W.Va. GOP Convention: A Final Tally* - Updated

Today's roster lists 1,556 names, including 963 party members who filed for 610 at-large seats.

A net number of 1,203 delegates registered in time, putting the GOP within 250 names of its goal of filling 1,446 seats at the Feb. 5 presidential convention. January voting will whittle down the excess at-large filings.

Among the highlights from the final roster:

CANDIDATES

• Most legislator-delegates: Fred Thompson (12);

• Most state executive committee delegates: Mitt Romney (18);

• Most "guaranteed" at-large delegates: Ron Paul (42);

• Most county party chairs: Romney (9, according to latest available list);

• Most non-chair county committee delegates: Romney (53).
  

COUNTIES

• All but McDowell are sending delegates to the convention*;

• Nine filled their automatic berths -- Barbour, Clay, Fayette, Hancock, Harrison, Summers, Tyler, Wirt, and Wood;

• Four appear to have more county executive committee delegates than allotted spots: Berkeley, Hampshire, Nicholas and Raleigh;

• Nicholas also appears to have more than its allotted share of state executive committee delegates;

• 36 filled or exceeded their at-large delegate slots;

• Besides McDowell, only Wyoming has no at-large delegates while Brooke and Calhoun also have no state or county committee members registered.

* County party committee chairs can fill vacancies, as can the state chairman after that. Organizers are also checking the roster for errors.