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Saltsman out of the running for RNC chair

 

Published 1/29/2009 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) – There are now just five candidates in the race to chair the Republican National Committee. Chip Saltsman, the former Tennessee GOP chairman who managed Mike Huckabee’s underdog presidential campaign, is out of the running after failing to garner enough support to file as an official candidate. According to committee rules, each of the six [...] (link)

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