Doug McNea Dies at GOP Convention

A San Jose man attending the California Republican Party convention has died after collapsing on the dance floor at a post-convention party.

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Doug McNea, head of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, was rushed to the hospital late Saturday night after collapsing at a party at the Sheraton Hotel in Sacramento.

California Republican Party spokesman Mark Standriff confirmed Sunday that McNea died overnight.

McNea, a nuclear energy consultant and U.S. Navy veteran, was a three-time Republican candidate for state Assembly.

Speaking through a spokesman Sunday, Rep. Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, the party's host, told the Chronicle that McNea was a man committed to his country whose work to protect taxpayers would not be forgotten.

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