Republican Party and Republican Candidates

Here is a little information about the LOCAL Republican Party and LOCAL Republican Candidates - in Lake County, Florida. There are Voters who are REGISTERED to vote as Republicans and there are OFFICIAL MEMBERS of the Republican Party. The National Republican Party, the RNC, is formed of REPRESENTATIVES from the STATE Republican Parties. The Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) is formed from 3 REPRESENTATIVES from EACH Local (County) Republican Committee. The "Party" does not submit candidates. They submit themselves to run, either independently, or with a committee behind them. The Lake County Republican Committee DOES NOT support one Republican Candidate over another in a contested Primary (with more than one Candidate registered as a Republican voter). By OFFICIAL Member of the Republican Party, the meaning is an ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE of the Precinct in which the voter resides.