White wins; Carraro doesn’t qualify for ballot

Darren White won the support of 85 percent of delegates in today’s First Congressional District Republican preprimary contest.

White won 138 of 162 votes, leaving Joe Carraro with 24 votes, or 15 percent. Carraro failed to qualify to appear on the ballot in June.

Update, 3:55 p.m.

White, in a news release, said he is “humbled by this tremendous show of support from his party.”

“These results show that my message about cleaning up the mess in Washington is resonating with the grassroots,” he said.

The news release also pointed out that “no candidate has ever gone on to win a primary after failing to meet the 20 percent threshold at the party’s convention.”