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  1. 2017

     

    Mar 30th - 115th Congress convenes; Q1 2017 begins

    Apr 1st - Inauguration Day

    Apr 6th - 53rd Munich Security Conference

    Apr 9th- CPAC, Netroots Nation

     

    Apr 13th - WI Special Election, Q2 2017 begins

    Apr 21st - 43rd G7 Summit

     

    Apr 25th - Q3 2017 begins

    Apr 26th - 4th of July

    May 2nd - 2017 Elections = Primary Election

     

    May 7th - Q4 2017 begins

    May 11th - 2017 Elections = General Election

    May 13th - 2017 UN Climate Change Conference

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    The Pride of Greenville Enters Stage Left | 2016 Republican Nominee Katherine McCord

     

    South Carolina - The rise of Katherine McCord as the 2016 Republican presidential nominee marks the culmination of a long-standing career in public service that can be traced all the way back to her roots in the Palmetto State. Seen by many at the federal level as a rising star within the GOP, Senator McCord's path to the Republican nomination was one of bridge building and coalition growing, two things she has been an expert at throughout her career. Faced with eight years out of power following the election and subsequent reelection of Barack Obama, Katherine McCord looks now to wrestle back control of the White House and the last lever of power needed by Republicans to hold a trifecta.

     

    Katherine McCord was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. A consistent GOP stronghold since 1960, Greenville would prove to be fertile ground for now-Senator McCord's future political career. With an astute mind and strong credentials, McCord would go on to earn a bachelor's degree from Columbia International University in Business Administration and a minor in Communications. Both of these skills would be critical in subsequent decades throughout McCord's professional career.

     

    Joining the United States Air Force in 1994, McCord would attend the United States Air Force Academy and earn a double major in Military & Strategic Studies and Management. As a member of the 10th Intelligence Support Squadron, McCord and her fellow soldiers would be critical to the Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia as a key pillar of nation's intelligence support. Senator McCord would eventually attain the rank of Major within the U.S. Air Force before retiring from active duty in 2004. 

     

    Shifting to the private sector, McCord would work as Executive Director of Global Business Development & Strategy for Lockheed Martin. It was in this role that her past experience with military intelligence and business would come together to prove useful to the aerospace and defense company that saw record growth throughout the 2000s. The job also allowed McCord to gain connections with various power brokers in South Carolina and nationally through her engagement with Congress and the federal government. McCord's husband, Andrew Purchase, and their two children Marie and Clayton would stand by her side throughout her entire career.

     

    Eventually, McCord would make her foray into elected politics at the urging of friends and family to run for South Carolina's 4th Congressional District in 2008. The retirement of moderate incumbent Republican Bob Inglis left an opening for the Greenville-area seat that McCord would go on to win with over 60% of the vote. Following a successful reelection during the Tea Party wave of 2010, McCord would set her sights on the U.S. Senate.

     

    Following the retirement of incumbent Senator Jim DeMint, Republicans across South Carolina were looking towards who the next possible replacement could be. With the backing of key political figures like Governor Nikki Haley and Congressman Tim Scott, Katherine McCord would secure her place as the next U.S. Senator from South Carolina. Always a supporter of the party, McCord would serve as Campaign Co-Chair for the Republican National Committee Campaign in South Carolina during the 2014 cycle that saw Republicans win decisive victories across the state.

     

    The center-right coalition at the heart of McCord's previous electoral victories would be the crux of her presidential campaign as she sought the Republican nomination in 2016. Seeing shifting tides within the Republican Party, McCord angled herself as the candidate that could best unify traditional conservatives with the growing populist wing. Despite a devastating, albeit narrow, loss in the South Carolina GOP Primary to her future running mate, former General Charles Walker of California, McCord would win a decisive victory in the Nevada primary that maintained her competitiveness, while also making similar history to her Democratic Presidential counterpart as the first Republican woman to win a presidential state primary.

     

    The decision of Charles Walker to suspend his campaign and endorse McCord in the primary proved to be the decisive moment of the campaign. Following a bitterly-fought campaign against Nebraska Senator David Rollins and Colorado Senator George Kuykendall, Katherine McCord would emerge as the 2016 Republican Presidential nominee with a narrow majority.

