Georgia GOP Announces District Winners

The following is verbatim from yesterday's Georgia Republican Party press release regarding congressional district winners for the state's recent presidential preference primary:

The Georgia Republican Party today announced winners of the February 5^th Presidential Preference Primary by Congressional District. The results are below:

District	Winner
1st Congressional District	Senator John McCain
2nd Congressional District	Senator John McCain
3rd Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
4th Congressional District	Governor Mitt Romney
5th Congressional District	Senator John McCain
6th Congressional District	Governor Mitt Romney
7th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
8th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
9th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
10th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
11th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee
12th Congressional District	Senator John McCain
13th Congressional District	Governor Mike Huckabee

Georgia Republican Party Rules and the Call to Convention allow each Congressional District to elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates to the Republican National Convention at District Conventions on April 19^th. Those delegates are bound to the winner of their Congressional District. An additional 30 delegates and 30 alternates are elected at the State Convention on May 16^th- 17^th in Columbus, Georgia. Statewide delegates are bound to the candidate that received the most votes statewide. In addition to the elected delegates, the State Party Chairman, National Committeeman, and National Committeewoman are automatically delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Georgia Code requires that delegates pledge that they will support the candidate they are bound to “until the candidate is either nominated by such convention or receives less than 35 percent of the votes for nomination by such convention during any balloting, or until the candidate releases the delegates from such pledge. No delegate shall be required to vote for such candidate after two convention nominating ballots have been completed.” (21-2-196) “Any delegate to a national convention whose presidential candidate withdraws after being entitled to delegate votes pursuant to this article shall be an unpledged delegate to the national convention.” (21-2-197).

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