The California Republican Assembly (CRA) has earned the reputation of being the premiere grassroots conservative apparatus of the California Republican Party. As an officially sanctioned organization by the Republican Party the CRA endorsement is something highly sought after, especially in solid conservative seats. Endorsement meetings often pit two or three candidates against each other to try to convince delegates who deserves their votes for an endorsement. If no candidate receives an endorsement after round one, they continue into two more rounds of voting, often creating vote whipping exercises in between.
Even in more difficult seats for a Republican candidate the CRA endorsement is important, and highly sought after. Thus was the case two weeks ago when Assemblyman Van Tran won the CRA endorsement in Orange County, causing his GOP opponent to cry foul. However CRA Statewide President Ken Mettler released this statement today to assert the legitimacy of the CRA endorsement of Van Tran in his race against Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez:
VAN TRAN HAS EARNED THE CRA ENDORSEMENT
Candidates that participate in a CRA Endorsing Convention often ask for an appeal based on procedural matters, but after an extensive review, it is clear that Van Tran won the CRA endorsement for the Republican nomination in the 47th Congressional District on February 20th, 2010, in Costa Mesa, CA, by a 2 to 1 margin under every possible scenario.
JUST THE FACTS:
1. The standing vote required Mr. Tran to have at least 16 votes – he had 17.
2. If for some reason the vote from one of the Stanton CRA Unit delegates, Paul Hegyi, could be disqualified, the 2/3 threshold would have been 15 votes and Mr. Tran would
have still won the endorsement with 16 votes.
3. Lastly, even IF the Stanton unit would have not been permitted to vote, Mr. Tran still would have won the endorsement as the 2/3 threshold would have been 13
votes. Mr. Tran received 13 votes from among the 4 remaining Units voting, as there were only 4 votes from Stanton to begin with.
Anyway you look at this race, Mr. Tran rightfully and honestly won the CRA endorsement over Quang Pham, the other Republican candidate.
“Assemblyman Van Tran reflects our conservative Republican values and is the best man to represent the 47th Congressional District. We need Van Tran in Congress and the CRA is proud to give him our endorsement,” stated Ken Mettler, CRA President.“
RT @DrunkonPolitics: "Daily Drink-6/15/2010" - http://bit.ly/9yHwJF #tcot #sgp #gop #teaparty
RT @DrunkonPolitics: "Daily Drink-6/15/2010" - http://bit.ly/9yHwJF #tcot #sgp #gop #teaparty
RT @DrunkonPolitics: "Daily Drink-6/15/2010" - http://bit.ly/9yHwJF #tcot #sgp #gop #teaparty
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