Chris Tiedeman
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| Organization: | Republican Party of Minnesota |
| Role: | Former national committeeman |
| Location: | Minnesota |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
Chris Tiedeman was the national committeeman for the Republican Party of Minnesota from October 2013 through July 2016. He was succeeded by Rick Rice.[1]
Career
Professional career
Tiedeman is a licensed Minnesota attorney as well as a public affairs and political consultant, specializing in grassroots coalition building and social networking platforms. He is the principal and part owner of Weber Johnson Public Affairs, a public affairs and political consulting firm in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2][3]
Political activity
Tiedeman was first elected as the national committeeman for the Republican Party of Minnesota in October 2013. He served in this capacity until July 2016. He entered the sphere of politics at St. Olaf College, where he served as state chairman of the Minnesota College Republicans and treasurer of the College Republican National Committee.[3]
Tiedeman ran in 2000 as a candidate for the Minnesota House of Representatives.[3]
Community service
Tiedeman serves on the board of directors of the Minnesota Adoption Resource Network, which is a nonprofit that seeks to help children in foster care find stable homes.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Tiedeman was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Minnesota.[4] In the Minnesota Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016, Marco Rubio won 17 delegates, Ted Cruz won 13, and Donald Trump won eight. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Tiedeman was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Minnesota’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[5]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Minnesota to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Minnesota 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 prior to the convention.
Minnesota caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2016
| Minnesota Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Donald Trump | 21.4% | 24,473 | 8 | |
 Marco Rubio |
36.2% | 41,397 | 17 | |
| Ted Cruz | 29% | 33,181 | 13 | |
| John Kasich | 5.7% | 6,565 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.4% | 8,422 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.2% | 207 | 0 | |
| Totals | 114,245 | 38 | ||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Minnesota had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 85 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large and district-level delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[6][7]
Recognition
- Nominated to the "40 Under 40" list in 2015 by The Business Journal of Twin Cities, Minnesota.[2]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia Staff, "Phone interview with Republican Party of Minnesota staff," June 2, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Pilot-Independent, "Chris Tiedeman named to Business Journal’s “40 under 40” list," April 1, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 GOP.com, "Chris Tiedeman," accessed June 5, 2016
- ↑ MN GOP, "National Delegates and Alternates," accessed June 20, 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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