NPR Series: Republican Delegates To Watch https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93739509 <strong>Republican Swing State Delegates To Watch:</strong> Thousands of delegates descended on St. Paul for the Republican National Convention. Meet five GOP delegates from states expected to be battlegrounds in the 2008 presidential race. en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 04 May 2025 10:51:47 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR Series: Republican Delegates To Watch https://www.npr.org/series/93739509/republican-delegates-to-watch Jim Brady: An Unlikely Conservative Brady is a rare African-American Republican in Ohio's heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County, though he says there are more in the area than people think. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:22:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93898021/jim-brady-an-unlikely-conservative https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93898021/jim-brady-an-unlikely-conservative

Brady is a rare African-American Republican in Ohio's heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County, though he says there are more in the area than people think.

]]> Dan Bobkoff Greg Truax: Grass-Roots Conservative Truax is co-chairman of McCain's campaign in Florida's Hillsborough County. He says it's an area worth watching because although there are more registered Democrats than Republicans, when it comes to local legislators and office holders, the GOP appears ascendant. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:42:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93896509/greg-truax-grass-roots-conservative https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93896509/greg-truax-grass-roots-conservative

Truax is co-chairman of McCain's campaign in Florida's Hillsborough County. He says it's an area worth watching because although there are more registered Democrats than Republicans, when it comes to local legislators and office holders, the GOP appears ascendant.

]]> Bobbie O'Brien Edward Haroutunian: Detroit Republican "Detroit Republican" might sound like a contradiction in terms. But Haroutunian says, "There are many people in the city of Detroit who have the same philosophical direction as the Republican Party." The problem is, he says, that Democrats have made "Republican" a dirty word. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:58:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93892767/edward-haroutunian-detroit-republican https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93892767/edward-haroutunian-detroit-republican "Detroit Republican" might sound like a contradiction in terms. But Haroutunian says, "There are many people in the city of Detroit who have the same philosophical direction as the Republican Party." The problem is, he says, that Democrats have made "Republican" a dirty word.

]]> Sarah Hulett Perry Buck: Political Late Bloomer Finds Her Stride Buck didn't discover her knack for politics until her 30s, but she's since embraced it. The vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party is working to energize fellow Republicans in one of the swing state's more conservative congressional districts. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:23:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93884824/perry-buck-political-late-bloomer-finds-her-stride https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93884824/perry-buck-political-late-bloomer-finds-her-stride

Buck didn't discover her knack for politics until her 30s, but she's since embraced it. The vice chair of the Colorado Republican Party is working to energize fellow Republicans in one of the swing state's more conservative congressional districts.

]]> Katie Goetz Darrell Proctor: On The Pulse Of Conservative Mo. Proctor, age 60, has been campaigning for GOP candidates since he was old enough to hand out brochures. He says his and others' efforts to organize conservative turnout in southwest Missouri may be key to making sure the battleground state stays red on Nov. 4. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:47:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93893862/darrell-proctor-on-the-pulse-of-conservative-mo https://www.npr.org/2008/08/28/93893862/darrell-proctor-on-the-pulse-of-conservative-mo

Proctor, age 60, has been campaigning for GOP candidates since he was old enough to hand out brochures. He says his and others' efforts to organize conservative turnout in southwest Missouri may be key to making sure the battleground state stays red on Nov. 4.

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