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Charles Copeland
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Basic facts
Organization:Republican Party of Delaware
Role:Chair
Location:Newark, DE
Education:Duke University
•B.S., computer science/physics
•M.B.A., finance[1]



Charles L. "Charlie" Copeland is the former state chairman of the Republican Party of Delaware, a position to which he was elected in July 2013. Copeland was elected to the Delaware State Senate in 2002 and served as the body's minority leader from 2006 to 2008. He is president of Associates International Inc., a commercial printing company in Wilmington, Del.[2][3]

Copeland was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware. All 16 of Delaware's delegates were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[4] 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.

Career

Charlie Copeland is a descendant of the founders of DuPont, a U.S.-based science company focused on sustainability and innovation. He worked an area manager for DuPont's chemical plant in Delisle, Mississippi, from 1989 to 1992. In this role, Copeland was responsible for information systems and data centers. In 1994, Copeland became president of Associates International Inc., a commercial printing company in Wilmington, Delaware.[1][2][5][6]

Copeland was elected to a two-year term in the Delaware State Senate following legislative reapportionment in 2002. He was elected to a full term in 2004 representing Delaware State Senate District 4. In 2006, he was named minority leader of the state Senate Republican caucus. Copeland unsuccessfully campaigned as the 2008 Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Delaware.[2][5][3]

In May 2013, John Sigler resigned as chairman of the Republican Party of Delaware. Following Sigler's resignation, Copeland expressed interest in the chairman position and was elected to the office in July 2013.[2][7]

2016 presidential election

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

As chair of the Republican Party of Delaware, Charlie Copeland is an automatic Republican National Convention delegate and attended the Republican National Convention in July 2016.

Media

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Copeland was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware.

Delegate rules

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

Delegates from Delaware to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in April 2016. Delaware GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to support the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in the state primary election.

Delaware primary results

See also: Presidential election in Delaware, 2016
Delaware Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 60.8% 42,472 16
Ted Cruz 15.9% 11,110 0
John Kasich 20.4% 14,225 0
Jeb Bush 0.8% 578 0
Ben Carson 1.3% 885 0
Marco Rubio 0.9% 622 0
Totals 69,892 16
Source: The New York Times and Delaware Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Delaware had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all representing the state's single congressional district). Delaware's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary received all of the state's district delegates.[8][9]

Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. Delaware's at-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[8][9]

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In 2015, Ballotpedia identified Charles Copeland as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:

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