     

    If elected, McCord would become the first woman to serve as President of the United States. With a Republican Party more unified than any time in the last eight years, Senator McCord could finally take back the White House for the GOP following years in the wilderness. A campaign of traditional Republicans, populist conservatives, fiscal conservatives, religious voters, white working-class voters, and strong overtures to Cuban and conservative Hispanic Americans and even some inroads with African Americans, Senator McCord is building a coalition that could become the future base of the Republican Party in a post-Obama America.

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    2016 Presidential General Election Round Two Polling

     

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    October, 2016 | President: General Election, National

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 47%

    Katherine McCord . . . 45%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    Sample of Recent Polls

    Fox News: de la Cruz +1

    Ipsos: Even

    ABC/WaPo: de la Cruz +3

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Florida

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 48%

    Katherine McCord . . . 46%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Iowa

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 47%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Michigan

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 49%

    Katherine McCord . . . 45%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Nevada

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, New Hampshire

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 45%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, North Carolina

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMEBR

    Katherine McCord . . . 47%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Ohio

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 47%

    Katherine McCord . . . 46%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Pennsylvania 

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 47%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 47%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Texas

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 46%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    October, 2016 | President: General Election, Wisconsin

    OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 46%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    A Quick Look at the Map

    Lean Republican

    Texas

    North Carolina 

    New Hampshire

    Iowa

     

    Lean Democrat

    Michigan

     

    True Swings

    Florida

    Nevada

    Ohio

    Pennsylvania

    Wisconsin

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    President Obama Nominates Paul Watford to Supreme Court; McConnell a No on Hearing - Q3, 2016

     

    Washington D.C. - In what is expected to be a major showdown between the White House and the Republican-led Congress, President Barack Obama has nominated 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Paul J. Watford to succeed the late-Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Judge Watford is the third African American to be nominated to the Supreme Court. The nomination marks a leftward shift compared to the other two names in the running, Judge Merrick Garland and Judge Sri Srinavasan. This comes after Senate Republicans have openly stated that they would not consider any nominee put forward by the President in an election year.

     

    "I have fulfilled my constitutional duty," said President Barack Obama while delivering remarks at the Rose Garden. "Now it’s time for the Senate to do theirs. Presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. Neither should a senator." The President highlighted Judge Watford's extensive legal background during the ceremony, with emphasis on his tenure as a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals since his 61-34 confirmation in 2012, as well as his prior legal work in the private sector and as an assistant U.S. Attorney in California. 

     

    In response to the nomination, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has reaffirmed that Senate Republicans will not consider the nomination of Judge Watford. "It is unfortunate that President Obama has decided to put forward a nominee in spite of the clear signal that such a nominee will not be considered," said McConnell. "The American People should have their choice in November regarding who will nominate a successor to the late-Antonin Scalia. We have been consistent on this and the nomination of Judge Watford does not change that."

     

    Fellow Senate Republicans, such as Senator Cliff Fleming of Alabama, echoed the sentiment of Majority Leader McConnell on mainstream news networks. "Throughout this whole affair you've seen members of our side of the aisle, or I guess I should say mine rather, who have said this is about the process," said Senator Fleming during a primetime interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN. "This is about following a precedent that then-Senator Joe Biden tried to establish decades ago and became even more necessarily when Senate Democrats cranked the divisiveness up to 10 by eliminating the Judicial filibuster for SCOTUS nominees. We didn't do this, Harry Reid did this."

     

    Democrats in Congress have been quick to criticize Senate Republicans for refusing to hold a hearing for Judge Watford. Much of their criticism has centered around the possibility of a conservative successor being nominated, should 2016 Republican Presidential Nominee Katherine McCord of South Carolina win in the fall, and how that successor could rule against reproductive access, LGBT rights, and other key social issues of interest to center-left and left-wing Americans. 

