GOP's Jones Expects Delegates To Support McCain
By Michael McNutt/Capitol Bureau, The Oklahoman ~ The chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party said Monday he's confident all 23 delegates up for nomination to the national GOP convention will be loyal to the party's presidential presumptive nominee, Sen. John McCain.
Republican officials last weekend interviewed 114 people who had applied for the delegate spots, state GOP Chairman Gary Jones said. A slate of 23 at-large delegates and 23 alternates will be submitted during the Oklahoma Republican Party's convention next month.
Jones said party officials wanted to know from each of the delegates what "they're going to do to support our nominee, John McCain.”
Ron Paul supporters are continuing efforts to win delegates at Oklahoma's convention, scheduled for May 2-3 in Tulsa.
Paul supporters are hosting a "speech coaching” session April 29 in Oklahoma City.
McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, captured Oklahoma's 23 at-large delegates when he won the state's Feb. 5 presidential primary. Three state GOP officials, Jones and the national committeeman and committeewoman, automatically go as delegates; all three are supporting McCain.
Fifteen other delegates were awarded to the winning candidate in each of the state's five congressional districts. McCain got nine of those delegates – three in each of the three congressional districts he won.
State law requires each delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention to cast his or her vote on all ballots for the candidate who won Oklahoma's vote unless that candidate is "no longer a candidate.” After that candidate withdraws, for example, the Oklahoma delegates may vote for any candidate.
Republican officials last weekend interviewed 114 people who had applied for the delegate spots, state GOP Chairman Gary Jones said. A slate of 23 at-large delegates and 23 alternates will be submitted during the Oklahoma Republican Party's convention next month.
Jones said party officials wanted to know from each of the delegates what "they're going to do to support our nominee, John McCain.”
Ron Paul supporters are continuing efforts to win delegates at Oklahoma's convention, scheduled for May 2-3 in Tulsa.
Paul supporters are hosting a "speech coaching” session April 29 in Oklahoma City.
McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, captured Oklahoma's 23 at-large delegates when he won the state's Feb. 5 presidential primary. Three state GOP officials, Jones and the national committeeman and committeewoman, automatically go as delegates; all three are supporting McCain.
Fifteen other delegates were awarded to the winning candidate in each of the state's five congressional districts. McCain got nine of those delegates – three in each of the three congressional districts he won.
State law requires each delegate or alternate delegate to the national convention to cast his or her vote on all ballots for the candidate who won Oklahoma's vote unless that candidate is "no longer a candidate.” After that candidate withdraws, for example, the Oklahoma delegates may vote for any candidate.
Labels: 2008 Presidential Race, Gary Jones, GOP Nominating Process, John McCain, Oklahoma Republican Party, Ron Paul
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