By MEAD GRUVER (Associated Press)
Wyoming Republicans awarded all 29 of their national delegates to former President Donald Trump in a presidential preference poll held on Saturday.
Trump was the sole candidate in the poll at the state Republican convention in Cheyenne.
The poll determined how all 29 of Wyoming’s delegates to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July will pledge their votes.
National convention rules mandate that delegates must be committed to a candidate for at least the initial round of voting, but Wyoming Republicans decided on Saturday to bind their delegates to Trump for both the first and second rounds of balloting, as stated by the state party’s national committeeman Corey Steinmetz in a text message on Saturday.
Trump essentially secured the Republican nomination in March. clinched Twenty three of Wyoming’s national delegates — one from each county in the state — were
at Republican county conventions that began in February. The remaining six were chosen at the state convention. selected Republicans dominate Wyoming politics and gave Trump the highest percentage of votes of any state in 2020.
In a similar poll conducted at county caucuses statewide on April 13, Wyoming Democrats allocated all 17 of their national delegates to President Joe Biden.
By MEAD GRUVER (Associated Press) Republicans in Wyoming will decide Saturday which presidential candidate will get their state’s votes at the GOP national convention this summer, but they will have only one choice. Former President Donald Trump will be the lone name listed on a presidential preference poll at the state Republican convention in Cheyenne. […]
