Cindy Pugh
Cindy Pugh (Republican Party) was a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, representing District 33B. Pugh assumed office on January 8, 2013. Pugh left office on January 8, 2019.
Pugh (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Minnesota House of Representatives to represent District 33B. Pugh lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Minnesota committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Civil Law and Data Practices |
| • Government Operations and Elections, Vice chair |
| • Rules and Legislative Administration |
| • State Government |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Pugh served on the following committees:
| Minnesota committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Government Operations and Elections Policy, Vice Chair |
| • Higher Education Policy and Finance |
| • State Government Finance |
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Pugh served on the following committees:
| Minnesota committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Civil Law |
| • Government Operations |
| • Judiciary Finance and Policy |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2018
General election
General election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B
Kelly Morrison defeated incumbent Cindy Pugh in the general election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kelly Morrison (D) | 50.4 | 11,786 |
 | Cindy Pugh (R) | 49.5 | 11,570 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 16 | ||
| Total votes: 23,372 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B
Kelly Morrison advanced from the Democratic primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B on August 14, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B
Incumbent Cindy Pugh advanced from the Republican primary for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B on August 14, 2018.
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2016
Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2016.
Incumbent Cindy Pugh defeated Brad Brothen in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B general election.[1][2]
| Minnesota House of Representatives, District 33B General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Cindy Pugh Incumbent |
60.43% | 14,836 | |
| Democratic | Brad Brothen | 39.57% | 9,715 | |
| Total Votes | 24,551 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State | ||||
Brad Brothen ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Minnesota House of Representatives, District 33B Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Brad Brothen (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Cindy Pugh ran unopposed in the Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B Republican primary.[3][4]
| Minnesota House of Representatives, District 33B Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Cindy Pugh Incumbent (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the Minnesota House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 12, 2014, and a general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 3, 2014. Paul Alegi was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Cindy Pugh was unopposed in the Republican primary. Pugh defeated Alegi in the general election.[5][6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Cindy Pugh Incumbent |
61.2% | 10,934 | |
| Democratic | Paul Alegi | 38.7% | 6,911 | |
| Write-in | Write-in | 0.1% | 16 | |
| Total Votes | 17,861 | |||
2012
Pugh won election in the 2012 election for Minnesota House of Representatives District 33B. She defeated incumbent Steve Smith in the Republican primary on August 14 and defeated Denise Bader (D) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[8][9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Cindy Pugh |
54.4% | 13,211 | |
| Democratic | Denise Bader | 45.6% | 11,053 | |
| Total Votes | 24,264 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Cindy Pugh |
70.3% | 2,251 |
| Steve Smith | 29.7% | 949 |
| Total Votes | 3,200 | |
Campaign themes
2012
On her website, Pugh listed lowering taxes, reduce government spending, limiting the size and scope of government, and passing voter I.D. laws as campaign themes.[10]
Campaign finance summary
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 17.
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2020
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In 2020, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from February 11 to May 17. Special sessions were convened: June 12 to June 19; July 13 to July 21; August 12; September 11; October 12 to October 15; and November 12.
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2019
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In 2019, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 8 through May 20.
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2018
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In 2018, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from February 20 through May 21.
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2017
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In 2017, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 3 through May 22. The legislature held a special session from May 23 to May 26.
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2016
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In 2016, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from March 8 through May 23.
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2015
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In 2015, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 6 through May 18.
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2014
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In 2014, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from February 25 to May 19.
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2013
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In 2013, the Minnesota State Legislature was in session from January 8 to May 20.
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Cindy Pugh | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 3 |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 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 | |
Pugh was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Minnesota.[11] 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 Pugh 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.[12]
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Pugh was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[13]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
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 | ||||
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| 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.[14][15]
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.[14][15]
External links
- Office website
- Cindy Pugh on Facebook
- Cindy Pugh on Twitter
- Profile from Open States
- Follow the Money career profile
- Project Vote Smart profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed August 25, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "General election results, 2016," accessed December 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed June 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Minnesota Secretary of State, "Minnesota State Primary: Tuesday, August 9, 2016," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "State Canvassing Board Report," August 19, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed July 25, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2014 Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2012 State General Election Candidate Filings," accessed June 19, 2012
- ↑ AP "Minnesota - Summary Vote Results," accessed August 15, 2012
- ↑ Cindyformn.com, "Issues," accessed August 10, 2012
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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| Preceded by Connie Doepke (R) |
Minnesota State House District 33B 2013–2019 |
Succeeded by Kelly Morrison (D) |
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