[spintreebob]

There were two slated individuals who were the most pro-establishment. Two Cruz supporters were both nominated to run against one of the establishment types, potentially splitting the anti-establishment vote. But the delegates realized what was happening and coalesced around one of the Cruz nominees and he beat the establishment guy by 1 vote.

Nobody ran against the other establishment candidate and she had a free ride the whole night.

In addition to the 3 delegates and 3 alternates chosen in the 14 GA Districts today, 34 more delegates will be chosen at the State Convention in Augusta in the future.

[spintreebob]

Besides the establishment and candidate aspects, another aspect was that the Congressional district covers parts of 3 counties. None were from DeKalb or Clayton. All 6 slated candidates were from the Fulton part of Atlanta and mostly from the same part of Atlanta ignoring 95% of the district geographically.

Nominations from the floor changed that.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

But the delegates realized what was happening and coalesced around one of the Cruz nominees and he beat the establishment guy by 1 vote.

Isn't a Cruz nominee the same as the establishment?

[Dr. Sivana]

You only had 50 people, we started out with close to three-hundred in the third district. We voted by slate for the delegates, with three slates presented. The endorsed slate, who are Cruz supporters won the delegate spots.

There were five slates for the alternates, with a lot of folks aced out because they couldn't cobble together a slate. A lot of candidates appeared on more than one slate for the Alternates. The endorsed slate won there as well, but it was closer. That was a mixture of Cruz and "did not disclose".

Besides the delegate races, we also heard from five Congressional candidates for the Lynn Westmoreland seat which is opening up. All were good, but State Sen. Mike Crane was easily the favorite of the lot. He is an ally of State Sen. Josh McKoon, who received a well-deserved hero's welcome on the floor. He also has the support of the senior family of the district, the Frost family. Both Brant V and Katie Frost are young, talented and will be heard from in the future.

[Hoodat]

Ping. Thought you might have some further insight on this.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Much the same in the early March Cobb County selection of delegates (GA 7 and 11 I think) ...

“Roberts Rules” nitpicking of the ‘pre-selected” and annointed ones against the floor. Most, not all, of the pre-selected slates and positions were voted down with the establishment not happy.