Carl Bunce
Carl Bunce was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 20 of the Nevada State Senate.
Campaign themes
2014
Bunce's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
School Choice for Students
- Excerpt: "School choice is the remedy for Nevada, by giving students flexibility to find the path that is right for them. There are many ways to give a choice to students and they will not harm the public education system one bit. Public schools will continue to exist with sufficient funding for their enrollment levels and possibly improve as students and schools begin to flourish as competitive educational practices develop in Nevada."
Accountable Government Spending
- Excerpt: "It is clear that very few cost-saving measures have been found in any of the internal audits that the districts have conducted, since there are consistent requests for more funding. It is time to take a real look at how the money is being spent on education in Nevada."
Repeal Common Core in our Schools
- Excerpt: "I support a repeal of Common Core State Standards in Nevada and oppose all tracking by 3rd party vendors of our children and Nevada families."
2nd Amendment - Campus Carry
- Excerpt: "I support Campus Carry legislation in Nevada, because I support the right of individuals to defend themselves at all times no matter their location."
ObamaCare - Nevada Health Exchange
- Excerpt: "I fully support all legislation that repeals and removes government intervention in our right to contract our own health care insurance and services."
Elections
2014
- See also: Nevada State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Nevada State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 10, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 14, 2014. Incumbent Michael Roberson defeated Carl Bunce in the Republican primary, while Teresa Lowry ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Roberson defeated Lowry in the general election.[2][3][4][5]
The Nevada State Senate was a battleground chamber that Ballotpedia identified as having the opportunity to switch partisan control in 2014. The Nevada Senate had a difference in partisan balance between Democrats and Republican of one seat, which amounted to 9 percent of the seats up for election in 2014. District 8 in the Senate was identified by Ballotpedia and the Las Vegas Review-Journal as a battleground district that could have determined control of the Nevada State Senate. Michael Roberson (R) defeated Teresa Lowry (D) in the general election. Roberson was favored to win; Republicans needed to retain District 20 and District 8 and gain the Democratic seat in District 9 to overtake the Senate.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Michael Roberson Incumbent |
60.4% | 16,715 | |
| Democratic | Teresa Lowry | 39.6% | 10,959 | |
| Total Votes | 27,674 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Michael Roberson Incumbent |
58.5% | 3,009 |
| Carl Bunce | 41.5% | 2,131 |
| Total Votes | 5,140 | |
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Carl Bunce | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large delegate |
| State: | Nevada |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Bunce was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nevada.[7] In the Nevada Republican caucuses on February 23, 2016, Donald Trump won 14 delegates, Marco Rubio won seven, Ted Cruz won six, and John Kasich won one. Two delegates were unbound. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Bunce was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Nevada’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[8]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Nevada Republican Convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound on the first ballot unless the candidate to whom they were pledged suspended his campaign. However, a presidential candidate who withdrew from the presidential race could keep his delegates by submitting a request to the state party secretary stating that they remain bound on the first ballot.
Nevada caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2016
| Nevada Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
45.9% | 34,531 | 14 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.9% | 17,940 | 7 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.4% | 16,079 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.8% | 3,619 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 3.6% | 2,709 | 1 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 170 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 64 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 50 | 0 | |
| Totals | 75,162 | 28 | ||
| Source: Nevada GOP | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nevada had 30 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). Nevada's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share of the state's district delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share 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.[9][10]
Recent news
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See also
- Nevada State Senate
- Nevada State Legislature
- Nevada State Senate elections, 2014
- Nevada State Senate District 20
External links
- Official campaign website
- Carl Bunce on Facebook
- Carl Bunce on Twitter
- Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 Filed Candidates"
- Clark County, 2014 candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Carl Bunce for Nevada State Senate District 20, "Issues," accessed May 19, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 filed candidates," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Clark County, "Candidate filing," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "Nevada Primary Election 2014," accessed June 10, 2014
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State, "2014 Official Statewide General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Nevada Senate leader says GOP has chance to regain control of upper house," April 9, 2014
- ↑ Nevada GOP, "National Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention," May 15, 2016
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
