2008 Presidential Preference Vote – Feb. 5th
Alaska 2008 Presidential Preference Vote – February 5
Cathy Giessel, Vice Chair, Alaska Republican Party
The Alaska Republican Party will hold its 2008 Presidential Preference Vote on “Super Tuesday”, February 5, 2008.
Polls will be open for several hours in the evening that day, in districts around the state. All Registered Republicans will be eligible to vote for their choice of candidate for President. There will also be an option to vote "Unpledged"(Undecided).
Alaska will send 26 Pledged Delegates-at-large to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis, MN, September 1-4, 2008, along with 3 RNC Member Delegates, for a total of 29 Alaska Delegates. This gives Alaska 2 percent of the Delegates attending the National Convention, and just one Delegate less than Connecticut, Oregon or West Virginia. In fact, 16 states and territories have fewer National delegates than Alaska.
The Alaska Presidential Preference Vote will determine the number of Delegates pledged to vote for each of the Presidential candidates, or as “Unpledged” Delegates, during the nominations at the National Convention. Presidential candidates, Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Ron Paul, Fred Thompson, and Duncan Hunter have qualified for the Alaska ballot by collecting petition signatures and submitting a filing fee. The deadline for Presidential candidates to place their names on the Presidential Preference ballot is January 5th, 2008.
For more information, go to www.alaskarepublicans.com or call the Alaska Republican Party office at 276-4467.
National Convention
The National Federation of Republican Women’s 34th Biennial Convention will be held Sept. 27- 30 in Palm Springs, California. AFRW members planning to attend include:
Anchorage: Cathy Giessel, Myrna Maynard, Linda Shafer, Margaret Brown & Ardy Pozzi
Fairbanks: Cynthia Henry, Chris Duke, Linda Manns & Kelsey Miller
Juneau: Paulette Simpson, Connie McKenzie, Ginger Johnson, Dot Wilson, Laraine Derr, Carolyn Cameron & Ivy Frye
Kenai: Carol Brenckle, Leona Oberts & Diane DuPerron
MatSu: Alice Massie, Judith Carmony, Pat Purcell & Glenda Ledford
Sitka: Lillian Kasnick
2008 AFRW Fundraising Cruise
In the fall of 2001 and 2002, AFRW sponsored wine country cruises as fundraisers. AFRW members (along with spouses or friends)
from Ketchikan, Juneau, Anchorage and Fairbanks participated. It was both fun and lucrative for AFRW so we are doing it again in 2008.
This time, the cruise destination is the PANAMA CANAL! We'll sail from Miami on Saturday, January 19, 2008 and arrive in
Acapulco, Mexico on Saturday, February 2. The ports of call are: Port Antonio, Jamaica, Santa Marta, Colombia, Cartagena, Colombia,
Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, Panama Canal (Cruising), Fuerte Amador, Panama, Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua,
Huatulco, Mexico and finally, Acapulco. We'll sail on the newly-refurbished 710-passenger ship Azamara QUEST which is owned by Celebrity Cruises.
Depending on your stateroom, per person prices start at $2,100. Prices do NOT include airfare or shore excursions.
Already, nine staterooms have been booked. Rooms with private balconies go quickly so if this is something you have always wanted to do, consider
coming along and signing up soon.
You can check out the ship and the itinerary by visiting the website below. But if you want to join us for the cruise, please contact me so I can book
you through our group coordinator. http://www.celebritycruises.com/plancruise/ships/ship.do?shipCode=QS.
You can e-mail me at paulettem@gci.net
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