Yesterday was the filing deadline to be a delegate from Virginia Beach to the 2009 Republican Party of Virginia Convention.
There were a total of around 440 Delegate forms filed. Well over 200 were filed by the Bolling campaign.
As for the Attorney General candidates: While Dave Foster claimed victory first, utilizing typical political gamesmanship, Cuccinelli disputed that by claiming victory on his own. Then today, John Brownlee claimed victory in Virginia Beach, stating that Foster finished second.
Here’s the truth: Our sources tell us that Dave Foster filed the most delegates of the candidates for Attorney General, followed by John Brownlee. Ken Cuccinelli’s filings placed him in a distant third. Given the veracity of the Bolling filing numbers, Cuccinelli’s and Brownlee’s claims are statistically impossible.
Brownlee did, however, narrowly file the most number of pre-forms to be a delegate in Hampton. Foster and Cuccinelli were even.
Filed under: Attorney General Nomination, Election '09
Why is Ken sending out an e-mail that claims he won? I just don’t get it.
From Ken’s newsletter;
“Virginia Beach
And now it starts to get interesting … Dave Foster’s campaign claimed victory in Virginia Beach four hours after the filing deadline today – Woops!
Last year, only 75 delegates went to the convention from Va. Beach. 438 delegates filed by today. Our party is coming back to life with so many grassroots activists!
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.”
Please explain this Ken why the huge difference!!!