FL GOP Chairman (and superdelegate) resigning for health reasons

by: Matt

Thu Sep 01, 2011 at 22:34:54 PM EDT

We have a temporary GOP superdelegate opening in Florida:

Florida Republican Party Chairman Dave Bitner told GOP leaders Wednesday that he was resigning because of health problems and urged them to elect Vice Chairman Lenny Curry of Jacksonville as his successor.

Bitner ... was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease in April.
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Bitner said he would step down Fri., Sept. 23, toward the end of the Florida GOP's Presidency 5 convention. Bitner called a special meeting of party leaders in Orlando that day to elect his successor, endorsing Curry for the post.

Bitner had not yet endorsed a candidate, so the scoreboard remains the same. We have updated our GOP superdelegate page, and will update again assuming Curry gets the post.