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GOP affirmative-action rule complicates party leadership contest

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How do you run a campaign when you could be disqualified, through no fault of your own, moments before balloting begins? That’s a question a number of contenders are weighing as they vie for co-chairman of the Republican National Committee.

The possibility that the GOP may elect a woman as national party chairman for just the second time in its history is raising that prospect for candidates for the party’s often-overlooked No. 2 post. That’s because RNC rules require the co-chairman to be of the opposite sex of the chairman.

That rule will make Election Day more nerve-racking than usual for co-chairman candidates. They won’t know whether they can run until the last moment, when a new national committee chairman is elected.

Full Story: NationalJournal.com – Boy-Girl: GOP Affirmative-Action Rule Complicates Party Leadership Contest – Tuesday, December 28, 2010