So Much to Learn After First County Caucus

On Monday morning, delegates of the DeWeese County Nationalist Party gathered for the first time at their County Caucus. The three cities elected party nominees for positions at the county level.

Delegates were first briefed on the rules and regulations for positions. There were 15 positions available at this meeting, ranging from County Chairman to Prosecuting Attorney.

Every election gave delegates the opportunity to provide nominations. Once nominations for a position were accepted, each candidate had 30-seconds to argue as to why they would be a good fit for the position they are running for. Then the delegates would vote on their county party’s nominee. For one election there would be an election for three County Commissioners at once, and 5 people were nominated for the spot.

“At that moment there wasn’t a lot of people running for it so I was like this is my chance,” said Duncan Hass, who would later decide to run for the House of Representatives.

The delegates were informed that the County Commissioner was a full time spot and those chosen would not be able to run for a different full-time position. This caused some regrets.

“I decided ultimately, no, I had to revoke [my nomination] it was a whole incident it was really unprofessional,” said Hass.

An important rule is that once a delegate accepts the nomination, they cannot rescind it if it will leave an open spot. Three nominees had wished to rescind their nomination, which would have left one open spot. The county was about to vote on the position, and one person would be nominated against their will.

However, candidate Amoah Ransford was on the fence.

“He was worried about it, I couldn’t tell if he was going to do it, he was cautious,” said Max Forster, another candidate who had withdrawn his name from the nomination.

Changing his mind, Ransford decided to stay in the race for County Commissioner, thus automatically winning due to there being only three nominees for the three spots.

“I owe that man everything, I shook his hand after because he saved the entire week,” said Forster.

In this case, it worked out in everyone’s favor, but this was definitely a learning moment for all delegates in the caucus, teaching caution when running for positions.