Post by Logan on May 3, 2016 6:19:51 GMT -6
Virginia's Gilmore can't even get elected delegate to convention
Jim Gilmore may be a former governor, state attorney general, Republican National Committee chairman and presidential candidate. But he couldn’t get elected as a delegate to his party’s national convention.
When delegates were selected at Virginia’s state convention in Harrisonburg this past weekend, Gilmore, 66, put his name forward and was shut out.
The process was heavily politicized, as supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas, maneuvered to elect a delegate slate that they hope will block mogul Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president.
While Trump won Virginia’s March 1 primary and garnered twice as many votes as third-place finisher Cruz, the party activists at the state convention picked 10 Cruz supporters and three Trump supporters to head to Cleveland.
Read more: www.richmond.com/washingtonpost/uncategorized/article_454a3189-991a-52fa-b3a6-09aae135f1aa.html
Jim Gilmore may be a former governor, state attorney general, Republican National Committee chairman and presidential candidate. But he couldn’t get elected as a delegate to his party’s national convention.
When delegates were selected at Virginia’s state convention in Harrisonburg this past weekend, Gilmore, 66, put his name forward and was shut out.
The process was heavily politicized, as supporters of Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas, maneuvered to elect a delegate slate that they hope will block mogul Donald Trump from winning the Republican nomination for president.
While Trump won Virginia’s March 1 primary and garnered twice as many votes as third-place finisher Cruz, the party activists at the state convention picked 10 Cruz supporters and three Trump supporters to head to Cleveland.
Read more: www.richmond.com/washingtonpost/uncategorized/article_454a3189-991a-52fa-b3a6-09aae135f1aa.html