Two Republican National Committee members from Tennessee endorse South Carolina GOP Chair Katon Dawson in his bid to be the next RNC Chair: State GOP Chair Robin Smith and National Committeeman John Ryder. The bid of Chip Saltsman had been facing an uphill climb in recent weeks, and two endorsements of a rival from his home state suggests one more bump in the road.

By my count, this puts Dawson at 18 endorsements, giving him a bit more of a solid hold on second place, behind Mike Duncan with 25. An endorsement list, not including the Tennessee ones as of this posting, can be found here.

UPDATE: The third RNC member from Tennessee, Peggy Lambert, endorsed Ken Blackwell Sunday.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Duncan’s people say they’re up to 35, 36 if you count Duncan himself. The list after the jump:

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Mary Lou Ada

National Committeewoman, Northern Mariana Islands

Evie Axdahl

National Committeewoman, Minnesota

Bob Bennett

National Committeeman, Ohio

Rick Bennett

National Committeeman, Maine

Jim Burnett

National Committeeman, Arkansas

Donna Cain

National Committeewoman, Oregon

Ron Carey

State Chairman, Minnesota

Jo Ann Davidson

National Committeewoman, Ohio

Mark Ellis

State Chairman, Maine

Zori Fonalledas

National Committeewoman, Puerto Rico

Te’o Fuavai

National Committeeman, American Samoa

Gov. Luis Fortuno

National Committeeman, Puerto Rico

Donna Lou Gosney

National Committeeman, West Virginia

Blake Hall

National Committeeman, Idaho

Reta Hamilton

National Committeewoman, Arkansas

Betti Hill

National Committeewoman, Montana

Ron Kaufman

National Committeeman, Massachusetts

Jeff Kent

National Committeeman, Washington

Kris Kobach

State Chairman, Kansas

Willes K. Lee

State Chairman, Hawai’i

Carlos Mendez

State Chairman, Puerto Rico

Cindy Moyle

National Committeewoman, Idaho

Lilly Nunez

National Committeewoman, Colorado

Cindy Phillips

National Committeewoman, Mississippi

Amata Radewagen

National Committeewoman, American Samoa

Priscilla Rakestraw

National Committeewoman, Delaware

Jim Reed

National Committeeman, West Virginia

Steve Robertson

State Chairman, Kentucky

Gail Russell

National Committeewoman, Kentucky

Su’a Schuster

State Chairman, American Samoa

Laird Stabler III

National Committeeman, Delaware

Jan Staples

National Committeewoman, Maine

Ed Tenorio

State Chairman, Northern Mariana Islands

Mary Torres

National Committeewoman, Guam

Solomon Yue

National Committeeman, Oregon