Convention update: 5:00 p.m.

The convention broke up into county caucuses about 45 minutes ago. Keynote speaker Mitt Romney will hold media availability at 6 and will address the convention at 7.

The national committeeman and committeewoman election process took far longer than expected, pushing the convention behind schedule. The winners of the two contests have not been announced.

The debate over the party platform was pushed back to tomorrow because of time constraints. Party officials expect it to be a lively discussion – five amendments to the proposed platform were submitted but will not be made public until they are presented.

Congressional candidates were given a chance to speak after the RNC election process, but each had to cut their presentations back by five minutes.

John Frary, who is running in the Second Congressional District, and representatives of Charlie Summers, who is running in the First Congressional District, obeyed. Convention officials had to pull the plug on CD1 candidate Dean Scontras after he ran over his time allotment. This caused a stir.

Frary made the crowd laugh with his unconventional speaking style. The Summers’ and Scontras’ campaigns paraded out with an entourage of supporters, music playing and signs waving.

Check PolitickerME.com later for more details, photos and video of the speeches.