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OKLAHOMA CITY - When Republicans gather in Cleveland this summer to select their presidential nominee, 43 Oklahomans will be in the crowd to represent the state's GOP electorate.
The first 15 of those delegates will be selected at five congressional district meetings across the state next month. Logan Lyon hopes he will be elected Saturday to be his district's sole Ted Cruz delegate.
Lyon, a Canadian County Republican, said he's never been this active in his party before.
"You don't know if you don't try and, to me, that's the first step is putting your name out there," Lyon said.
He doesn't know the odds of whether he'll be chosen.
Cruz will get 15 Oklahoma delegates because he had the most votes in the state primary. Donald Trump will have 13 and Marco Rubio, who has suspended his campaign but not released his delegates, has 12.
If Rubio releases his delegates to vote how they wish, those 12 votes can go to either of the two remaining top candidates...