How Washington Will Select Its 40 Delegates to the Republican National Convention

It's a bit cryptic. But the race for the Republican nomination is still very much up in the air and Washington will probably be a major player for the first time in years. YOU can play a part by attending the Whitman County Republican Caucuses on February 9.

Half of the GOP delegates will come from the caucus process, the other half through the statewide primary. The Democrats are selecting ALL their delegates through the caucuses, making their primary a time-wasting and expensive beauty contest.

From The Green Papers:

Washington has 40 delegates.

3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Washington's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

37 (27 district and 10 at-large) delegates are elected by the Primary and the Caucuses.

51% (37 × 0.51 = 18.87, round to 19) of these delegates are elected by Primary.

49% (37 × 0.49 = 18.13, round to 18) of these delegates are elected by Caucus.

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Saturday 9 February 2008: Precinct Caucuses.

Republican Party Caucuses meet in each precinct. Participants are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections). Each Precinct Caucus chooses the precinct's delegates to the County Convention. The County Conventions will, in turn, choose delegates to the State Convention. There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucuses to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates. The participants at each Precinct Caucus alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

The Caucuses initiate the process of electing 18 (49% of 37) of the National Convention delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".

Tuesday 19 February 2008: Primary.

19 (1 from each of the 9 Congressional Districts and 10 at-large) of Washington's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of voting in today's Washington Presidential Primary. Voters are required to sign a form stating they are Republicans (as voters do not have to declare political party membership to vote in the state's regular primaries or general elections).

9 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 9 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 1 National Convention delegate and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive that district's National Convention delegate.

10 delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide. A 20 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at the statewide level.

Saturday 22 March - Saturday 3 May 2008 (tentative date): Republican Party County Conventions convene in each county. Each County Convention chooses delegates to both the Congressional District Conventions and the State Convention.

County Conventions choose both the county's delegates to the Republican Party Convention of the Congressional District the county is a part of as well as the county's delegates to the Washington State Republican Convention. Again, there is no formal system applied in the County Convention to relate the presidential preference of the County Convention delegates to the choice of the county's delegates to either the Republican Convention of the Congressional District in which the county is located or the Washington State Republican Convention; each County Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor and, if so, how it is to be applied.

Once more, there is no formal system governing how the District Convention is to go about indicating its presidential preference to the State Convention. It is the delegates in attendance at the Congressional District Convention alone who decide how best to go about this.

Friday 30 May - Saturday 31 May 2008: The State Convention convenes.

There is no formal system applied in the State Convention to relate the presidential preference of the Caucus participants to the choice of the National Convention delegates. The participants at the State Convention alone determine if presidential preference is to be a factor in such choice and, if so, how it is to be applied.

The State convention elects 18 delegates. These delegates will attend the Republican National Convention officially "Unpledged".

3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Washington's Republican Party, will attend the convention as unpledged delegates by virtue of their position.

Whitman County Republican Caucus Loctions (with contact name and phone number):

ALL CAUCUSES TO BE HELD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AT 1:00 PM

Check your voter registration card or call the Whitman County Auditor’s Office at (509) 397-6270 to verify your precinct before caucus day.

Tekoa #101
Farmington #103

127 S. Leslie
Tekoa 99033
Bunny Bippes & Wendy Sienknecht
509-284-3171

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Garfield #104

1008 Spokane St., Garfield
Susan Love
509-635-1250

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Oakesdale #102
Palouse #106
Palouse #107
Malden #150
Rosalia #151
Thornton #152

Oakesdale Fire Station #10
108 N. 1st. St.
Oakesdale
John Goyke
509-285-5333

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Colton #108
Uniontown #109

Colton School Library
706 Union Street
Colton
Eric Bean
509-229-3779

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Pullman #110
Pullman #111
Pullman #112
Pullman #113
Pullman #114
Pullman #115
Pullman #116
Pullman #117
Pullman #118
Pullman #119
Pullman #120
Pullman #121
Pullman #123
Pullman #124
Pullman #125
Pullman #126
Pullman #127
Pullman #128
Pullman #129
Pullman #130
Pullman #131
Pullman #132
Pullman #133
Pullman #134
Pullman #234
Pullman #235

Franklin Elementary School Cafeteria
850 SE Klemgard
Pullman
Susan Fagan
509-332-1702

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Pullman #122

345 N.W. Linda
Pullman
Ron Wachter
509-334-2591

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Steptoe #104
Colfax #136
Wilcox #138
Colfax #139
Colfax #140
Colfax #141
Colfax #142

Sterling Savings Bank
803 N. Main St.
Colfax 99111
Michael Largent
509-397-3205

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Colfax #137

Lustig Residence
4202 Ed Hamilton Road,
Endicott, 99125
Vangee Harrison
509-397-3353

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#143 Dusty
#144 Hay
#145 Hooper
#146 LaCrosse

LaCrosse City Hall
LaCrosse
Harmon Smith
509-549-3368

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Endicott #147

401 D Street
Endicott, 99125
Greg Burns
509-657-3640

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#148 Lamont
#149 St. John

4 West Short St.
St. John, 99171
Steve Naught
509-648-4091