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Presidential Nominating Process
Precinct Caucus: Saturday 19 January 2008
County Conventions: Saturday 15 March 2008
District Meetings and State Convention: Saturday 26 April 2008
Rump State Convention: Saturday 28 June 2008
State Convention: Saturday 26 July 2008
Republicans
CandidatePopular
Vote
Delegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor Vote
Romney, Mitt22,646  51.10%  
Paul, Ronald Ernest "Ron"6,084  13.73%  
McCain, John Sidney, III5,650  12.75% 34 100.00%
Huckabee, Michael Dale "Mike"3,616   8.16%  
Thompson, Fred Dalton3,519   7.94%  
Giuliani, Rudolph William1,910   4.31%  
Hunter, Duncan890   2.01%  
Tancredo, Thomas Gerald "Tom"   
Uncommitted 34 100.00% 
Total44,315 100.00%34 100.00%34 100.00%

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Saturday 19 January 2008: Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Conventions.

  • "There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the County Convention of the county in which the precinct is located. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied."
 

Saturday 15 March 2008: Republican Party County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to the Nevada State Republican Convention.

  • "County Conventions choose the county's delegates to the Nevada State Republican Convention. Again, there is no formal system applied in the County Convention to relate the presidential preference of the Convention's delegates to the choice of the county's delegates to the Nevada State Republican Convention. The delegates in attendance at each County Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied."
 

The Nevada Republican party suspended its convention on Saturday night without electing any National Convention delegates. State party chairman Sue Lowden says that the party will reconvene to nominate the state's delegates in Las Vegas at a date which is to be deteremined. Congressman Ron Paul spoke at the convention. The dispute was over how many McCain and Ron Paul supporters would be elected as National Convention delegates.

Saturday 26 April 2008: The Nevada State Republican Convention convenes in Reno. The State Convention chooses all 34 delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention. There is no formal system of allocating Nevada's National Convention delegates to presidential contenders.

  • Congressional District Caucuses, consisting of the State Convention delegates from each of Nevada's 3 congressional districts meet at the State Convention to choose the 3 National Convention delegates assigned to each congressional district. A total of 9 delegates are elected.
  • The State Convention meets as a whole to choose the 22 at-large (10 base at-large plus 12 bonus delegates) delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Nevada's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

 

Saturday 28 June 2008: Rump Convention.

 

3 June 2008 update: THE LOWDEN LINE http://suelowden.blogivists.com:80/2008/06/04/unfinished-business/ reports that the Executive Board of the Nevada Republican State Central Committee has decided to reconvene the Nevada State Republican Convention on Saturday 26 July 2008.

5 June 2008 update: The Nevada Republican Party plans to meet in Reno on 26 July 2008 to resume their 26 April 2008 state convention. The approximately 1,300 delegates to the state convention were to choose 31 delegates to the Republican National Convention however the state convention was stopped after a dispute between supporters of John McCain and Ron Paul.

19 June 2008 update: The Nevada Republican Party mailed a document to State Convention delegates stating that they must register for the 26 July convention by Monday 7 July 2008. "So that we can be certain there will be a quorum on July 26, those who plan to attend must send their [registration fee] by July 7th, 2008. ... Party officials do no want delegates to come from all across the state and then find we do not have a quorum. ... We will notify delegates as soon as we are assured of a quorum or if it appears we will not be able to reach one. ... While we believe we must try to reconvene the Convention, if you would like a mail in ballot instead of reconvening please check the box and send the form back ... by Monday July 7th."

16 December 2010. Media reports state that Romney won 18, Paul 4, McCain 4, Huckabee 2, Thompson 2, Giuliani 1.

Saturday 26 July 2008: The Nevada State Republican Convention convenes in Reno. The State Convention chooses all 34 delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention. There is no formal system of allocating Nevada's National Convention delegates to presidential contenders.

  • Congressional District Caucuses, consisting of the State Convention delegates from each of Nevada's 3 congressional districts meet at the State Convention to choose the 3 National Convention delegates assigned to each congressional district. A total of 9 delegates are elected.
  • The State Convention meets as a whole to choose the 22 at-large (10 base at-large plus 12 bonus delegates) delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Nevada's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.


 


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