By CAROLINE HOWARD
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 03: Former Republica...
Reince Priebus, Wisconsin Republican Party chair, was elected RNC chairman today. Priebus was the favorite of the four challengers to incumbent Chair Michael Steele from the get-go, winning on the seventh and final round of voting.
His win wasn't a big surprise, nor was the outcome that the two female candidates, Maria Cino (pictured), a former RNC deputy director and endorsed by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), and former RNC co-chair Ann Wagner, lost.
Garance Franke-Ruta, who oversees politics coverage for TheAtlantic.com, observes: