Aberdeen, WA - Approximately 100 elected delegates to
the Grays Harbor Republican Party County Convention packed the Aberdeen Elks
Lodge to affirm the party's commitment to limited government, fiscal responsibility,
essential liberty and the rule of law at the party's county convention on April
21.
It was standing room only as fired-up Republicans
from throughout the county passed twelve resolutions, including a resolution
opposing the Wild Olympics Plan of Rep. Norm Dicks and Sen. Patty Murray and
the convention endorsement of Jesse Young, "a strong constitutional
conservative" and candidate for Congress in the Sixth District. Delegates also voted to retain the county's
current platform, which reads:
We believe in and support the
Declaration of Independence and its respect for unalienable individual rights
and responsibilities; in the Constitution of the United States of America, with
limited and enumerated powers of the federal government as originally intended
and documented by the Founding Fathers; and in the Bill of Rights, including
our sacred rights to Life, Liberty, Property, and the fruits of our own labors;
and respect for the states and the people to be protected by the Ninth and
Tenth Amendments."
"The
turn-out was exceptional," said Grays Harbor Republican Party Chair
Kristine Lowder. "An extraordinary
number of people gave up a sunny Saturday to be part of the process, make their
voices heard and ensure real hope for a change in November."
The
convention also hosted candidates or candidate representatives from the Michael
Baumgartner for U.S. Senate campaign, Dr. Art Coday for U.S. Senate, County
Commissioner candidate Wes Cormier, Shahram Hadian for governor, Judge Richard
Sanders and Jesse Young for Congress. The Young campaign provided complimentary
pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution.
County
delegates voted in fifteen delegates and fifteen alternates to the Washington
State Republican Party State Convention to be held at the Tacoma Convention
Center, May 31 to June 2.
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