Alaska GOP Fails to Get Convention Quorum

Rules require 275 delegates

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By Rod Boyce, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Story Created: Jun 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM AKDT

Story Updated: Jun 11, 2012 at 10:41 AM AKDT

FAIRBANKS—The Alaska Republican Party failed to reconvene its convention today in Anchorage when not enough delegates showed up.

Only 192 delegates registered for the session, according to a statement from the party. The rules require that 275 are needed for a quorum.

A statement under the names of party Chairman Randy Ruedrich and Vice Chairman Steve Colligan said the party’s central committee will consider all convention committee resolutions at its next meeting and that the party platform adopted earlier will soon be published.

Ruedrich, retiring from the party’s leadership, had urged delegates to stay away from today’s planned reconvening in an effort to prevent supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul from trying to gain further power in the state party. Paul supporters at the state convention in April managed to elect their choice for party leader, Russ Millette, over Ruedrich’s choice of a successor.

Ruedrich also earlier accused the Paul supporters of wanting to rewrite rules to award all of Alaska’s GOP delegates to Paul for the national convention, a charge that a top Paul supporter denied.


 

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Jim said on Saturday, Jun 9 at 4:02 PM

I'm not a Republican and would never vote for Romney, but if Ron Paul would have gotten on the ticket I would have voted for him. Maybe the Paul supporters can change the state party and produce candidates that aren't going to give away our oil wealth to the corporations that fund their candidates. IMO - Getting rid of Ruedrich was long past due, although it remain to be seen whether anything will really change.

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Anonymous said on Saturday, Jun 9 at 4:34 PM

Yeah the GOP been trying to sell Republican Romney to the public...the most they offer is a blindfold!

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Yuck said on Saturday, Jun 9 at 5:48 PM

Ron Paul might have a couple good ideas on paper, but he's dangerously insane and has ties to neo-nazism. What more could be a turnoff?

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motman said on Saturday, Jun 9 at 6:18 PM

you're not rid of Randy yet... not until the elections are over. same 'ol stuff from the same 'ol bunch

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Daniel said on Monday, Jun 11 at 10:44 AM

Basically, the Old Guard are having a hissy fit because people didn't vote their way.

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