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Ashley Bell (Georgia)

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Ashley Bell was a Republican candidate for Georgia State Superintendent of Schools in the 2014 elections.[1][2]

Elections

2014

See also: Georgia down ballot state executive elections, 2014

Bell ran for election to the office of Georgia State Superintendent of Schools.[1] Bell sought the Republican nomination in the primary on May 20. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

  • Republican primary
Georgia Superintendent of Schools, Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMike Buck 19.5% 91,435
Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Woods 16.8% 78,542
Mary Kay Bacallao 15.3% 71,810
Ashley Bell 15% 70,065
Nancy Jester 10.9% 51,211
Fitz Johnson 7.7% 35,862
Allen Bowles Fort 6.3% 29,504
Sharyl Dawes 5.4% 25,468
Kira Willis 3.1% 14,584
Total Votes 468,481
Election results via Georgia Secretary of State Election Results.

Campaign finance summary


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Ashley Bell campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Georgia Superintendent of SchoolsLost $51,058 N/A**
Grand total$51,058 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Bell was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[3] In the Georgia Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 42 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, and Ted Cruz won 18. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Bell was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Georgia’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[4]

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Georgia, 2016 and Republican delegates from Georgia, 2016

Delegates from Georgia to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in June 2016. Delegates from Georgia were "bound" to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate withdrew from the race after the state primary election—in which case Georgia state law required those delegates to be "unpledged" at the national convention.

Georgia primary results

See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2016
Georgia Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 38.8% 502,994 42
Marco Rubio 24.4% 316,836 16
Ted Cruz 23.6% 305,847 18
John Kasich 5.6% 72,508 0
Ben Carson 6.2% 80,723 0
Jeb Bush 0.6% 7,686 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 1,486 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 1,146 0
Lindsey Graham 0% 428 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 2,625 0
George Pataki 0% 236 0
Rand Paul 0.2% 2,910 0
Rick Santorum 0% 539 0
Totals 1,295,964 76
Source: Georgia Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Georgia had 76 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; the highest vote-getter in a congressional district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district, he or she won all three of that district's delegates.[5][6]

Of the remaining 34 delegates, 31 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to win any of Georgia's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[5][6]

Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information: State Schools Superintendent," accessed April 1, 2014
  2. Ashley Bell for Superintendent 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed April 1, 2014
  3. AJC, "Ted Cruz backers lose bid to pack Georgia GOP delegate slate," June 4, 2016
  4. To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  6. 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016