     

    2016 Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Doug Murphy of Wisconsin similarly went onto Anderson Cooper 360 to make the case of the dangers of a conservative SCOTUS nominee. "These chickenloaf games McConnell is playing with the Supreme Court, he's doing it for reasons that neither he nor any of the Republican presidential candidates will publicly admit: they're gunning for Roe, Obergefell, and Windsor," stated Murphy when asked about the long-term goal of blocking Judge Watford's nomination. "They view this not as an opportunity to confirm a highly qualified justice who will serve the people. Rather it's a tawdry attempt by them to legislate from the bench what they could never get done at the ballot box or in Congress. Why? Because the American people would never stand for it."

     

    Other leading Democrats have been more blunt in their approach to criticizing Senate Republicans for refusing to consider Judge Watford's nomination. Senator Alex Fakhouri of Michigan, while speaking to Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, stated, "From 2013 to 2014 alone, the FBI reported hate crimes related to gender identity grew by more than 200%. Clearly, there is rabid fomenting of hatred out there, and the GOP is in the center of it. You better believe if they get their Supreme Court pick, it will lead to the overturning of Windsor, Obergefell, and, ultimately their long-stated target, Roe v. Wade."

     

    Caught in the middle of an increasingly vitriolic public clash surrounding the Supreme Court vacancy are various moderate Democrat and Republican Senators who have expressed desire for compromise to prevail. Senator John Carlsen of Indiana, a prominent Blue Dog Democrat in the chamber, made that desire known during an appearance on Meet the Press. "My own preference was for the President and Senate Majority Leader to sit down together and find a list of nominees they could both live with," said Senator Carlsen when asked about the state of the nomination. "...Presidents Taft, Wilson, Hoover, Roosevelt, Johnson and Reagan have all had their nominees considered in a Presidential election year... My recommendation is still that the President and Senate Majority come together to find a way forward."

     

    Progressive Democrats threw a major curveball into the conversation around the SCOTUS vacancy debate as Independent Senator Camilo deSonido of California and Senator Alex Fakhouri of Michigan spoke to the press at a briefing in the Senate and put forward a joint resolution that would allow for the direct election of the Judges of the United States Supreme Court. "I think the bill says it all, said Senator deSonido during the briefing. "Direct democracy takes Progressives, and historically Republicans back to their Bull Moose roots. Direct democracy was part of the agenda of the 1912 US Progressive Party Convention.

     

    Despite praise within some progressive circles, the idea was quickly panned by Republicans across the party, as well as various moderate and center-left Democrats. "It's clear that the joint resolution by deSonido and Fakhouri was not received well by not only the Republican Party but many members of the Democratic Party," said Professor Larry Sabato. "While some Americans have expressed increasing openness to term limits for Supreme Court Justices, something that is present in the joint resolution, direct election of Justices simply is not a mainstream position with a heck of a lot of logistical problems."

     

    Pundits are in general agreement that Republicans have maintained fairly consistent messaging around the SCOTUS vacancy. "At the end of the day, Republicans made clear they would not see a nominee made by President Obama and they're sticking to it," said Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer during Fox News Sunday. "While the argument around the Vice President's words from 1992 has hit its peak with voters, the overall message of Republicans has stayed the same: voters should pick who nominates this next nominee. Whether voters actually want that versus allowing President Obama to pick a nominee is another story but that consistency no doubt helps."

     

    Democrats, while effectively rallying their own voters to support filling the vacancy, have struggled to appeal to independent and swing voters. "I think there is little question that Democratic voters want this vacancy filled, probably more than any nominee in recent memory," said MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell during an opening monologue. "I do think the emphasis on ideology, as we've seen various Democrats do in the press, doesn't land nearly as well when Republicans are by-and-large not making an ideological case. Republican voters as a result aren't as enthused but it makes their case feel less blatantly partisan, despite how clearly partisan their opposition is."

     

    Other prominent Democrats have been critical of the joint resolution put forward by Senator deSonido and Senator Fakhouri. "I think it was a mistake to put forward this resolution in the way it was," said former DNC Chairwoman Donna Brazile. "Republicans have been calling out Democrats for being overly ideological on SCOTUS and calling for direct election of judges, in what I'd expect would be very partisan political campaigns, only exacerbates that criticism. I do think the actions of two Senators is overblown by the press but this is the climate we live in."

