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Sembler, other top GOP fundraising chiefs call for Michael Steele’s ouster

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Some of the nation’s top Republican fundraisers, including Mel Sembler of St. Petersburg, are trying to oust the chairman of the national GOP, saying he has mismanaged finances and threatens the party’s chances in the 2012 presidential election.

“I think we’d be in very serious trouble if Michael (Steele) comes back,” Sembler said Tuesday. “We’re $20 million in the hole, and we’ve got to dig out of that and still raise all kinds of money.”

Sembler is among five former Republican National Committee finance chairmen and another top former GOP official who took the unusual step of writing a letter urging RNC members to pick someone other than Steele in an election Friday.

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