ELECTION OF REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR U.S.

CONGRESS, STATE SENATE AND STATE

ASSEMBLY. The Committee shall elect a nominee for each House of Representatives
and state Legislative district by means of district nominating conventions, which shall be
held within 30 days following the close of filing for the election.

(A) SINGLE AND MULTIPLE DISTRICT CONVENTIONS. Nominating conventions

shall be held for a single district or multiple districts. A nominating convention
for a single district must be held within the district. Nominating conventions
for multiple districts may be consolidated into a single convention, provided
that for each district nomination only the state delegates and county central
committee members eligible to vote in that district are permitted to do so.
Districts for which a nominee is to be elected in a multiple district convention
must be held in the region of the Regional Vice Chairman who has the most
registered voters in that district.

(B) ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DISTRICT NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. The

following individuals shall be eligible to participate and vote in a district
nominating convention: (1) Each delegate of the state central committee
registered to vote in the district; (2) Each elected member of a county central
committee, excluding alternates, registered to vote the district. No proxies
shall be permitted. No person may cast more than one vote.

(C) TIME AND PLACE OF NOMINATING CONVENTIONS. The Board of Directors

shall determine and publish the time and place for each nominating convention
60 days in advance. The schedule of nominating conventions shall be posted on
the committee’s website and notifications sent to all state committee
delegates and elected members of the county central committees.

(D) ROSTER OF CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS. The Secretary shall develop and

publish the list of all eligible participants in each convention within 15 days
following the Board of Directors establishing the nominating convention
schedule. The roster shall be transmitted to each member of the Board of
Directors and each convention’s presiding officer and secretary.

(E) PRESIDING OFFICER. The Regional Vice Chairman, or his or her designee,
shall be the presiding officer(s) for each nominating convention held within his
or her region. A presiding officer designee must be a member of the state
central committee. For a nominating convention for districts crossing into two
or more regions, the state Chairman shall designate the Regional Vice Chairman
who shall preside.

(F) SECRETARY AND RECORDS. The state Secretary shall designate an official
recording Secretary for each nominating convention. If the state Secretary fails
to designate an official recording Secretary, or if the Secretary’s designee fails
to perform the responsibilities set forth herein, the presiding officer may
designate an alternate recording Secretary. Complete and detailed minutes of
each convention shall be kept and immediately transmitted to the state
Secretary and Chairman following the conclusion of the nominating convention
and shall be deemed official upon certification of authenticity and accuracy by
the state Secretary.

(G) ELECTION OF NOMINEE. Voting to elect the nominee of the convention

shall be by standing vote of those voting, with a majority vote of the convention
required for a nominee to be determined. Absent and abstaining individuals
shall not be counted toward the number needed for the nomination. The first
ballot in the election of a nominee shall include the names of all Republican
candidates who have successfully filed for the office. In each round of voting
the candidate receiving the fewest votes shall be dropped from the subsequent
round of balloting. If a tie shall exist between candidates receiving the fewest
votes, no candidate shall be dropped from the subsequent ballot. No motion
to nominate, second, or other qualifications or burdens shall be required for a
Republican candidate to appear on the ballot at the nominating convention
other than having been a registered Republican for at least one year prior to
the election and, upon receiving the votes of a majority of the convention,
serve as the official party nominee.

(H) RULES. Each nominating convention shall be governed by the current

edition of Roberts Rules of Order Newly Revised and these bylaws. The Board
of Directors may adopt additional rules for nominating conventions that may
not be inconsistent with these bylaws, provided that the same rules must apply
to all nominating conventions held in conjunction with a single election.

(I) QUORUM. The Board of Directors shall determine the minimum quorum
requirement for each nominating convention. In all nominating conventions,
once quorum is attained, it shall remain in effect throughout the convention
until a nominee is elected or the convention adjourns by majority vote.

(J) NOTICES. The state Secretary shall issue the call to convention to all
eligible participants for each nominating convention within 20 days following
the Secretary’s publishing of the list of eligible nominating convention
participants. The notice will include the name of the presiding officer, the time
and place of the convention, the districts for which nominations will be made.
Notice may be waived and physical presence at a nominating convention shall
constitute waiver. The unintentional failure of the Secretary to provide
adequate notice to some individuals shall not invalidate a nominating
convention where it can be shown that most eligible participants received
notice from the Secretary or received notice by other means.
 Within 10 days after the close of filing, the state Secretary shall send an
additional notice to all individuals qualified to participate in each nominating
convention containing the names of all Republicans who successfully filed for
the corresponding office.

(K) The nominating convention for a district may be cancelled in the following
cases:

(1) DISTRICTS WITH A REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT SEEKING RE-ELECTION

TO THE SAME OFFICE. In districts where an incumbent Republican
legislator or Congressman has filed for re-election to the same office, the
Board of Directors may elect that candidate the nominee unless during
the term for which they were the incumbent he or she (a) voted for a tax
increase as scored by the Legislative Analyst, (b) voted to put a tax
increase on the ballot as scored by the Legislative Analyst, (c) voted
against an official position of the Caucus, (d) endorsed or supported a
non-Republican candidate over a Republican candidate for an elected
office.

(2) DISTRICTS WITH NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. In any district where

no Republican successfully filed for the office, the nominating convention
for the district shall be canceled.

(L) CONTRARY ENDORSEMENTS BY COUNTY COMMITTEES PROHIBITED. No

county committee may endorse or otherwise support any Republican candidate
for the state legislature or House of Representatives who has not been elected
the party’s official nominee through the process outlined herein. A county
committee violating this provision shall immediately forfeit for four years the
membership of its county chairman as a delegate to the state committee, the
memberships of the delegates appointed by that country central committee
and/or their chairman, as well as the membership of any members of the
county central committee who are also delegates to the state committee. The
Board of Directors and the Executive Committee shall have the authority to
prevent this section from having any effect on individuals who publicly opposed
the prohibited endorsements of their respective county central committees.

(M) RECORDS OF COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. The state

Secretary shall maintain an accurate list of all elected members of each county
central committee in the state, including those persons appointed to fill
vacancies at least 60 days prior to the close of filing for each statewide election.

(N) RUNOFF ELECTIONS

(1) NOMINEE IN FIRST ELECTION REMAINS NOMINEE IN GENERAL
ELECTION. Candidates previously elected as the party’s nominee who
qualify for the runoff election shall remain the party’s nominee.

(2) RUNOFF INVOLVING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES NOT PREVIOUSLY

ELECTED AS THE NOMINEE. When a runoff election features one or more
Republican candidates not previously elected as the party’s nominee, the
Board of Directors may convene a nominating convention within 30 days
to elect a nominee. The rules governing such a nominating convention
shall be the same as those outlined herein, except the notice provisions
shall be as follows: subsection (C) 10 days, subsection (D) 10 days,
subsection (J) 5 days.