     

    In spite of large swaths of the Democratic Party expressing hesitancy around the joint resolution proposal, progressive Democrats have expressed support for the idea. "deSonido and Fakhouri are seeing what progressive voters on the ground want and running with it," stated progressive strategist Jeff Weaver. "While I may have focused more on term limits themselves and not direct election, anyone would be an idiot to not see how historically unpopular SCOTUS is across the board. Americans want change in the Supreme Court, even if establishment Democrats and Republicans don't."

     

    Polling following the nomination of Judge Watford indicate that a 48 percent plurality of Americans, down from 52 percent, believe the President should be able to make the nomination and that Watford should be confirmed. The support continued to overwhelmingly come from Democrats, with 91 percent of them saying they supported Obama nominating Scalia's successor. Among Republicans, support for Obama has dropped to only 16 percent that have said they either strongly or somewhat supported Obama making the pick. 77 percent of Americans have stated they do not support the joint resolution proposal put forward by Senator deSonido and Senator Fakhouri, but a 65 percent majority of progressive-identifying Americans have expressed support.

     

    Priorities of both major parties among their bases have changed drastically in recent weeks. 64 percent of Democrats now say they want someone ideologically pure as their nominee, and they find that in Judge Watford. This is a major shift from a majority of Democrats who wanted a more conciliatory choice prior to the Watford nomination. Nearly 75 percent of Republicans have expressed strong or somewhat strong support of Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans blocking the nomination of Judge Watford. Polling has also indicated that a 54 percent majority of Americans view the Watford nomination as ideologically-motivated, in spite of a nearly 65 percent majority of Americans holding a favorable personal view of Judge Watford.

     

    Democrats do hold an enthusiasm lead over Republicans with their base voters regarding how the nomination is motivating potential voting patterns. Despite struggling with swing and conservative voters, Democrats have animated their base around the Watford nomination with many potential liberal voters citing threats to LGBT rights, reproductive rights, environmental protections, and other key priorities. The increasingly ideological nature of the public conversation has motivated more ideological conversations among conservative talk radio and podcasts, which could provide enthusiasm against Judge Watford among conservative voters.

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    2016 Presidential General Election Round One Polling

     

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    September, 2016 | President: General Election, National

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    Katherine McCord . . . 42%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    Sample of Recent Polls

    Fox News: de la Cruz +1

    Ipsos: Ross de la Cruz +2

    ABC/WaPo: de la Cruz +3

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Arizona

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Colorado

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 48%

    Katherine McCord . . . 42%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Georgia

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Florida

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 45%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Iowa

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 44%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 42%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Indiana

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Maine

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    Katherine McCord . . . 42%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Minnesota

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    Katherine McCord . . . 41%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Michigan

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    Katherine McCord . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 47%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Nevada

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    Katherine McCord . . . 44%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, New Hampshire

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 44%

    Katherine McCord . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, New Mexico

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 48%

    Katherine McCord . . . 41%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, North Carolina

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 46%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Ohio

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 45%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Pennsylvania 

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    Katherine McCord . . . 45%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Texas

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Katherine McCord . . . 48%

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 42%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Virginia

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 48%

    Katherine McCord . . . 43%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    September, 2016 | President: General Election, Wisconsin

    AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER

    Xiomara de la Cruz . . . 46%

    Katherine McCord . . . 44%

    MoE of 4% (+/-)

     

    A Quick Look at the Map

    Lean Republican

    Arizona

    Georgia

    Indiana

    Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District

    Texas

     

    Lean Democrat

    Colorado

    Minnesota

    New Mexico

    Virginia

     

    True Swings

    Florida

    Iowa

    Maine

    Michigan

    Nevada

    North Carolina 

    New Hampshire

    Ohio

    Pennsylvania

    Wisconsin

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    2016 SUPER TUESDAY STATE RESULTS

    Alabama - DEM

    Murphy ... 56.6% (34)

    de la Cruz ... 43.4% (26)

     

