Michael Steele, First African-American Leader to Chair RNC

(EMAILWIRE.COM, January 31, 2009 ) Washington DC � Usgovernment-News.Com (http://www.usgovernment-news.com ) � The former Lt. Gov. of Maryland, Michael Steele, is elected chairman of the Republican National Committee. Steele is the first African-American to hold that post. The new RNC chairman won 91 votes to Katon Dawson’s 77 � the GOP chairman of