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VA GOP to Nominate Candidates this Weekend
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The GOP
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Date: May 16, 2013 07:51AM
VA GOP to Nominate Candidates this Weekend
Thousands of delegates will gather in Richmond this weekend to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
http://fallschurch.patch.com/articles/va-gop-to-nominate-candidates-this-weekend-e658f682
The Virginia Republican party will gather for its state convention in Richmond this Friday and Saturday to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general for the November election.
Richmond will see an influx of 13,000 delegates to the convention, party activists who will nominate the candidates they think can maintain the party’s interests and win on November 5.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli became the party’s only nominee for governor when current Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling dropped out last year. Cuccinelli will be formally nominated this weekend and is expected to deliver an acceptance speech Saturday.
A senior council in Virginia’s Republican Party made a last-minute decision to hold a convention instead of a primary, severely decreasing the too-moderate Bolling to withdraw his bid for the nomination.
Conventions tend to favor the more extreme candidates in a political party because only a very small, very active percentage of that candidate’s party will eventually nominate them.
How they’ll do in a general election is a different question.
The lieutenant governor race features seven candidates, making it essentially anybody’s game, experts say.
The candidates are Jeannemarie Davis; Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-31st); Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart; State Sen. Steve Martin (R-11th); Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chairman Susan Stimpson; E.W. Jackson; and Pete Snyder.
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) and Del. Robert B. Bell (R-Albemarle) are vying for the attorney general nod.
Delegates will arrive throughout the morning Friday before heading to the convention center, where the weekend’s proceedings will kick off at noon. There, they’ll go over the rules and regulations of the weekend before heading to a dinner with Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal appearing as guest speaker.
Candidates will be nominated Saturday, when the convention is once again called to order at 10 a.m. The large number of candidates means the process could take several hours.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli spoke at an event in Old Town Alexandria. | Patch file photoCredit Rachel Leonard
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Thousands of delegates will gather in Richmond this weekend to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.
http://fallschurch.patch.com/articles/va-gop-to-nominate-candidates-this-weekend-e658f682
The Virginia Republican party will gather for its state convention in Richmond this Friday and Saturday to nominate candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general for the November election.
Richmond will see an influx of 13,000 delegates to the convention, party activists who will nominate the candidates they think can maintain the party’s interests and win on November 5.
Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli became the party’s only nominee for governor when current Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling dropped out last year. Cuccinelli will be formally nominated this weekend and is expected to deliver an acceptance speech Saturday.
A senior council in Virginia’s Republican Party made a last-minute decision to hold a convention instead of a primary, severely decreasing the too-moderate Bolling to withdraw his bid for the nomination.
Conventions tend to favor the more extreme candidates in a political party because only a very small, very active percentage of that candidate’s party will eventually nominate them.
How they’ll do in a general election is a different question.
The lieutenant governor race features seven candidates, making it essentially anybody’s game, experts say.
The candidates are Jeannemarie Davis; Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R-31st); Prince William County Chairman Corey Stewart; State Sen. Steve Martin (R-11th); Stafford County Board of Supervisors Chairman Susan Stimpson; E.W. Jackson; and Pete Snyder.
Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) and Del. Robert B. Bell (R-Albemarle) are vying for the attorney general nod.
Delegates will arrive throughout the morning Friday before heading to the convention center, where the weekend’s proceedings will kick off at noon. There, they’ll go over the rules and regulations of the weekend before heading to a dinner with Lousiana Gov. Bobby Jindal appearing as guest speaker.
Candidates will be nominated Saturday, when the convention is once again called to order at 10 a.m. The large number of candidates means the process could take several hours.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli spoke at an event in Old Town Alexandria. | Patch file photoCredit Rachel Leonard
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Re: VA GOP to Nominate Candidates this Weekend
Posted by:
Cook
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Date: May 16, 2013 08:39AM
Well, he looks serious.
Re: VA GOP to Nominate Candidates this Weekend
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Why so Serious?
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Date: May 16, 2013 03:29PM
Cook Wrote:
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> Well, he looks serious.
He reminds me of Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face from the Dark Knight...
and then after they get elected they turn into this...
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> Well, he looks serious.
He reminds me of Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face from the Dark Knight...
and then after they get elected they turn into this...
