Letter to the editor: A letter from the Mock Convention Political Chair
John Harashinski
April 13, 2020
After Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped out of the presidential race, John Harashinski, '20, explains the difficulty of the 2020 primary election
Mock Convention’s predicted nominee suspends bid for president
April 13, 2020
Mock Convention is projected to make a seventh incorrect prediction
Cameron Kasky embodies our generation
February 18, 2020
“I didn’t like the kid,” one of my peers said recently. He was referring to Cameron Kasky, co-founder of March for Our Lives and the #NeverAgain gun control movement, college student and one of the speakers in Session Three of Mock Convention this past Saturday. When I asked why he hadn’t...
Bernie Sanders wins Mock Con’s Democratic nomination after contested convention
Grace Mamon, Laura Calhoun, Jin Ni, and Vivek Kumar
February 15, 2020
Washington and Lee University Mock Convention predicted Senator Bernie Sanders will be the Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election, after a projected contested convention for the first time since 1968. Misty Rebik, the Iowa state director for the Sanders campaign, accepted the nominat...
Mock Con 2020’s Delegates’ Fair numbers exceed expectations
Amelia Lancaster
September 15, 2019
About 90 percent of the student body signed up to participate in next year’s Mock Convention
Students react to Trump nomination
Faith Isbell
February 17, 2016
The 56 state and territory delegations have spoken, and Washington and Lee’s 26th Mock Convention has predicted Mr. Donald J. Trump as the Republican nominee in the upcoming presidential election. Trump claimed the Republican nomination with 1,320 votes—followed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz with 652...
Mock Con: The task before us
Conley Hurst
February 8, 2016
The 2016 W&L Mock Convention is almost here. Anticipation is building, and, for those making the key decisions, so is the stress. By the end of this week, only one Republican candidate will remain standing. The political world is watching, and we will answer the call. Mock Con has developed...
Mock Convention: What are you looking forward to most?
Alex Kinzer
February 8, 2016
After almost three years of preparation, Washington and Lee’s Mock Convention Weekend 2016 is only a few days away. Longtime members of the student-led organization are ready to show off all of their hard work in a weekend packed with noteworthy speakers, a state delegation parade through the streets...
Delegations submit predictions ahead of Mock Convention
Kinsey Grant
February 8, 2016
Washington and Lee’s 26th Mock Convention kicks off next weekend. But the work for state chairs and delegates has been going on for months. All delegations submitted their predictions last week for the convention, which works to predict the Republican nomination for President. But in an unpredictable...
Students get presidential
Callie Ramsey
November 17, 2015
The Mock Convention Presidential Gala on Saturday marked the last major event for the organization before convention weekend in February. “Gala is of course a fundraiser, but it really generates hype,” General Chair Andrew McCaffery, ’16, said. “The delegate fair got everyone involved and...
Rush Mock Con: which state to join?
Ashley Faulkner
October 12, 2015
What do ducks, beaches and cow suits have to do with each other? They all played a role as Mock Convention delegations persuaded students to join their respective states last week on Cannan Green. Mock Convention invited both undergraduate and law students alike to join the 55 state and territory dele...
Mock Convention is just one year away
Emma Deihle
February 15, 2015
The student leaders of Washington and Lee Mock Convention 2016, in conjunction with the Alumni Affairs office, premiered a documentary highlighting 25 past mock conventions in Stackhouse Theater last Thursday night. The documentary, funded by the class of 1953 and narrated by former CBS newsman and...