Grassroots conservatives win control of NC Republican Party

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RedState: Grassroots conservatives win control of NC Republican Party

By: helmsconservative (Diary) | June 7th, 2015 at 01:09 AM

In what has been described as a political earthquake, conservative grassroots party activists took control of the North Carolina Republican Party on Saturday at the state party convention in Raleigh, handily winning both of the races up for election, chairman and vice chairman.

 

In the chairman’s race, conservative Hasan Harnett of Cabarrus County became the party’s first black state chairman as he defeated the establishment’s Craig Collins by a vote of 700 to 562*. Collins, who has served as 10th Congressional District GOP chairman, had the endorsements of Governor Pat McCrory, US Senators Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) 64% and Sen. Richard Burr, CongressmanRep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) 79% Chief Deputy Whip of the US House