Last weekend, the California Republican Party held its biennial convention at the Hyatt Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco. This particular convention had a lot of aspects to it, and so I will be penning a few different commentaries touching on different aspects of it. Today I will talk a little bit about an important step that the CRP’s Board of Directors took in professionalizing party financial operations, but this week I will also bring you: 1) An in depth look at the race that just took place for Republican National Committeeman. Of course, FR readers know how the story ends, with Shawn Steel’s election, but there’s a lot more to tell! 2) The CRP has adopted a new Platform to take us through the next four years. It is more comprehensive than ever. What does it say? How did it come about? We’ll go into those details! Finally, as more of a hybrid of what used to be our "Winners & Losers of the CRP Convention" that we used to run, we’ll highlight some folks who had a particularly notable convention. Of course notoriety swings two ways… – Flash
The Board of Directors of the California Republican Party is excited about the prospects of Senator John McCain competing strongly here in the Golden State, and winning our state’s electoral votes for our Republican Ticket. I know because I saw it as we all met for over four hours last Friday.
The Board has about twenty members, which include the four party officers, eight regional vice chairmen (I am one of them), the Governor, legislative and congressional leaders, the past chairman and a few assorted others. All in all, there are around twenty of us charged with providing leadership for the party.
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