Between the Huckabee camp and supporters of Ron Paul:
Ron Paul Secures Three Delegates in West Virginia State Convention
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – In today’s West Virginia Republican State Convention, Republican candidate Ron Paul’s campaign secured three of the 18 national delegates up for grabs.
“Our goal is to secure as many delegates to the national GOP convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul as possible,” said Ron Paul 2008 campaign manager Lew Moore. “Securing three delegates in West Virginia is an important step in that direction. We plan on locking up more delegates before the day ends.”
In an agreement first reported by West Virginia television station WSAZ, the three Ron Paul delegates were secured through an agreement with the Mike Huckabee campaign.
Ron Paul delegates to the state convention swung their support to Huckabee – putting Huckabee over the top – after Congressman Paul was eliminated in the first round of voting. With three national delegates, Ron Paul secured 17 percent of the 18 delegates that were decided at the State Convention.
Interesting. A smart move on the part of both campaigns, actually.
H/T to commenter Paul Harrell
February 6th, 2008 at 10:03 am
[...] I noted yesterday, Ron Paul’s campaign claimed late yesterday that a deal had been struck with the Huckabee camp [...]