From CQPolitics.com:

Coming out of the 2008 cycle there was much discussion in Republican circles about the party’s diversity deficit. Michael Steele’s election as the first black chairman of the Republican National Committee was viewed as a possible beginning of a new era of inclusivity, especially for black Republicans. Today, 13 months before the 2010 elections, the GOP has a real shot of electing its first black member to Congress since former Rep. J.C. Watts, R-Okla., left in 2002 and only the fifth black Republican in the House since Reconstruction.
So far, just under a dozen black Republicans are running for the House, and black candidates are in the mix in GOP Senate primaries in Texas and Colorado.
Another black Republican, Charles Lollar, is ready to formally enter the race in Maryland’s 5th District against House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
At the moment, the black Republican who appears to have the best shot in 2010 is Lou Huddleston, who is running in the 8th Congressional District against freshman Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C.

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