I just got home from the Minnesota Republican 5th Congressional District Convention, and I am excited!
We elected 3 delegates and 2 alternates to the National Convention. (We had three alternates available, but the third spot wasn’t available to be filled according to the rules*.) I am so excited to report that ALL OF THEM are Ron Paul supporters!!!
According to the straw poll taken at the precinct caucuses on Feb. 5, Ron Paul was credited with zero delegates from Minnesota, and now he has a guaranteed three from my district alone.
What’s amusing is that the Elites at this level hand-picked their three favorites for each position, including the Candidate for Congress in the last go-around. None of them got elected. It just goes to show that a well organized grass-roots movement can actually win battles. I am proud to be a part of it.
Cudos to the Ron Paul campaign for continuing their work and working out who would run for delegate and alternate, and informing the rest of us who those people were.
*The rules stated that no one could be elected unless they received a majority of votes (< 50%). Any open seat that didn't achieve a majority vote would have to have a re-vote. The rules also stated that the convention had to adjourn by 4:00 p.m., and the vote tally for the election of alternates didn't come in until 4:10 or so, leaving no time to re-vote to elect the remaining alternate.
Congrats! You guys worked hard for it and did everything exactly right. You didn’t have mavericks running outside the slate like a couple other districts did, and everyone campaigned hard. We need to do the same thing at state, with everyone staying on program, then on to national!
I was so proud to be a part of it on Saturday!
I hope things go smoothly at State. I heard some stories out of CDs 4&6 that worry me a little. 6 asked the nominees flat out if they would support McCain, implying (to me at least) that they would interfere with the election of anyone who answered ‘No’.
What entitles McCain to any delegates from Minnesota? If his supporters can get elected fairly and squarely, that’s fine, good for them; otherwise they are no more entitled to delegates than anyone else.
Go, Ron Paul! 🙂