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State GOP chairman won't seek re-election |
State Republican Party chairman Katon Dawson told GOP officials Saturday that he will not seek another two-year term heading South Carolina’s dominant political party.Dawson’s announcement clears the way for potential chairmen to campaign ahead of May’s state GOP meeting, when party members will elect a new leader.Dawson narrowly missed winning an election to chair the Republican National Committee nine days ago, and said that the campaign was draining and that it was the right decision to step down.“It has been seven years. It is time,” Dawson told a meeting of the S.C. GOP executive committee. “It’s time for a small break from everyday politics.” Dawson said he would serve until May, and had other public affairs opportunities.Dawson told members how difficult, and at times lonely, the campaign for national chairman had been. He said that he was proud of the better than 80 percent winning record GOP candidates had in the latest election and that he helped maintain the state’s first-in-the-South presidential primary.
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