    Alaska - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 55.4% (11)

    Murphy ... 44.6% (9)

     

    American Samoa - DEM

    Murphy ... 58.8% (6)

    de la Cruz ... 41.2% (5)

     

    Arkansas - DEM

    Murphy ... 61.1% (23)

    de la Cruz ... 38.9% (15)

     

    California - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 57.7% (318)

    Murphy ... 42.3% (233)

     

    Colorado - DEM

    Murphy ... 54.3% (42)

    de la Cruz ... 45.6% (36)

     

    Georgia - DEM

    Murphy ... 57.9% (68)

    de la Cruz ... 42.1% (49)

     

    Maine - DEM

    Murphy ... 53.6% (16)

    de la Cruz ... 46.4% (14)

     

    Massachusetts - DEM

    Murphy ... 58.3% (67)

    de la Cruz ... 41.7% (48) 

     

    Michigan - DEM

    Murphy ... 50.6% (74)

    de la Cruz ... 49.4% (73)

     

    Minnesota - DEM

    Murphy ... 53.3% (50)

    de la Cruz ... 46.7% (43)

     

    North Carolina - DEM

    Murphy ... 51.5% (62)

    de la Cruz ... 47.5% (59)

     

    Oklahoma - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 61.6% (26)

    Murphy ... 38.4% (16)

     

    Puerto Rico - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 58.2% (39)

    Murphy ... 41.8% (28)

     

    Tennessee - DEM

    Murphy ... 59.7% (45)

    de la Cruz ... 40.3% (30) 

     

    Texas - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 55.9% (150)

    Murphy ... 44.1% (101)

     

    Utah - DEM

    de la Cruz ... 57.8% (21)

    Murphy ... 42.2% (16)

     

    Vermont - DEM

    Murphy ... 57.3% (15)

    de la Cruz ... 42.7% (11)

     

    Virginia - DEM

    Murphy ... 52.2% (56)

    de la Cruz ... 47.8% (52) 

     

    TOTAL DELEGATES

    de la Cruz - 1,085 

    Murphy - 1,056


     

    Alabama - GOP

    Kuykendall ... 45.9% (23)

    McCord ... 37.2% (19)

    Rollins ... 16.9% (8) 

     

    Alaska - GOP

    Kuykendall ... 51.5% (14)

    McCord ... 29.7% (8)

    Rollins ... 18.7% (6)

     

    American Samoa - GOP

    McCord ... 43.4% (4)

    Rollins ... 31.6% (3)

    Kuykendall ... 25.0% (2)

     

    Arkansas - GOP

    McCord ... 43.7% (17)

    Rollins ... 33.9% (14)

    Kuykendall ... 22.4% (9)

     

    California - GOP

    McCord ... 51.7% (89)

    Rollins ... 37.6% (83) 

    Kuykendall ... 10.7 (0)

     

    Colorado - GOP

    McCord ... 38.1% (14)

    Kuykendall ... 37.2% (14)

    Rollins ... 24.7% (9)

     

    Georgia - GOP

    McCord - 44.5% (39)

    Rollins ... 30.4% (37)

    Kuykendall - 14.1% (0)

     

    Maine - GOP

    Rollins ... 51.6% (13)

    McCord ... 38.5% (10)

    Kuykendall ... 9.9% (0)

     

    Massachusetts - GOP

    McCord ... 45.8% (19)

    Rollins ... 35.7% (15)

    Kuykendall ... 18.5% (8)

     

    Michigan - GOP

    Rollins ... 42.2% (25)

    McCord ... 37.5% (22)

    Kuykendall ... 20.3% (12)

     

    Minnesota - GOP

    Rollins ... 49.4% (19)

    Kuykendall ... 26.6% (10)

    McCord ... 24.0% (9)

     

    North Carolina - GOP

    McCord ... 48.8% (39)

    Rollins ... 38.7% (32)

    Kuykendall ... 12.5% (0)

     

    Oklahoma - GOP

    Kuykendall ... 52.3% (25) 

    Rollins ... 38.5% (18)

    McCord ... 9.2% (0)

     

