“There is no playing favorites in this whole process,” she said. Patterson said the new rule wasn’t about boosting Trump but about getting in compliance with the Republican National Committee’s rules on allocating delegates and creating an environment in which more of the party’s primary candidates believe it is worthwhile to campaign there - viewing the chance of winning some delegates in a proportional, statewide system as more appealing than in the previous setup, in which contenders had to finish among the top two candidates in individual congressional districts to leave the state with convention delegates. Without support from the rules committee, two-thirds of the state party convention delegation would have to back any change - which is in excess of 1,400 members. Jessica Millan Patterson, the chairwoman of the state Republican Party, said a change at this point would require an amendment to pass through the rules committee, in addition to winning the support of a majority of the state party’s delegation. The Trump adviser noted, though, that it would be a big lift for DeSantis’ allies to get the rule changed. No one from the DeSantis-aligned super PAC or campaign said they were actively working on lobbying delegates. And the president can be ready for it, because he’s going to be there.” “Because she said that, I’m going be ready for it. “If I were going to try and do that, I sure as hell wouldn’t telegraph it,” this person said of an effort to lobby the delegates to amend the new rule. What’s more, a Trump campaign adviser took note of Perrine’s comments, seeing them as proof that DeSantis’ allies would be working hard behind the scenes to change the decision. When Never Back Down, the super PAC backing DeSantis’ presidential bid, ended its door-knocking operations in the state last month, the group pointed to the rule change as a leading factor in its decision, NBC News first reported.Įrin Perrine, a spokesperson for the super PAC, described the change at the time as “making grassroots involvement impossible” and called it a “Trump-inspired rigging,” though she expressed hope that the rule could be altered this month at the convention - which features both DeSantis and Trump as scheduled speakers. Those rules also would have encouraged DeSantis allies to spend more liberally in specific congressional districts where it felt the GOP electorates were more receptive to his candidacy. Delegates were previously awarded to the top two finishers in each congressional district, which would have allowed DeSantis, the second-highest-polling contender in the GOP primary, to obtain a large delegate haul. Should no one hit that threshold, delegates will be allocated proportionally.ĭeSantis allies blasted the change, which the Trump campaign supported. So as things stand for the 2024 race, whoever wins more than 50% of the statewide vote will get all the delegates.
But in late July, the party wrote a new rule to change the way it operates, making the transition to a potential winner-take-all state.
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