GOP Candidates Hunt for Delegates Before Voting Begins | The Texas Tribune - Jay Root:
April 4, 2012 - "Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Lake Jackson are ... feverishly working to stack the state convention in June with their supporters, a move that could help increase their influence should the nomination be unresolved by the time the party’s national convention rolls around in late August.
"GOP delegate selection conventions, from the precinct level to counties and Senate districts, are being held across the state, most of them on April 14 and April 21, officials say. The delegates chosen there will go to the state GOP convention in Fort Worth in early June. Republican delegates in Texas are to be awarded to candidates proportionately based on the percentage the candidates get in the May 29 primary — but there are some wrinkles that could allow delegates to switch their allegiance.
"'The Ron Paul campaign is very engaged, inquiring how the process works, organizing turnout,' said GOP chairman Steve Munisteri. 'I see the Santorum people putting together a very active team, and they are working on getting people to turn out to the conventions.'
Munisteri said he hadn’t seen much delegate-recruiting activity from the campaigns of front-runner Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.... 'No sign of them whatsoever,' Munisteri said."
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/gop-candidates-hunt-delegates-voting-begins/
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April 4, 2012 - "Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Lake Jackson are ... feverishly working to stack the state convention in June with their supporters, a move that could help increase their influence should the nomination be unresolved by the time the party’s national convention rolls around in late August.
"GOP delegate selection conventions, from the precinct level to counties and Senate districts, are being held across the state, most of them on April 14 and April 21, officials say. The delegates chosen there will go to the state GOP convention in Fort Worth in early June. Republican delegates in Texas are to be awarded to candidates proportionately based on the percentage the candidates get in the May 29 primary — but there are some wrinkles that could allow delegates to switch their allegiance.
"'The Ron Paul campaign is very engaged, inquiring how the process works, organizing turnout,' said GOP chairman Steve Munisteri. 'I see the Santorum people putting together a very active team, and they are working on getting people to turn out to the conventions.'
Munisteri said he hadn’t seen much delegate-recruiting activity from the campaigns of front-runner Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.... 'No sign of them whatsoever,' Munisteri said."
Read more: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-politics/2012-presidential-election/gop-candidates-hunt-delegates-voting-begins/
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