    Puerto Rico - GOP

    McCord ... 50.4% (12)

    Rollins ... 26.7% (6)

    Kuykendall ... 22.9% (5) 

     

    Tennessee - GOP

    Kuykendall ... 37.7% (22)

    McCord ... 31.5% (18)

    Rollins ... 30.8% (18)

     

    Texas - GOP

    Rollins ... 41.9% (65)

    McCord ... 35.7% (55)

    Kuykendall ... 20.6% (35)

     

    Utah - GOP

    Rollins ... 51.9% (23)

    McCord ... 38.6% (17)

    Kuykendall ... 9.5% (0)

     

    Vermont - GOP

    Rollins ... 55.7% (9)

    McCord ... 26.8% (4)

    Kuykendall ... 17.5% (3)

     

    Virginia - GOP

    McCord ... 46.6% (26)

    Rollins ... 41.7% (23)

    Kuykendall ... 11.7% (0)

     

    TOTAL DELEGATES

    McCord - 455

    Rollins - 450 

    Kuykendall - 213
     

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    Pulse Nightclub Shooting Becomes Worst Mass Shooting in American History - Q2, 2016

     

    Orlando, FL - Floridians and Americans nationwide are reeling from the worst mass shooting in American history as a gunman shot and killed 49 people and wounded 53 more at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida before being killed by law enforcement following a three-hour standoff. The 29-year-old shooter reportedly swore allegiance to ISIS hours before committing the mass shooting that is now being investigated by the FBI as an act of domestic terrorism. 

     

    The victims of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub are disproportionately Latino as the nightclub was hosting a ‘Latin Night’ event when the shooting began at 2:00am. The shooter used a Sig Sauer MCX semi-automatic rifle and a Glock 17 semi-automatic pistol to carry out the mass shooting. Some law enforcement experts have cited the three-hour standoff between Orlando Police and the shooter as an inadequate response for failing to breach the nightclub sooner. The wife of the shooter is currently in custody on suspicion of assisting with the planning of the attack.

     

    Despite the investigation centering on the attack as a form of domestic terrorism, law enforcement and public experts are also pointing to the targeting of the LGBT community by the shooter as additional evidence that the attack was also a hate crime. Prominent LGBT organizations and activists have openly criticized the increasingly hostile political conversation around LGBT issues as a motivating factor for increased violence perpetrated against members of the community. Equality Florida, the state’s largest LGBT organization, has already raised over $1 million for victims and their families. OneOrlando, a fundraising effort established by Mayor Buddy Dyer, has seen $1 million donations from both the Walt Disney Company and NBCUniversal.

     

    Governor Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency for Orange County and has ordered that state flags be lowered for 49 days to honor the 49 victims of the mass shooting. The White House has offered use of federal resources to assist law enforcement in Orange County in the aftermath of the shooting. American Muslim leaders have been swift to condemn the attack, as have various elected officials and other community leaders. A vigil on the banks of Lake Eola Park in Downtown Orlando attracted 50,000 people to honor those lost.

     

    The United Nations Security Council issued a statement condemning the shooting for "targeting persons as a result of their sexual orientation". The statement was notably supported by countries known for suppressing homosexual behavior and discussion, such as Egypt and Russia. Various Western and Middle Eastern countries have condemned the terrorist attack in the days following the tragedy.

     

    The mass shooting has raised questions about the nature of national security as the Pulse Nightclub shooting becomes the worst domestic terrorist attack since 9/11. The usage of Facebook by the shooter has also prompted scrutiny of the company and other social media giants in the wake of the tragedy. Conversations around violence directed at the LGBT community have been commonplace in the days since the attack. 

  8. Updated 2016 Calendar:

     

    Mar. 10th - Primary Round 1 

    Mar. 13th - Primary Round 2 

    Mar. 18th - "Convention"/Publicly name VP by this date 

    March 19th - Presidential GE Round 1 

    March 20th - Congressional/Gubernatorial GE Round 1

    March 22nd - Presidential GE Round 2

    March 23rd - Congressional/Gubernatorial GE Round 2

    March 24th - ELECTION DAY!

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