LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Supporters of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul have propelled him to an historic win in Minnesota this weekend, with delegate gains having occurred in multiple other states as well.  The recent achievements affirm Paul’s delegate-attainment strategy, and support the notion that he and his platform will be featured prominently at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August.

In Minnesota, Paul organizers won a decisive 12 of 13 delegates to the RNC at the Rivers Edge Convention Center in St. Cloud, wrapping up the North Star State’s two-tier nominating contest.  Earlier this spring, Paul supporters won 20 of 24 delegates at district conventions.  In all, the Paul camp has swept the state of Minnesota winning 32 of the state’s 40 national delegates.

In addition to Paul’s consequential victory in Minnesota, Paul organizers won delegates in Mitt Romney’s home state of Michigan.  There, Paul supporters estimate that they have won eight voting slots plus one non-voting delegate and 11 alternates.  Of the 14 Congressional District voting contests held this weekend, Paul organizers won RNC delegates in the 1^st, 2^nd, 4^th, 6^th, and 9^th Districts, denying Detroit-born Romney a clean sweep of his home state.  The Michigan victory occurred despite a heavy Romney campaign presence promoting a win for the establishment pick and presumptive nominee.

At the Vermont Republican State Convention this weekend, Ron Paul supporters won two of 14 national delegates, with two more considered potential allies, and they won 10 of 14 alternates.  In all, Vermont has 17 delegates including super delegates.

Finally in Virginia, 11 district conventions have been taking place in recent weeks and have ended this weekend.  In those contests Ron Paul supporters won 17 of 33 national delegates selected, with the remainder of the state’s 49 delegates including super delegates to be selected at the June 16^th state convention.  Also in Virginia, Paul supporters elected a Republican Congressional District Chair in the Third District, over a dozen liberty-oriented Republican State Central Committee Members five of whom are Ron Paul supporters, dozens of Republican county and city committee chairs, and hundreds of county and city committee members.

“Victories in Minnesota and other states demonstrate that Ron Paul supporters possess the adaptability, organizational muscle, and unmatched enthusiasm required to continue winning delegates in upcoming contests,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Manager John Tate.

“We’re also pleased to see Ron Paul supporters engaged in party-building to broaden the activist and voting base that will advance Republican majorities for many years to come,” added Mr. Tate.

There were several people who came over to shake our hands and thank us for supporting Ron Paul.

I wish we would have done a lot better in the race, but the end result was exactly what I wanted to accomplish, I wanted to display the fact that there are no other supporters like the Ron Paul supporters, who could come together for their candidate to do just these types of things in the hopes of gaining more support. You would never see a Romney race team, let alone even a bumper sticker displayed on their vehicle. This is what makes us stronger than our opponent, WE have the dedication, the will, and the energy to take our country back and no lazy fraudulent establishment traitor could ever keep us down.

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The Michigan Republican Party prevented Ron Paul supporters from voting in county conventions if they weren't already elected precinct delegates in 2010, or he may have swept the state.

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They had no shining victory, winning a majority of Paul-devoted delegates to the RNC. The establishment slate was elected.

They had no coup, placing their chosen leaders in top ranking GOP positions. The expected establishment national chairman and woman were elected.

They went into the fight without knowing the odds, having no clue what the outcome might be, and only guessing what might be thrown up against them.

But there were many bright moments of victory in the battle!

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The Ron Paul revolution has completed its sweep over the Minnesota Republican Party convention here.

Paul backers won 12 of 13 Republican National Convention delegate slots filled in balloting Saturday, May 19, at Rivers Edge Civic Center.

They might have taken all 13 seats if a Paul state delegate had not graciously conceded the final slot to Rep. Michele Bachmann.

The results mean 32 of Minnesota’s 40 national delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa in August will be committed to Paul. Supporters of the Texas congressman and presidential candidate won 20 of the 24 national delegate slots filled at Republican congressional district conventions earlier this spring.

The vote was a well-organized coup by the Paul newcomers over longtime party activists.

“It shows that the Ron Paul people are extremely organized and very serious about winning those spots, and the non-Ron Paul folks were not as well organized,” said Republican National Committeeman Jeff Johnson.

Marianne Stebbins, Paul’s state campaign chairwoman, said their victory “sends a message that we’re not just giving lip service to liberty and smaller government — we’re serious about it…”

Paul has all but conceded the GOP nomination to Romney, but his supporters reportedly hope to influence the party platform…

His victory in Minnesota also could have a practical impact. He needs the support of five state delegations in order to have his name placed in nomination at the national convention, which would allow him to give a prime-time speech.

Stebbins said if national party leaders are smart, they will welcome Paul supporters with open arms…

“We have had bitter battles in the past at endorsing conventions, where people were at each other’s throats, but we came together in the end and stood by the candidates,” she said. “I think we’re already unifying.”

The Paul crowd pulled off a bloodless coup. Unlike other states where brawls broke out between Paul fans and Romney supporters, the Minnesota convention was a relatively civil affair. There were no fistfights or shouting matches on the convention floor…

As tension mounted between the Paul newcomers and the longtime activists they displaced, Johnson took the microphone to address that issue head on. He told the delegates to acknowledge their disagreements.

To the “Ron Paul lovers,” he said that many in the old guard think “you don’t care about the Republican Party.”

“If that makes you mad, make sure it doesn’t happen,” Johnson said. He called on Paul’s supporters to stay active and help elect all GOP candidates.

To the “Ron Paul haters,” he said, “get over it. If we don’t grow, we die as a party…” 

Well, when a reporter sort of gets it, he deserves props. What Edward Morrissey wrote in The Week Tuesday is by no means a comprehensive take on the rEVOLution, but he does get one important and integral part right. Predicting great success from the Paul camp in Minnesota, Morrissey wrote:

He has already succeeded in winning half of Minnesota’s delegates, thanks to superior organization at the local and congressional-district conventions… There is a good possibility that Paul will have more delegates than anyone not named Mitt Romney by the time Republicans gather for their quadrennial convention in Tampa.

So what is the real endgame? 

Most people miss the fact that Paul has already achieved his end game… The real goal was to seize control of party apparatuses in states that rely on caucuses. With that in hand, Paul’s organization can direct party funds and operations to recruit and support candidates that follow Paul’s platform, and in that way exert some influence on the national Republican Party as well, potentially for years to come.

Paul hasn’t won every battle in that fight, but Minnesota will probably end up being more the rule than the exception.

Kurt Bills winning the GOP nomination for the U.S. Senate is but one example of this kind of influence. Paul’s movement, our movement, as I noted on Tuesday, will continue to active victories in many forms–and I don’t mean simply symbolic strides, but electoral and policy victories that will reshape American politics and the direction of this country. Few reporters will predict any of this. Few are predicting it now. But in their infinite stupor, they’ll all end up reporting on it.

Again, this is only the beginning. Many thanks again to our hardworking and passionate folks in Minnesota.

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