McCain Wins American Samoa
Miss American Samoa
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa (AP) - The American Samoa Republican Party announced Saturday that all nine of the delegates it will send to the GOP national convention support John McCain.
The delegates from the U.S. territory, about 2,300 miles south of Hawaii, helped McCain move closer to clinching the GOP nomination for president, giving him a total of 976 delegates. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is far behind with 254 delegates—two less than Mitt Romney, who has quit the race and endorsed McCain.
It will take 1,191 delegates to secure the Republican nomination.
Earlier Saturday, the nine delegates from the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands said they will be voting for McCain. The GOP on Guam is set to make its selection March 8.
Although they are helping to nominate presidential candidates, residents of U.S. Pacific island territories do not vote in the presidential election.
The close to 50 party members who showed up for the convention in American Samoa were surprised with a prerecorded audio message sent via the Internet from McCain.
“I can’t tell you how excited I am to see the Republican Party of American Samoa take a major role in the presidential election,” McCain said.
“I know the island and its people, and I believe we can work together to address our economic problems, fix social security, enhance education and ensured that our veterans are treated with decency and respect that they deserve,” he said.
The convention chose six delegates who will join three superdelegates at the national convention.
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