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WASHINGTON – Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Michael Steele released the following statement today following the South Carolina primary run-off election results:

“I want to congratulate all of the Republican nominees in South Carolina who prevailed in their primaries this evening. South Carolinians made history today when they nominated Nikki Haley as the state’s first woman and Indian-American nominee for governor. And when he is victorious in November, Tim Scott will be the first African-American Republican Congressman to represent the Palmetto state in a century. These are exciting times for our Party. I know that Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Jeff Duncan, Trey Gowdy, and the entire field of strong Republican candidates in South Carolina are committed to reigning in government spending, keeping taxes low, and fighting against the Obama Administration’s big-government agenda, and will