The second ballot has been cast in the RNC Chairman’s race, and the winner, again, is Reince Priebus, with 52 votes.
The overall tally, in descending order:
Priebus: 52
Steele: 37
Cino: 30
Wagner: 27
Anuzis: 22
Maria Cino underperformed compared to round one, which will fuel speculation that Priebus parked some votes with her to set her up as his mano-a-mano opponent. This is just one of many unsourced lines of speculation floating around the convention center, bu it’s got plenty of traction. Steele, predictably, is sinking quickly — he lost seven votes between the first and second rounds.
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