Something similar occurred here in MA just over a week ago, with the MA GOP Chair race.
Two candidates, with the anointed one, a Baker (Dem, MA) stooge, supposed to win, claiming he had locked up 45 votes (needed 41).
He was previously the MA GOP treasurer, who oversaw the gov-centric flow of campaign funds with none to great R candidates down-ballot.
Trump-supporting, pro-life conservative Jim Lyons won 47 to 27.
These state and county chair positions are important for 2020 GOTV, and replacing establishment picks with Trump loyalists is an essential ingredient.
Russians helped him. I bet he smirks at Indians.
But Geoff Diehl was toast, he had no chance to get that slot. I remain skeptical of anything MA and the GOP structure as a former resident, and my MI is it any better? I am not impressed with it frankly. I can’t even imagine the lack of Moral or Candidates w/ GOP hierarchy in CA, NY, IL etc...
Wow. There might be some light yet, at the end of the “Big Gouge” tunnel, for the MA GOP. When I left, the GOP was in shambles thanks to Mittens Romney and his train of ass-kissing RINOs, and fair-weather soldiers - like Senator Mike Knapik - who turned belly-up when Romney pushed sodomite “marriage” down our throats.
Is Senator Don Humason doing any better? Don was Knapik’s liaison when I lived there. I personally told him how pissed I was over Mike’s retreat on the same-sex marriage bill. Also told Don that the outcome of the vote was the reason I decided to leave MA. for good.