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John Raese
John Raese was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. He lost in the general election.[1]
Raese is CEO of a mining company and is chairman of a radio station board in West Virginia.[2]
Campaign themes
2012
According to his website, Raese's campaign platform included the following issues[3]:
- Repealing ObamaCare
- Adopting a balanced budget amendment
- Opposing human cloning and federally funded stem-cell research
- Creating a simpler tax code
Elections
2012
Raese ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing West Virginia. Raese was unopposed in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012. He was defeated by Democratic incumbent Joe Manchin in the general election on November 6, 2012.[4][1]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Joe Manchin III Incumbent |
60.6% | 399,898 | |
| Republican | John R. Raese | 36.5% | 240,787 | |
| Mountain | Bob Henry Baber | 3% | 19,517 | |
| Total Votes | 660,202 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2012 Election Statistics" | ||||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
John Raese was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Raese was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[5] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[6][7]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
Personal
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Raese and his wife, Liz, have two daughters.[2]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 CNN "West Virginia Senate Race - 2012 Election Center"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Raese campaign website, "About," accessed May 6, 2012
- ↑ John Raese campaign website, "Issues," accessed May 6, 2012
- ↑ West Virginia Metro News, "2012 Primary Results," May 8, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
