The Republican Assemblies are truly a force for renewal within the Republican Party.
If you want to see Reagan conservatives running the Republican Party, then the NFRA is where you need to be.
Unlike too many other Republicans today, [the Republican Assemblies] stand strongly for the moral foundation of our Republic, which is that we are created equal and endowed by our Creator, not by our leaders, with our rights.
The loyal patriots of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies...stand for the enduring principles that have made our Nation great. I thank the NFRA for standing at the ready to defend freedom and liberty no matter what the cost. Real hope is alive in the NFRA.
The Republican Assemblies were the Tea Party movement before there was a Tea Party.
We need more people like you [the Republican Assemblies] who truly believe in the Constitution, in liberty and in standing up to an establishment that believes in neither.
The Republican Assemblies work tirelessly for conservative candidates and legislation.
While many so-called Republican leaders would surrender the Culture War and sell out our sovereignty, the NFRA is a bastion of hope standing against them, and standing for a Constitutionalist America.
The NFRA can play a major role in the remaking of our Party. It can certainly be the organizational power behind the Tea Parties, working with those groups to give organizational effect to their outrage and passion.
I am honored to stand with the National Federation of Republican Assemblies, one of the strongest voices for conservative values and a revitalized Republican Party in America.
The Republican Assemblies are the conscience of the Republican Party.Gingrich Wins Nevada Republican Assembly Straw Poll
Nevada Republican Assembly
Gingrich beats Paul 48-43 in Republican straw poll, leads endorsement vote but fails to get two-thirds needed
Former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., beat U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, in the straw presidential poll voting of the Nevada Republican Assembly on Saturday [January 7] in Reno, giving his campaign an early polling victory with a group that bills itself as a Reaganesque “Republican Wing of the Republican Party.”
Gingrich beat Paul, 48-43. Paul won the NVRA’s presidential straw poll four years ago.
The NVRA straw poll was a fundraiserfor the group. Votes were $10 each. Voters could buy as many votes as they wished.
Gingrich also outpolled all other candidates in a vote for endorsement but did not gain the two-thirds-vote necessary to gain the group’s endorsement.
“We had a race that came down to two candidates, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich and Newt Gingrich won this in spite of a lack of organization and in the face of a phenomenal organization for Ron Paul’s candidacy,” said Kim Bacchus, Washoe County chair for Gingrich’s campaign. “We were able to win this election and the straw poll as well. We find that to be a tremendous boost for Newt.
Newt Gingrich addressing the NFRA Presidential Preference Convention
Paul and Gingrich were the only two candidates remaining on the fifth and final ballot for endorsement. Gingrich was the top vote-getter on each ballot, surpassing 20 votes in four of the five ballots. Gingrich led Paul in the final ballot for endorsement, 21-13.
The straw poll featured six candidates. Republican former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa. — the top two finishers in the Iowa caucus — tied for third in the straw poll with six votes each. Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry received three votes, and Republican former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman did not receive a vote.
Although Romney is the favorite to win Nevada GOP presidential caucus on Feb. 4, the Nevada Republican Assembly is probably not Romney’s crowd, said the group’s parliamentarian, Ralph McMullen.
“This group is probably a more conservative group and there is a perception among of some here that maybe he (Romney) is not conservative enough for a lot of the members here,” said McMullen, the former chair of the Washoe County Republican Party.
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