New Mexico Republicans held their state convention today and it was a cluster ****. They had to switch to paper ballots after their electronic system had problems. There was a several hour long delay before the voting during which many delegates left. Official results are still not out but there some delegates are tweeting out results.
- Jay Block 29% (199)
- Rebecca Dow 28% (192)
- Greg Zanetti 23% (157)
- Mark Ronchetti 110 votes (has signatures needed)
20% is needed to automatically get on the ballot but you can get also get on the ballot by submitting signatures. Horrible showing by the presumed frontrunner Ronchetti.
Hard to call this a "horrible showing" when Ronchetti likely didn't even bother putting a convention team together. These things require a high level of organization and if you can get on the ballot easily via signatures (unlike in New England convention systems), it's just not worth the effort. Having those signatures in the bag (and being able to spend on advertising) is also a better sign of ultimate primary support than capturing delegate selection caucuses or swaying local party heads, which are usually both simply cases of throwing money at a problem.
Really don't see him having a hard time here, but an independent poll would be nice.
P.S. Can we merge this with the other thread? I forget how that works.
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