The Texas Conservative Caucus
Santorum squeaks out win over Gingrich in Texas Conservative Caucus!
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum narrowly won the first ever "Texas Conservative Caucus" held Saturday at CTxPAC - Conservative Texans Political Action Conference at the Lakeway Resort and Spa.
Conservative grassroots leaders and activists from around the state of Texas came together to express their opinions on who Texas should support for the next president of the United States. Passionate arguments were given by Larry Welsh for Newt Gingrich, Stephen Shoppe for Ron Paul and Adrian Murray for Rick Santorum. After two rounds of aggressive discussion and lobbying, Rick Santorum narrowly won out, winning the endorsement of the Texas conservative grassroots.
Conservative grassroots leaders and activists from around the state of Texas came together to express their opinions on who Texas should support for the next president of the United States. Passionate arguments were given by Larry Welsh for Newt Gingrich, Stephen Shoppe for Ron Paul and Adrian Murray for Rick Santorum. After two rounds of aggressive discussion and lobbying, Rick Santorum narrowly won out, winning the endorsement of the Texas conservative grassroots.
The Caucus Process
Each Presidential candidate has been asked to make a 10 minute presentation specifically directed at the participants of CTxPAC. If the presentation cannot be made in person, candidates can address the conference via live or recorded video or through a senior campaign staff member.
Upon completion of the presentations, delegates will breakup into smaller groups where individual candidates and or staff can be engaged. Each delegate will be given the opportunity to participate in discussions with each candidate as they are rotated from candidate table to candidate table.
After all of the delegates have been given the opportunity to engage the candidates, they will reassemble to vote for the caucus nominee. The final nominee must receive a majority of the vote. If a majority is not reached on the first vote the candidate that receives the fewest votes will drop out and additional rounds of voting will take place until there is a clear majority. With each additional round, the candidate with the fewest votes will be dropped out before the next round takes place.
