Republican Party delegates feel sudden power as balance shifts

Steve House, the chairman of the Colorado Republican Party and a GOP delegate, said he has received death threats since the controversy erupted over the state’s convention last weekend, in which Cruz won all 34 delegates.

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A similar situation is playing out in Indiana, where several delegates have reported getting threats after publicly announcing who they intend to support if the convention goes beyond the first ballot.

Indiana delegate Kyle Babcock said he passed along threatening emails to local authorities after he was quoted as saying he was leaning towards supporting John Kasich if it turns to a contested convention.

“My phone is ringing off the hook,” Babcock said. “World New Tonight is calling me on the other line right now. I’ve heard from Fox Business News, NPR, The Washington Post. I know how these things work but my family’s life has been completely up-ended.”

Some of the delegates say they’re frustrated by the media’s coverage of them.

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