Republicans 'actively' prepare for contested convention
ASSOCIATED PRESS
CHARLESTON, SC
The Republican National Committee has started preparing for a contested national convention, which would follow the primary season should no GOP candidate for president win enough delegates to secure the party’s nomination.
While calling the need for such plans ultimately unlikely, several GOP leaders at the party’s winter meeting in South Carolina told The Associated Press on Wednesday that such preliminary planning is nonetheless actively underway.
They stressed it had little to do with concerns about the candidacy of billionaire businessman Donald Trump, describing the early work instead as a necessary contingency given the deeply divided Republican field.With less than three weeks to go before the Feb. 1 leadoff Iowa caucuses, there are still a dozen major Republican candidates in the race.
“We don’t know, or we don’t think there’s going to be a contested convention,” said Bruce Ash, chairman of the RNC’s rules committee. “But if there is, obviously everybody needs to know what all those logistics are going to look like.”
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