ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP)—
The Alaska Republican Party is not reconvening its convention after a rift between outgoing chairman Randy Ruedrich and supporters of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul resulted in a quorum shortage.Ruedrich has been urging the party faithful to stay away from Saturday's convention amid fears that Paul supporters would try to grab more delegates than Paul earned for the national convention .
A crowd gathered for the convention at an Anchorage church, but only 192 Republicans were counted, far short of quorum needed to do business.
Ruedrich left an angry, shouting crowd after announcing results of the April convention leadership election, including incoming chair Russ Millette, a supporter Paul, who has stopped actively campaigning for president.
