On Jan. 1 of this year, Temecula Valley Republican Women took the leap to leave the California Federation of Republican Women and become a freestanding club. One of the main reasons for doing this was the ability to endorse candidates, something we’ve never been able to do in the prior 38-year history of the club.Bylaws were made and processes were created. The late summer/early fall came, and they were ready to have their first candidate forum which would have led to the first endorsement vote. In an effort to be fair, we put that forum off because one candidate was not able to attend. In that effort we have now missed crucial deadlines where our endorsement would have benefitted a candidate due to the primary being much earlier this election cycle than prior years.They issued a
