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Cruz wins majority of delegates at Virginia convention
Fox News ^ | Apr. 30, 2016 | AP

Posted on 04/30/2016 6:22:04 PM PDT by Innovative

Cruz supporters won 10 of the 13 at-large delegates elected Saturday at the Republican Party of Virginia's statewide convention at James Madison University in Harrisonburg.

Republican front-runner Donald Trump won the other three.

Cruz's victory will only matter if he can block Trump from clinching the nomination before the national convention in July. Virginia delegates will only be free to support whomever they choose after the first round of voting at the national convention.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2016gopprimary; amoralcruz; cruz; cruzdelegates; cruzthethief; cruzwithoutmorals; gope; miatrump; thievingcruz; trum; trump; va2016
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To: Daniel Ramsey

I saw the YouTube video about that , the evidence was very compelling, especially the lettering of the ships name that’s been exposed on the ship on the ocean floor still referred to as Titanic.

It’s not the Titanic.


21 posted on 04/30/2016 6:46:57 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Daniel Ramsey

And Cruz isn’t a conservative


22 posted on 04/30/2016 6:47:44 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: georgiegirl

Love BEN. He and Trump have been friends for decades


23 posted on 04/30/2016 6:50:21 PM PDT by hoosiermama (W1240 (a couple extra to boot) Under budget. Ahead of schedule! Go TRUMP)
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To: Innovative

What a joke. This rigged crap reminds me of when I coached baseball. We would play in a hostile town. I knew the Umps were crooked— in fact, I knew they were paid off. I told my teams on several occasions— We have to whip this team AND THESE UMPIRES!! We stole bases like bandits and hit like thunder. We would watch those lying umps make their crap calls turn white and then scored more. As Trump says in the boxing world “ Knock the SOB out — these the judges can’t cheat” GO TRUMP!!


24 posted on 04/30/2016 6:50:29 PM PDT by WENDLE (TRUMP IS THE GREATEST AMERICAN SINCE GEORGE WASHINGTON!!)
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To: Mears

If they are purging people...that’s all.


25 posted on 04/30/2016 6:52:26 PM PDT by Aria (2016: The gravy train v Donald Trump)
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To: Ciexyz
How can Cruz get those delegates when he came in third. SOVIET RUSSIA!

The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.

Joseph Stalin

26 posted on 04/30/2016 6:52:51 PM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: exDemMom

VA had a primary March 1. Trump won, but not by much. Rubio was the Chosen that day, so won a lot of support in Northern VA where the GOPe live and play when not in DC. Today’s vote was for the ‘at large’ delegates.

There’s still a good bit of anger in VA’s Republican circles towards Trump for donating to McAuliffe in his gubernatorial race against then-AG Ken Cuccinelli who led the anti-Obamacare litigation to the SCOTUS. Long memories here. AND we in VA are stuck with McAuliffe who just restored rights to 206,000 felons who can now vote for Hillary in November. (I really don’t think the Trump donation swung the race one way or another, but still doesn’t help his standing with those who follow these things and who had a lot at stake in seeing Ken Cuccinelli win that election)


27 posted on 04/30/2016 7:12:41 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Balding_Eagle

Will be interesting to see what happens next tuesday, when Cruz will lose in Indiana, continue? Its all about those puppet strings attached to him, they won’t allow him to quit, save face, try again in 4 years, no Cruz is now a kamikaze pilot heading for the Trump battleship.


28 posted on 04/30/2016 7:15:44 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Donald Trump has all the right enemies while Lyin Ted has all the wrong friends!)
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To: EagleUSA

Quote:

“Fox trumpeting on about Cruz...Cruz...Cruz. I just don’t turn them on any more. And I doubt they will ever go after Hitlery in any meaningful way...like they have Trump.”

I ask you: Do you see Dana PeRino voting for Trump or for Hillary? Krauthammer, Rove, Will, Kelly, Shemp? FNC is just another liberal Media outlet staffed with 95% liberals.


