How Ted Cruz could win Colorado’s delegates even before the state convention

The Colorado Independent ^ | 4/5/16 | Corey Hutchins

[justlittleoleme]

Ted Cruz and Donald Trump have plans to campaign in Colorado this weekend, but it’s possible one of them could technically win the state’s delegate count even before the GOP state convention here on April 9.

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“The state convention gets all the press,” says Daniel Cole, the director of the El Paso County Republican Party. “But the congressional assemblies, taken as a whole, are more important.”

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So far it appears Ted Cruz is making a harder play for the delegates than Trump or Kasich.

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Already, Cruz has shown a keen interest in Colorado’s potential delegates, and has even endorsed some. That’s paid off so far, as the Texas senator scored a big win here over the weekend when he ran the table at the first congressional assembly, held in the Denver area. The first six Republicans who won coveted delegate slots for Cleveland are pledged delegates for Cruz.

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As for Trump, the billionaire businessman has made plans to be in Colorado this week, but whether he’ll show up to the state convention in Colorado Springs is so far up in the air. If Cruz wins enough delegates during the congressional assemblies before Saturday, Trump’s time might be better spent elsewhere.

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The Colorado Independent reached out to a handful of delegate hopefuls who are pledged to Trump to see if there was any kind of organized effort among them like there has been for Cruz. The first, an El Paso County Trump supporter, said he likely wasn’t the best to talk to, saying, “I don’t know that much about the process.” Another, a lifelong Democrat from Ohio who says she switched parties after moving here last year to support Trump, said she wasn’t even sure if she was still in the running to become a delegate.

 

[nclaurel]

Will there be a GOP in 2020? If they slip a RINO on us again I doubt it.

[dforest]

Voters aren’t needed.

That is good, because I figure he won’t need any to win the general election either.

I have other things to do since votes aren’t needed for Ted to win.

Just because someone can do something and it is legal, doesn’t make it right.

[proust]

Exactly, it goes against the spirit of the process. Winning on technicalities will not impress anyone outside of Cruz’s little cult.

[gg188]

The Cruznadian Washington Cartel Elite never sleep. Would you if the important things in life to you were on the line: Sex, Wealth, Power. And you stood to lose everything you’d worked for, to get into that position, all your career? There are a lot of crony capitalists in the Donor Class counting on you.