GOP plan would make Texas major player in 2016
Texas would vault to a plum place in choosing the next Republican presidential nominee under new rules that will be acted upon by the Republican National Committee in the new year, adding an intriguing twist to a contest that might feature both U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. Rick Perry.
As a result, for the first time in more than three decades, Texas would command attention in the GOP primaries befitting its size, drawing candidates’ time and advertising dollars.
A special rules subcommittee of the Republican National Committee has drawn up a plan for compressing the 2016 primary schedule, moving up the date of the national convention while limiting and better controlling primary debates. In combination with the Texas Legislature some years ago setting the state’s primary for the first Tuesday in March, the changes would secure Texas a spot as the big prize on March 1, 2016, which would be the first multiprimary day on the 2016 calendar.
“It really looks like Texas has a real chance to be a major player in the 2016 selection of the nominee,” Texas Republican Chairman Steve Munisteri, one of 17 members of the subcommittee, said in an interview last week.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/gop-plan-would-make-texas-major-player-in-2016/ncRjz/ (subscription required).
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