Republican Convention News--4.23.12

Hatch Can't Avoid a Primary Contest Wall Street Journal Orrin Hatch, forced into a primary election by a narrow vote of delegates at a weekend Utah Republican convention, heads into a nine-week campaign hoping his advantages in money, organization and name recognition will allow him to overwhelm a ... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Ron Paul, supporters say GOP race isn't over yet Kansas City Star They put Republicans in Texas and beyond on notice Saturday that they plan to take their campaign all the way to the national convention in August in Tampa, Fla. Paul backers attended Republican Senate district conventions locally and statewide, ... See all stories on this topic »

Hatch withstands tea party opposition, for now Boston.com Senator Orrin Hatch speaks to reporters about being forced into a primary for the Republican nomination for US Senate against Dan Liljenquist at the Utah Republican Party 2012 Nominating Convention at the South Towne Exposition Center in Sandy, Utah, ... See all stories on this topic » Boston.com

National tea party group says it will stay involved in Utah Senate race during ... Washington Post SALT LAKE CITY — The tea party movement solidified its presence as a force within the Republican Party two years ago when it helped orchestrate the defeat of three-term Sen. Bob Bennett at Utah GOP's nominating convention. See all stories on this topic »

Victoria Republicans want 'Obama-care' repealed Victoria Advocate The Victoria County Republican Convention convened Saturday at Faith Family Church to pass more than a dozen resolutions and elect delegates to the Republican State Convention. County Republican Chairman Michael Cloud said some of the resolutions ... See all stories on this topic »

The meaning of Orrin Hatch's nightmare Salon By Steve Kornacki By the slimmest margin, Orrin Hatch failed at this weekend's Utah Republican convention to ward off a contested primary. With just 32 more votes out of the 3908 cast, he would have cleared the magic 60 percent threshold and secured ... See all stories on this topic » Salon

Epic convention leaves Republicans without an answer on congressional race Minneapolis Star Tribune A marathon endorsing convention in southern Minnesota concluded, for now, without a Republican pick to face Democratic US Rep. Tim Walz. After a dozen hours, and nearly two dozen ballots, First District Republicans gave neither state Sen. See all stories on this topic »

Utah's Hatch Will Face a Primary for Senate Pittsburgh Post Gazette By KIRK JOHNSON / The New York Times SANDY, Utah -- United States Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a six-term Republican who had been targeted for elimination by Tea Party groups, survived a test from nine challengers at his party's state convention here on ... See all stories on this topic »

You Won't Believe How Razor-Thin Some Margins Were at Saturday's Convention Utah Policy Not so Saturday in the state Republican Convention. Important races were decided on just dozens of votes. Or, in the case of US Sen. Orrin Hatch's failure to eliminate former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist, it was 16 votes out of 3908 delegates casting ... See all stories on this topic »

New technology strengthens monitoring for RNC Tbo.com A look at how Tampa police plans to use 50 million in federal money on security measure for the Republican National Convention this summer. (more) By JOSH POLTILOVE | The Tampa Tribune Law enforcement officers will be armed with plenty of high-tech ... See all stories on this topic »

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Paul Primed to Take Majority of Iowa Delegates - The Iowa Republican By Craig Robinson Ninety-six days have passed since the Republican Party of Iowa announced that Rick Santorum, not Mitt Romney actually won the First-in-the-Nation caucuses. If Saturday's district conventions are any indication, in 54-days the Republican ... The Iowa Republican

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Republican National Convention Gets Technical with Google+, Skype ... The Republican National Convention which is scheduled to take place in Tampa, ... Republican National Convention organizers plan to live-stream all of this ... gamepolitics.com/.../republican-national-convention-gets-tech...

Live Streaming the Utah State Republican Convention | One Utah Live Blogging the Utah State Republican Convention. oneutah.org/.../live-blogging-the-utah-state-republican-conven...