California Republican Party convention

Assemblyman Rocky Chavez of Oceanside, a candidate for the U.S. Senate, at the California Republican Party’s semi-annual convention in Anaheim this weekend. Chavez said GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s rhetoric on immigration is undercutting the state party’s efforts to attract Latino voters.

A cardboard cutout of President Reagan stands outside the room where the platform committee met at the Anaheim Marriott.

U.S. Senate candidate and former state Republican Party leader Tom Del Beccaro speaks with supporters at the three-day convention in Anaheim.

Presidential candidate Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Ark.) addresses the media during the opening of the California Republican Party convention at the Anaheim Marriott.

Republican Party members are silhouetted during the convention. Most of the party’s candidates for U.S. Senate said Republicans need to unify.

U.S. Senate candidate George “Duf”Sundheim, a Silicon Valley lawyer who led the state Republican Party during the recall of Democratic Gov. Gray Davis, poses for a photo during the convention.

Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee addresses the executive committee during the opening day of the three-day California Republican Party Convention. Huckabee said the party is in better shape in California than they were in Arkansas when he became governor in 1996.

Ann Barrera, left center, and Barbara Scallon, right, get their photo taken with a cardboard poster of Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson at the convention in Anaheim.