Brokered Conventions Proven to bring GOP Pres. Victory

Rebroadcast Since the late 1940s there have been 8 Republican Nominees who won the nomination on the first ballot and lost the General Election. Also, since that time there has been 2 Brokered Conventions where the nominee succeeded in winning the Presidency. Come Listen to Barbara Haney discuss the history and effectiveness of an Open/Brokered Convention. She attended the University of Notre Dame and received her Ph. D. in Public Policy and taught Economics while completing her Ph.D. as a graduate student. She has served as a faculty member at St. Marys College, Notre Dame, IN, McKendree College, Lebanon, IL, Eastern Illinois University, Washington State University, and arrived in Alaska during the Hickel Administration to serve as a program director at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She left university service to exercise her citizenship to assist in the defeat of Gov. Tony Knowles and later to assist in the election of Gov Sarah Palin. She worked on several state and local campaigns in the 2010 election cycle including Gov. Sean Parnell, Joe Miller, Steven Thompson, and Mike Kelly.

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