Michael Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Steele, the first African-American to hold the post, is a conservative, but he was considered the most moderate of the five candidates running.
He promises "it's going to be a new day" and "a brand new message."
You can watch Steele's remarks to the RNC in the following msnbc video:
Steele's background includes the following:
He is a self-described Lincoln Republican. In 2003 he became the first African-American elected to statewide office in Maryland.
An expert on political strategy, fund-raising, PACs, and election reform, Steele is the current Chairman of GOPAC. He has served on the National Federal Election Reform Commission and the NAACP Blue Ribbon Commission on Election Reform.
Born in 1958 at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George’s County, Maryland, He was raised in Washington, D.C. He spent three years as a seminarian in the Order of St. Augustine in preparation for the priesthood, but, ultimately, chose a career in law instead. He earned his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991.
He is currently a Partner in the international law firm of Dewey & LeBoeuf in Washington, D.C. From 1991–1997, Steele was a corporate securities attorney at the international law firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in Washington, D.C., specializing in sophisticated financial transactions on behalf of Wall Street underwriters. He also was a corporate finance counsel for the Mills Corporation and founded his own company, The Steele Group, a business and legal consulting firm.
We wish Chairman Steele well in his new role.
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