Cuccinelli claims victory in Chesterfield, Hampton, and Virginia Beach
Sen. Ken Cuccinelli announced via email yesterday that his campaign has picked up a majority of delegates filed for the convention in the cities of Chesterfield, Hampton, and Virginia Beach.
According to the email, in Virginia Beach:
“Of the 438 delegates filed by today, our folks walked in with 192 forms – more than double any other A.G. candidate. Of course, many of the others are our supporters too (we just didn’t turn in all of their forms – they did it themselves). Again, the next largest block after our block of delegates appears to be the undecided block.”
And, in Chesterfield:
“Of those 704 delegates, Cuccinelli folks walked in the door with 396 (56%)! As of Sunday night, the next closest A.G. candidate had only filed about 100 delegates. “
Finally, in Hampton:
“63 delegates were elected at their mass meeting tonight. Over half of these delegates are committed to our campaign.”
Of interest, David Foster also claimed victory in Virginia Beach and John Brownlee claimed victory in Hampton.
Of course, the only person who really can claim victory is the person nominated May 30.
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Jim,
You are exactly right. While Foster did indeed turn in the most delegate forms in Virginia Beach, what really matters is who turns the most people out to convention and wins the nomination.
[...] Cuccinelli grabs victories in Chesterfield, Hampton and VA Beach. [...]
J.R. , just why did Cuccinelli sponsor you for that convention fee? For posts like this?
Cuccinelli bought advertising on BD. We offer advertising to any candidate who’s interested, and I have offered it to the Brownlee folks, but they don’t seem interested.
Second, what’s wrong with this post? Something factually inaccurate?
I dunno Jim. We could always ask Eugene Delgaudio what the benefits of Cuccinelli’s patronage are.
I know of several eager-yet-unsubstantial candidates who have fallen victim to such strong endorsements from the conservative right in Northern Virginia…
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[...] reportedly nearly tripling the number of delegates they filed last year. With such big results, all three campaigns are claiming victory–leading one to speculate just how some of the campaigns are [...]
With the campaign so heated, I think we should start getting into more specifics. What things would each person change about the office? What would they keep the same? Why do they want to be AG?
One thing no one doubts–this is going to be a fight to the finish.