"I'm not telling you she gets the money, " former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson said of Haley.

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Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party, said that he had confidence the problem was being fixed.

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"There are probably going to be two winners here, because I don't see that big of a thread between any of the candidates, " said Katon Dawson, chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party.

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"In a perfect world, that person might be a woman, an African-American, might be from New York and not from Mississippi, " said RNC member Henry Barbour, a supporter of South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson.

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In addition to Anuzis, five other candidates already have declared their intention to seek the chairmanship: former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, current RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, former Tennessee Republican Party Chairman Chip Saltsman and former Maryland Lt.

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