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| -Election 2012 |
| Mitt Romney clinches nomination in Texas primary |
| 2012-05-30 |
| Mitt Romney has secured his place as the Republican challenger to Barack Obama in November's US presidential election, following a primary in Texas. Near-complete results show he easily cleared the benchmark of 1,144 delegates to secure the nomination. Mr Romney said he was "humbled". He is the first Mormon from a major party to contest the presidential election. He is set to be officially anointed as the Republican nominee at the party convention in Florida in late August. Mr Romney has been the presumptive nominee for several weeks as his rivals withdrew or suspended campaigning. A candidate needs 1,144 delegates to win. With 1,086 delegates secured as he entered the Texas race, Mr Romney only needed 58 to pass the 1,144 mark. Texas awards 152 delegates proportionally. In near-complete returns, Mr Romney captured 63% of the vote, according to the Associated Press, more than 10 times as many as his closest rival, Ron Paul. He will surpass his father, George Romney, a former Michigan governor who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination in 1968. Opinion polls |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 Holder to black pastors: Civil rights at risk |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2012-05-30 16:58 |
| #6 Oh, and over on the Dem side yesterday, longtime US Rep. Silvestre Reyes endorsed by Obama lost. In El Paso. To a Dem by the name of O'Rourke. Go figure. |
| Posted by: Jusosh Brown7420 2012-05-30 16:39 |
| #5 A trifecta, gorb. Thanks. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-05-30 15:56 |
| #4 CLARIFICATON: The above comment was in regards to the battle between established Texas GOP vs Texas Teas. |
| Posted by: Jusosh Brown7420 2012-05-30 15:32 |
| #3 On Texas politions going to the national level, the Texas Tea Party didn't have a lot of luck overwhelming the established GOP backed candidates yesterday. But they did get candidates enough votes to get into July 31 runoffs. However, on the state level, they trounced many state level incumbants with thier candidates. Bad thing is, this could widen the gulf between national Texas figures in the US Congress and state level figures in Austin. |
| Posted by: Jusosh Brown7420 2012-05-30 15:29 |
| #2 Here you go, EU6305. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-05-30 14:07 |
| #1 First Mormon, first black, first woman...who cares? I want to know if he can get the job done. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-05-30 11:35 |