Ann Wagner, another candidate for chair of the Republican National Committee, says she won’t throw her support to Michael Steele if her campaign fails:

Wagner called on her rivals not to back Steele if history begins to repeat itself. “I would ask any of the candidates out there to not to move any of their support to Michael Steele, regardless of the outcome of any one individual,” she said.

While affirming that she is “in the race to win it,” Wagner said numerous committee members have, in the course of their conversations, asked her not to back Steele if she fails to advance to the late stages of the election.

“I have made that commitment to many of the men and women who have asked me that,” Wagner said. “They want a new direction, a new leadership. That’s my commitment.”