According to the rule the first claim will be favored. Look at the date my RP was posted.

well officially you claimed Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, remains of the Caribbean, and as much of  Northern Mexico for your main second claim  and that was 8th, then added rping claim today to it.

So....according to the claim rule 3(If there is more than one claim for the same areas of the map at the time of the map update, the claim posted first will be favored and the second claimant will be asked to submit a new claim.) so I think rule favors Adam but just because you should have used your free claim to claim closer parts of your war plan than farther parts.