Seventeen other delegates – the state party chairman, Rob Gleason, Pennsylvania’s two national GOP committee members and 14 picked in May by party leaders – must vote for the victor of Pennsylvania’s statewide primary election, but only on the first convention ballot.
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Trump says: “Nobody should take delegates and claim victory unless they get those delegates with voters and voting”.
“The RNC has a lot to answer for as do those who are part of the donor class and the party establishment”.
Delegates are more important than votes when it comes to Georgia’s role in the Republican presidential race.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Stephen Decatur High School, Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in Berlin, Md.
A sizable win in NY essentially ends any hopes Cruz had of winning the nomination outright before the Republican National Convention. “I’m so pleased that such a meticulous attorney is the head of the RNC because he is making sure the rules are the rules, that we follow the rules”, Ryan said.
“I mean frankly she should not be allowed to run, for Christ’s sake”, he said.
If Trump falls short of that number in the delegates he wins through state contests, it could force a contested convention in which many delegates who would be bound to vote for Trump on the first ballot could choose another candidate on subsequent ballots.
A top Irish-American congressman has vowed to kill himself if Senator Ted Cruz wins the Republican party’s nomination for president.
Hannity prefaced the discussion by revealing, “This has now happened in the last three interviews that I have had with Sen”.
Responding to Trump’s criticism about the GOP delegate rules, Romney was dismissive, saying the rules were well known more than a year ago. Steve Schmidt, the architect of one of the most unmitigated disasters in GOP presidential election history, thinks der Orangenführer is totally on the right path.
“None of us”, Cruz repeated, “are getting to 1,237”.
Gov. John Kasich: He’s the only one still running against Cruz and Trump.
“Donald Trump has spoken on the record for the need to get West Virginia working again”, he said.
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Further complicating the numbers game: Once the convention is underway, some delegate votes can change. The divide between upstate and downstate NY is never more clear than during an election cycle.”If he really wants to complain about a system appearing to be rigged against him, the state to start with is IN”, she said.
