Florida Republicans Approve Winner Takes All Primary

May 17, 2015

The Republican Party of Florida’s executive board formally voted Saturday to make the state’s presidential primary a winner-take-all contest, meaning whoever carries Florida will get 99 delegates to the Republican National Convention.

Party leaders hope the move, made possible by legislation approved this spring, will bring more attention to the state. “The road to the White House runs through Florida,” party Chairman Blaise Ingoglia said in a statement released after the board approved the change in a closed session. “This now confirms that the road to the Republican nomination for president will run through Florida as well.”

Earlier in the day, Ingoglia demurred when asked whether the change could favor U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio or former Gov. Jeb Bush, two Florida figures in the nomination fight.

“I think a winner-take-all favors the person who wins,” said Ingoglia, whose party is remaining neutral in the race. In March, the Legislature unanimously approved moving the 2016 presidential primaries back two weeks, to March 15, so that the party could make the contest winner-take-all without running afoul of national GOP rules.

Democratic Party delegates are awarded proportionally regardless of when a state’s primary is held.

by The News Service of Florida

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3 Responses to “Florida Republicans Approve Winner Takes All Primary”

  1. infinite wisdom on May 18th, 2015 7:50 pm

    There is no doubt that this move is stacking the deck in Jeb Bush’s favor with Rubio in the position to score big should Bush bow out. It’s a cronyism move on the part of the Republican Party that is showing that they would rather have a democrat with a R beside the same than a conservative. I liked Bush as a Governor but he his in line with failed policies and shows no signs of grasping the obvious.

  2. Sedition on May 17th, 2015 10:38 pm

    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

    Albert Einstein (Suppposedly)

    Knowing the result of voting for the same 2 corrupt parties over and over again, I can only come to the conclusion that Amerika has flown over the cuckoo’s nest.
    Look at yourselves proudly in the mirror after throwing the switch for your favorite D or R next election, but don’t gripe when the next regime is more of the same…2 different sides of the same coin.

  3. melodies4us on May 17th, 2015 2:57 pm

    It might be time for me to switch parties. Is this decision only for the 2016 presidential election or for all future elections?

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