Two Lincoln County women made history this month as the first females in the county to be sent to the Republican National Convention as delegates.

District 92 Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, and Cindy Moore, president of Lincoln County Republican Women, attended the convention held last week in Cleveland, Ohio. Mississippi Federation of College Republicans Chairman Hunter Foster was also chosen as an alternate delegate.

The convention hosted approximately 2,470 delegates and 2,302 alternate delegates from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and five territories.

“It was an experience of a lifetime,” Moore said.

According to Currie, it was also a historic convention for women in Mississippi. Of the 40 delegates sent to the convention, 10 were women, and of the 37 alternate delegates, eight were women.

“Gov. (Phil) Bryant ensured that women had a voice in this year’s election for nominee for president of the United States,” Currie said. “We had more women this year than in the history of Mississippi’s delegations.”

The 2016 RNC was held at the Quicken Loans Arena and Currie said the excitement in the arena was unimaginable.

“It was an experience I will never forget,” she said. “I cannot tell you how exciting all of it was. I am a political junky and it was a political Disneyland.”

Because Donald Trump won the primaries in Mississippi, Currie and Moore were bound to vote for him at the convention. But beyond obligation, Currie and Moore expressed support for Trump as president.

“The overall atmosphere of the convention was one of unity in support of Donald Trump,” Moore said.

Currie said she believes Trump will make a great president.

“He said everything I wanted to hear in his speech,” she said. “He doesn’t need a job or money. He won’t go along with the status quo.”

Currie went on to say that a business minded person is needed in the White House, and she believes Trump’s chosen vice president, Mike Pence, will be able to help Trump with Congress.

“That will be the toughest part, and Mike Pence has been there and can navigate that system for him,” she said.

Moore said it was she was honored to be chosen for the delegation.

“Having three Lincoln County residents be part of the Mississippi RNC delegation this year was historical and significant for our county, local party and Republican women,” she said. “We each considered it an honor to represent the people of Mississippi.”