Steele Doesn't Deliver for Cino (Update: Priebus 5 Votes Shy of Victory; Update: Priebus Wins)

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4:20 PM, Jan 14, 2011 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

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The fifth ballot at the RNC race:

Priebus 67, Cino 40, Anuzis 32, Wagner 28

Michael Steele dropped out of the race after the last round and urged his 28 supporters to back GOP operative Maria Cino, but she only picked up 11 votes, while Reince Priebus picked up 9, and Saul Anuzis gained 8. Ann Wagner's total remained the same.

Update: After the sixth ballot, Wisconsin GOP chairman Reince Priebus is five votes away from a majority, as Cino and Wagner fade: