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Bill Bruch
Bill Bruch (Republican Party) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 10-Position 2. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Bruch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Bruch was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington. Bruch was one of 40 delegates from Washington bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] 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.
Biography
Bill Bruch was born in Buffalo, New York. He pursued his undergraduate education at Western Washington University and the University of Washington. Bruch's career experience includes working as a property manager.[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 2
Incumbent Dave Paul defeated Bill Bruch in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 2 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Dave Paul (D) | 50.3 | 46,199 | |
 | Bill Bruch (R)  | 49.5 | 45,461 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 102 | ||
| Total votes: 91,762 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 2
Bill Bruch and incumbent Dave Paul defeated Taylor Zimmermann in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 2 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Bruch (R) | 48.7 | 30,248 |
| ✔ | Dave Paul (D) | 47.0 | 29,215 | |
| Taylor Zimmermann (Progressive Party of Washington State) | 4.2 | 2,592 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 81 | ||
| Total votes: 62,136 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Bruch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bruch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I am a constitutional and fiscal conservative
- I have 30 years of practice business experience that I will bring to Olympia
- I will vote to decrease taxes and regulations
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2016 Republican National Convention
Delegate rules
Delegates from Washington to the Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound by the statewide primary results for the first round of voting at the national convention.
Washington primary results
| Washington Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
75.5% | 455,023 | 41 | |
| Ted Cruz | 10.8% | 65,172 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 9.8% | 58,954 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4% | 23,849 | 0 | |
| Totals | 602,998 | 41 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Washington had 44 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 30 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 10 congressional districts). Washington's district delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote within a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the district vote, he or she received all of that district's delegates. If only one candidates broke the 20 percent threshold, that candidate received all of the district's delegates. If two candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates, and the second place finisher received one. If three candidates each received more than 20 percent of the district vote, each candidate received one of the district's delegates. If four candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the top three finishers each received one delegate.[3][4]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Washington's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. However, the at-large delegates were allocated in proportion to all candidates who were on the ballot, meaning, if only one candidate surpassed the 20 percent threshold and there were multiple candidates on the ballot, then some delegates could be allocated as unbound delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[3][4]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Pasco2016.com, "Washington State Republican Party 2016 Electors for Delegates/Alternates/Electors," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 6, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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