Truemors
The first results in the Super Tuesday Show down was in West Virginia where the delegates are thrown to candidates based on a convention rather than a Primary or Caucus. In the first round, Ron Paul was eliminated in a contest where 50% and one vote is required to declare a winner. The lowest percentage candidate is eliminated in each vote until a clear winner prevails. The full results will be available withn the hour were we will report the final results here.
WHSV - West Virginia
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W.V. Super Tuesday Convention
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)
Posted: 1:49 PM Feb 5, 2008
Last Updated: 1:49 PM Feb 5, 2008
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Presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul each hope personal appeals will convince West Virginia's Republican Party Convention to award one of them 18 seats to the national nominating convention.
The three plan to speak in Charleston at Tuesday's winner-take-all event, which expected voting by more than 1,200 party members from across the state.
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Front-runner John McCain is stumping elsewhere, but sent former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer to Charleston on his behalf.
West Virginia expects to post the first results among the 21 states with GOP primaries or caucuses Tuesday. More than 1,000 delegates to the Republican national convention are up for grabs nationwide, making this Super Tuesday the biggest primary day in U.S. history.
Though state delegates are free to change allegiances, Romney entered the convention with the largest bloc at 210. Huckabee followed with 138, while Paul attracted 95.
McCain had 15 and is also expected to pick up at least some of the 160 delegates gathered by Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani before they quit the race.
Romney Seeks W.V. Momentum
By Glenn Kessler
CHARLESTON, W.V. -- Hoping for some early momentum on Super Tuesday, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney this morning sought support from a GOP convention that will award 18 delegates to the national convention. The roll call of 1,200 delegates will take place before noon, meaning the results will be reported before polls close in primary states.
Romney, who flew through the night from California to arrive here for the convention, already has won commitments from the state's three "super-delegates." The remaining nine of the state's delegates to the national convention will be awarded in May to the winner of a primary vote in each of the state's nine congressional districts.
This is the first time West Virginia Republicans have awarded delegates through a convention, a process that Romney's West Virginia senior advisor John McCutcheon likened to the "slow drill school of dentistry." Each of the state's 52 counties held conventions or elections to select delegates to the convention, which was held in Charleston's civic center.
Romney began the day with 280 committed delegates, more than any other candidate.
"No one has had a ground game better than Gov. Romney," McCutcheon said, a sentiment echoed by other campaigns. This was Romney's fourth visit to the state, and campaign staff has been working in the state since 2006, he said.
Rep. Ron Paul and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee also planned to address the convention. McCain was sending a surrogate speaker.
"I am the only candidate who can stop John McCain," Romney told his committed delegates at a breakfast meeting. "I am getting an extraordinary groundswell of support."
Melodie Ann Williams, a 52-year-old real estate investor and a delegate from the state's eastern panhandle region, was attending the convention in a flag shirt adorned with a flag pins in the shape of a heart and Mickey Mouse.
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