Western Primary: Feb 5, 2008
It's official, the Western Primary is born! From the Senate Site: Unofficial Voice of the Utah Senate Majority (GOP I assume):
This just in…Utah and New Mexico have decided to hold a Presidential Preference Primary on February 5th, 2008. Arizona already holds their primary on that day. Other states in the Intermountain West are actively discussing joining the coalition.
Utah State Democratic Party Chair Wayne Holland, and Republican Party Chair Joe Cannon will now take the initiative to their respective party central committees.
The parties need to decide if they will make the results of this primary binding upon their delegates. As you probably know, the state provides the platform (time, place, voting equipment, vote count resources, etc.) for presidential primaries, but it is up to the parties to choose if they will participate.
The legislature will also have to approve the new date.
We sincerely appreciate the leadership and teamwork of Governors Huntsman and Richardson on this issue.
While this isn't the entire deal, it puts a date on the table for everyone else to consider. The easiest states to move up would of course be the states that already have dates close to 2-5-2008. Nevada went on Feb 14 last year and Idaho and Hawaii were with Utah on Feb 24. Washington (while not as West as some would like) went on Feb 12 and could move up as well.
Even though Bill Richardson is obviously lobbying for a large Western Primary and is also obviously running for President, I wouldn't jump to conclusions that a Western Primary would benefit him over other candidates. Super Tuesday (the Southern to our Western Primary) was supposed to help nominate a centrist yellow-dog Southern Dem. But during the first Super Tuesday in 1988 Al Gore was beat by Jesse Jackson. It worked as planned in 1992 though.
Emmett O'Connell | October 11, 2005 | Comment on This Post (0 so far) |
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