Bopp, Indiana national committeeman
Pat Brady, Illinois Party chair
Mary Buestrin, Wisconsin national committeewoman
Donna Cain, Oregon national committeewoman
James Dunn, Oklahoma national committeeman
Sharon Giese, Arizona national committeewoman
Curly Haugland, North Dakota national committeeman
Mike Hubbard, Alabama Party chair
Mark Hillman, Colorado national committeeman
Bruce Hough, Utah national committeeman
Steve King, Wisconsin national committeeman
Kim Lehman, Iowa national committeewoman
Bob List, Nevada national committeeman
Jeanne Luckey, Mississippi national committeewoman
Matt Pinnell, Oklahoma Party chair
Alec Poitevint, Georgia national committeeman
Reince Priebus, Wisconsin Party chair
Paul Reynolds, Alabama national committeeman
Pete Ricketts, Nebraska national committeeman
Tom Ross, Delaware Party chair
Steve Scheffler, Iowa national committeeman
Shawn Steel, California national committeeman
Stan Stein, North Dakota Party chair
Bruce Sullivan, Minnesota national committeeman
Tony Sutton, Minnesota Party chair
Brad White, Mississippi Party chair
MICHAEL STEELE (15)
Peter Ada, Guam national committeeman
John Frey, Connecticut national committeeman
Holly Hughes, Michigan national committeewoman
Mary Jean Jensen, South Dakota national committeewoman
Robert Kabel, District of Columbia Party chair
Pat Longo, Connecticut national committeewoman
Lilliana Belardo de O'Neal, USVI committeewoman
Louis Pope, Maryland national committeeman
Holland Redfield, USVI national committeeman
Pat Rogers, New Mexico national committeeman
Herbert Schoenbohm, USVI Party chair
Norm Semanko, Idaho Party chair
Joyce Terhes, Maryland national committeewoman
Bob Tiernan, Oregon Party chair
Betsy Werronen, District of Columbia national committeewoman
ANN WAGNER (12)
Lance Beshore, Missouri national committeeman
David Cole, Missouri Party chair
Bettye Fine Collins, Alabama national committeewoman
Chris Devaney, Tennessee Party chair
Ann Dickinson, Missouri national committeewoman
Donna Lou Gosney, West Virginia national committeewoman
Peggy Lambert, Tennessee national committeewoman
Carolyn McLarty, Oklahoma national committeewoman
Jim Reed, West Virginia national committeeman
Randy Ruedrich, Alaska Party chair
John Ryder, Tennessee national committeeman
Ruth Ulrich, Louisiana national committeewoman
SAUL ANUZIS (10)
Saul Anuzis, Michigan national committeeman
Morton Blackwell, Virginia national committeeman
Gio Cicione, Rhode Island Party chair
Bill Crocker, Texas national committeeman
Mark Fahleson, Nebraska Party chair
Dana Randall, South Dakota national committeeman
Heidi Smith, Nevada national committeewoman
Mike Stuart, West Virginia Party chair
Borah Van Dormolen, Texas national committeewoman
Dick Wadhams, Colorado Republican Party chair
MARIA CINO (6)
Evie Axdahl, Minnesota national committeewoman
Ed Cox, New York Party chair
Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio national committeewoman
Kevin DeWine, Ohio Party chair
Ada Fisher, North Carolina national committeewoman
Priscilla Rakestraw, Delaware national committeewoman
GENTRY COLLINS (3)
Chris Healy, Connecticut Party chair
Matt Strawn, Iowa Party chair
Tom Fetzer, North Carolina Party chair
UNDECLARED (92)
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