GOP Convention Delegate Count Reaches 1,364 - UPDATED

Organizers of the state Republican Party's Feb. 5 "Super-Duper Tuesday" presidential convention are closing in on the magic number of 1,446 delegates, after processing mailed-in delegate registrations postmarked by last week's deadline.

More than 62 percent of the filings, or 852 of the total, are for at-large slots scattered among the counties. However, as there are only 610 at-large seats, the number of delegates assured a seat at the convention is 1,122.

And with more mailings still to go through, the latest breakdown shows:



(Update I: The right-hand column reflects delegates with automatic berths and those who filed for as-yet-uncontested at-large seats.)

(Update II: I've tweaked the "Minimum" column by adding at-large seats in contested counties where the candidate has sufficient would-be delegates.)

Among other points of interest:

• 24 of the state's 55 counties have enough at-large delegate filings to ensure contested races for those slots during January's online and county convention voting;

• Kanawha County has 151 filings for 51 at-large seats, the largest contested field;

• Other counties with at least twice as many filings as at-large seats are Boone, Brooke, Cabell, Fayette, Harrison, Monongalia, Putnam and Raleigh;

• Only Boone County has more would-be at-large delegates for a single candidate - Ron Paul - than there are seats;

• In two other counties, Fayette and Randolph, are there more uncommitted at-large delegate candidates than seats;

• Ron Paul has the most at-large delegates (170);

• Mitt Romney has the most delegates from the state party's Executive Committee (15);

• Romney also has at least 9 county party chairs in his corner;

• Fred Thompson has the most legislator-delegates (12).