Anita Stapleton
Anita Stapleton was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Pueblo City Board of Education in Colorado. She lost election to the board on November 5, 2013.
Stapleton was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Stapleton was one of 30 delegates from Colorado initially bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention. Colorado's delegates were later released since Cruz withdrew from the race.[1][2] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Biography
Stapleton is a registered nurse.[3]
Elections
2013
- See also: Pueblo City Schools elections (2013)
Stapleton and Frances Montgomery lost to incumbent Phyllis Sanchez and fellow newcomer Patty Milner for the two at-large seats on November 5, 2013.
Results
| Pueblo City Schools, At-large General Election, 4-year term, 2013 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Phyllis Sanchez Incumbent |
30.8% | 13,559 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patty Milner |
27.5% | 12,110 | |
| Nonpartisan | Anita Stapleton | 23.2% | 10,247 | |
| Nonpartisan | Frances Montgomery | 18.5% | 8,161 | |
| Total Votes | 44,077 | |||
| Source: Pueblo County, Colorado, "2013 Coordinated Election," November 20, 2013 | ||||
Funding
Stapleton reported $0.00 in contributions and $196.96 in expenditures to the Colorado Secretary of State, which left her campaign with $196.96 in debt.[4]
Endorsements
Stapleton did not receive any endorsements in the 2013 campaign.
Campaign themes
2013
During an August 13, 2013 meeting of the Colorado State Board of Education, Stapleton expressed her opposition to implementation of Common Core State Standards. She argued that implementation of these standards would take away control over local education policies from parents.[5]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Stapleton was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Stapleton was bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz.[6]
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Colorado to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention. 2016 Colorado GOP bylaws did not require delegates to pledge their support to a specific candidate. If a delegate chose to pledge his or her support, however, Colorado GOP bylaws stipulated that the delegate was bound to the candidate to whom he or she pledged their support on their intent-to-run form through the first round of voting at the national convention unless released by the candidate or if the candidate's name was not placed on the nominating ballot.
Colorado caucus
- See also: Presidential election in Colorado, 2016
In August 2015, the Colorado GOP cancelled its presidential preference poll, which was scheduled to coincide with the Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016. According to The Denver Post, the Republican executive committee "voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus vote." Colorado Republicans still sent delegates to the Republican National Convention in July 2016. District-level and at-large delegates (34) were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates (3) were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[7] Though Republican precinct caucuses were held on March 1 in Colorado, Colorado Republican National Convention delegates were chosen at district conventions and the Colorado state GOP convention in April.[8] Colorado Republican Party rules required participants in the district conventions and statewide convention to have participated in the precinct caucuses.[9]
Delegate allocation
Colorado had 37 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Thirteen delegates served at large. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as delegates to the Republican National Convention.[10][11]
In 2015, the Republican Party of Colorado decided not to conduct a presidential preference poll in 2016. As a result, according to the Republican National Committee, all delegates were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[10][12]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Journal, "Colorado delegates back Cruz over Trump," July 20, 2016
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ The Pueblo Chieftain, "School boards to see big changes," October 21, 2013
- ↑ Colorado TRACER, "Candidate and Candidate Committee Detail," accessed December 19, 2013
- ↑ EdNews Colorado, "SBE gets earnest earful from Common Core critics," August 14, 2013
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "Caucus/Assembly/Convention 2016," January 19, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwsj - ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
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