29 posted on 04/30/2016 7:19:45 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: elpadre

it’s the Fairfax County wine and government cheese set


30 posted on 04/30/2016 7:42:46 PM PDT by thoughtomator
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To: EDINVA

Even so, Cruz got just 17% of the vote in the Virginia primary, and finished a distant third to Trump and Rubio. But yes, I agree, McAuliffe is rotten, and always has been.


31 posted on 04/30/2016 8:39:58 PM PDT by The Continental Op
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To: Innovative

don’t sweat the small stuff folks

there will be no contested convention

10 states and 236 delegates to go, and Cruz will be but a bad memory


32 posted on 04/30/2016 11:11:31 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: The Continental Op

So what’s the deal on Trump and donations to people like Terry McAuliffe? Why would he donate to the Governor’s race in Virginia, and especially why would he donate to the Democrat?

It’s seems like Trump gets pass after pass on these things and his explanation is “I donate to lots of people.”

Yeah - and lots of them are Democrats and I’d like to know why?


33 posted on 04/30/2016 11:58:50 PM PDT by Beernoser
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To: Beernoser

That Virginia Governor’s race wasn’t 20 years ago either. It was less than three years ago. McAuliffe won 47 % - 45 % with six percent going to the Libertarian.

That was a case when we needed all hands on deck.


34 posted on 05/01/2016 12:28:12 AM PDT by Beernoser
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To: EagleUSA

Nope, Hillery’s thier Girl.


35 posted on 05/01/2016 12:43:46 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: exDemMom
GOPe back room deals stop Trump. They're using Cruz as a front man so they can blame him if they are able to steal the primary. They hope that the public won't hate them for it. But we will.
36 posted on 05/01/2016 12:47:04 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: Beernoser
Once you get rich enough you either donate to both parties of they sick federal burocircy on you. That big Microsoft anti-trust cases year hack happened because MS wasn't donating money to either party. Once they started donations the case went away. Federal politics is one giant protection racket and Trump's give more to Dems than to the GOP because they're in power in the areas that he is doing business in.
37 posted on 05/01/2016 12:55:33 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: RedWulf

burocircy = bureaucracy.


38 posted on 05/01/2016 12:56:57 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: mkjessup

Note that Ted Cruz lost every single county in Virginia and would clearly lose Virginia in the General Election. Here is how Virginians actually voted:

Source: 2016 March Republican Presidential Primary Official Results
from the Virginia Department of Elections
Retrieved 27 April 2016

Trump .......356,840..........35%

Rubio.........337,918...........32.%

Cruz............171,150.........16 %

Kasich.......... 97,784...........9%

Carson..........60,228............6%

Delegates 49 17 16 8 5 3
Trump: 49 delegates × 356,840 ÷ 1,025,452 = 17.051 delegates. Round to 17.
Rubio: 49 delegates × 327,918 ÷ 1,025,452 = 15.669 delegates. Round to 16.
Cruz: 49 delegates × 171,150 ÷ 1,025,452 = 8.178 delegates. Round to 8.
Kasich: 49 delegates × 97,784 ÷ 1,025,452 = 4.672 delegates. Round to 5.
Carson: 49 delegates × 60,228 ÷ 1,025,452 = 2.878 delegates. Round to 3.

All Congressional and At-Large National Convention delegates to are bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention.


39 posted on 05/01/2016 3:54:33 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: exDemMom
Most states have a two step process. A public preference step, such as a primary or a caucus, and a delegate selection step. Pennsylvania combines the two steps, more or less.

The public preference step binds most of the delegates on the first ballot at the convention (Florida binds its delegates for three ballots).

At any rate, this isn't a "primaryless win," this is a condition where Cruz prevails in the "second ballot race," but not in the "first ballot race." There was a primary.

Colorado and Wyoming were "primaryless wins," because those delegates will vote for Cruz on the first and subsequent ballots.

40 posted on 05/01/2016 4:07:50 AM PDT by Cboldt
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