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  • Paul's supporters make inroads at GOP conventions

    03/31/2008 11:38:28 AM PDT · by Paleo Conservative · 31 replies · 1,133+ views
    Fort Worth Startlegram ^ | Sun, Mar. 30, 2008 | MIKE LEE
    FORT WORTH -- Ron Paul supporters fought with local Republican leaders Saturday over control of local conventions and may have won the right to push their agenda at the state GOP convention. Supporters of Paul, a congressman from Surfside who got 4.5 percent of the votes in the presidential primary, tried to overwhelm the senate district-level conventions by sheer numbers. The party regulars, aware that Paul's supporters won a similar campaign in Missouri, brought in extra troops of their own. The two largest conventions in Tarrant County were still nominating their delegates at 9 p.m., and it may be days...
  • Paul wins Virginia GOP straw poll

    12/02/2007 4:02:33 AM PST · by P8riot · 78 replies · 950+ views
    Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | 12/2/2007 | TYLER WHITLEY
    ARLINGTON -- Texas Rep. Ron Paul easily won a presidential poll at a Republican Party of Virginia conference here yesterday. Paul polled 182 out of about 500 votes cast. Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson finished second with 112 votes, and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee finished third with 51 votes. The straw poll was held at the 24th annual Republican Advance, generally attended by activists and grass-roots workers, at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City Hotel in the Washington suburbs.