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294 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Final numbers are in and based on the fact that Mitt Romney won 13 of 15 congressional districts, John McCain won 2 and Huckabee qualified for at-large delegates by getting 16% of the statewide vote and we calculated the following allocation:

Romney: 45
McCain: 10
Huckabee: 2

Our press release is below.

I received a whole lot of questions on how Governor Romney won Michigan and if there were some “untold” stories that folks were missing. Not really, I think it was very straight forward:

1) Mitt Romney delivered a compelling message to the voters on jobs, the economy, presented his can-do CEO experience and connections to Michigan. I think he hit on issues that voters were concerned about and did it well.

2) The Romney campaign had the best organization on the ground. Katie Packer designed a “win” strategy that appeared to “click” second to none I have ever seen in Michigan and State Director Jason McBride and his team implemented the plan very effectively. A great ground game.

3) The Romney campaign committed more financial and political resources to Michigan than the others.

Bottom line: they ran the best campaign and connected with the voters of Michigan.

We are at the RNC meeting and today I will be presenting the “Michigan Plan” that Debbie Dingell and I put together to the RNC Rules Committee for their consideration. There are 5 different plans being submitted for consideration and then we’ll actually be voting on those plans at the April State Chairs meetings…recommending the process to the National Convention as a whole.

THE REST OF THE STORY:

Here is our press release about the delegate apportionment:

Romney Wins Majority of Michigan Delegates

Key “battleground” state defines GOP leader

Michigan Sends 60 Delegates to the National Convention

LANSING, MI – The Michigan Republican Party today announced that the 60 Republican delegates to the National Convention will be allocated based on Tuesday’s results, in the following manner:

Romney 45 Delegates
McCain 10 Delegates
Huckabee 2 Delegates

Gov. Romney won 13 of the 15 Congressional Districts, Sen. McCain won the 1st and 6th Congressional Districts and Gov. Huckabee was allocated two of the At-Large delegates.

Regular delegates are allocated “winner take all” by congressional district. Meaning, the winner in each of Michigan’s 15 Congressional Districts will receive the three delegates from that district. The proportion of the statewide vote that was cast for each candidate allocates the 12 at-large delegates. Candidates needed at least 15-percent of the total votes cast to qualify for a portion of the at-large delegates. Finally, the RNC-member delegates – Chairman Saul Anuzis, National Committeewoman Holly Hughes, and National Committeeman Chuck Yob – are uncommitted delegates to the national convention.

Based on a unanimous vote of the Michigan Republican State Committee, the Michigan Republican Party will allocate and send its entire delegation of 60 delegates to the national convention.

For complete post go to: http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2008/01/articles-of--14.html

Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
Chairman
Michigan Republican Party