Friday, March 2, 2012

Weigh in on presidential nominee

Blaine County GOP caucus on Tuesday


By KATHERINE WUTZ
Express Staff Writer

Idaho's first Republican caucus is approaching, and Blaine County GOP voters will be able to participate in Super Tuesday for the first time in history.

Voters will gather at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, at the Wood River Middle School cafeteria in Hailey to choose one of five candidates for the Republican presidential nomination. Any Blaine County voter is welcome to attend, but those who are not registered Republicans must declare with the party before casting a ballot.

Five candidates have filed for the caucus: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and Buddy Roemer.

This is the first presidential election since the Idaho Republican State Central Committee met in Moscow last summer and voted to change the form of the presidential preliminary elections. Prior to this year, the state held primary elections for all local, state and federal officials in May; the committee changed the presidential preliminaries to a caucus just for presidential candidates held on Super Tuesday.

The idea, according to party officials, was to give Idaho a chance to weigh in on the presidential nomination before there was a presumptive nominee. Currently, the nomination is not a lock for any candidate, potentially giving Idaho and its 32 delegates more weight.

Santorum made several campaign stops in Idaho last month, and Romney visited the state Feb. 17 before speaking in Idaho Falls on Thursday, March 1. Idaho Republican Party Executive Director Jonathan Parker said last month that Santorum was putting out feelers regarding television ads.

<

"Super Tuesday is really when most of the votes will be cast," said Ed Terrazas, Blaine County Republican Central Committee chair, last month. "That's when we will have a good handle on who the nominee will be."

The Idaho caucus will not be winner-take-all for the state's delegates. Voters will have a full hour to chat and attempt to convince other caucus attendees to vote for a certain candidate before casting votes at 7 p.m.

Katherine Wutz: kwutz@mtexpress.com

Caucus Essentials

What: Idaho's first Republican caucus

Who: All Blaine County Republicans

When: Tuesday, March 6, at 6 p.m.

Where: Wood River Middle School cafeteria, 900 N. Second Ave in Hailey

Why: To help choose a presidential nominee

More questions? Call Ed Terrazas at 721-0824




About Comments

Comments with content that seeks to incite or inflame may be removed.

Comments that are in ALL CAPS may be removed.

Comments that are off-topic or that include profanity or personal attacks, libelous or other inappropriate material may be removed from the site. Entries that are unsigned or contain signatures by someone other than the actual author may be removed. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or any other policies governing this site. Use of this system denotes full acceptance of these conditions. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.

The comments below are from the readers of mtexpress.com and in no way represent the views of Express Publishing, Inc.

You may flag individual comments. You may also report an inappropriate or offensive comment by clicking here.

Flagging Comments: Flagging a comment tells a site administrator that a comment is inappropriate. You can find the flag option by pointing the mouse over the comment and clicking the 'Flag' link.

Flagging a comment is only counted once per person, and you won't need to do it multiple times.

Proper Flagging Guidelines: Every site has a different commenting policy - be sure to review the policy for this site before flagging comments. In general these types of comments should be flagged:

  • Spam
  • Ones violating this site's commenting policy
  • Clearly unrelated
  • Personal attacks on others
Comments should not be flagged for:
  • Disagreeing with the content
  • Being in a dispute with the commenter

Popular Comment Threads



 Local Weather 
Search archives:


Copyright © 2024 Express Publishing Inc.   Terms of Use   Privacy Policy
All Rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Express Publishing Inc. is prohibited. 

The Idaho Mountain Express is distributed free to residents and guests throughout the Sun Valley, Idaho resort area community. Subscribers to the Idaho Mountain Express will read these stories and others in this week's issue.