Curly Haugland
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| Curly Haugland | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of North Dakota |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Bismarck, North Dakota |
| Expertise: | Entrepreneur |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Curly Haugland is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of North Dakota.[1] Haugland is also a businessman and owns several companies in North Dakota.[2]
Haugland was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota. All North Dakota delegates were unpledged.[3]
On April 3, 2016, Haugland was elected at the North Dakota Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[4][5]
Career
In 1974, Curly Haugland co-founded Associated Pool Builders, a pool building company. A few years later, in 1980, he started his own pool supply company, Recreational Supply Company in Bismarck, North Dakota.[2] In 2002, after serving as president, Haugland handed the company over to his son.[2][6] He also served as president of Eureka Manufacturing Company, which manufactures some pool equipment for his retail business.[2][6]
Haugland was on the advisory board of the Bank of North Dakota from 1993 until 2000. During that time, 1994 to 1996, he also served as a commissioner for the Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission.[6] He has served as a board member for the Landowner’s Association of North Dakota, which seeks to preserve farm land, natural resources, and protect property rights.[6][7]
Tax Increment Financing lawsuit
Haugland founded and served as the president of the North Dakota Policy Council in 2006.[8] In 2010, Haugland, with the support of the North Dakota Policy Council, filed a suit against the city of Bismarck for its Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District policy. The argument made in the lawsuit stated the policy violated the state's constitution. According to The Bismarck Tribune, the city's policy froze "property values for tax entities outside the [district] boundaries at a 1979 floor level. Any true tax values above that are spent only on property improvements within the the [sic] TIF District."[9] Haugland argued that the policy should be reformed, saying that the "true value of all property tax revenue should be shared among all tax entities and the boundaries of the blanket TIF District be eliminated." The case went to the North Dakota Supreme Court in 2012, the Justices partly affirmed, partly reversed, and remanded portions of the case.[10]
Republican National Committee
- See also: Republican National Committee
From 1999 to 2001, Haugland served as the Republican National Committee state chairman for North Dakota.[6] He remained the state chairman until 2001. In 2004, he became the national committeeman for the Republican Party of North Dakota.[6][11] Haugland was appointed to the Republican National Convention's Rules Committee in 2009 and 2012.[6]
Haugland has stated that his view on the role of the delegate is that delegates should have the right to vote according to "their conscience."[12] Haugland noted that Republican delegates are elected by Republicans and those electors rely on the delegates to make their own judgments at the convention.[12]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Haugland was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Dakota.
Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
On April 3, 2016, Haugland was elected at the North Dakota Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[4][5]
Haugland has continued to be vocal on the issue of pledged delegates. On March 16, 2016, he stated on CNBC's Squawk Box that "[t]he media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That's the conflict here."[13] Haugland was a non-pledged delegate. North Dakota does not hold a primary or caucus and delegates are not bound to candidates by the state party convention rules.[13][14] Haugland went on to say that "[p]olitical parties choose their nominee, not the general public, contrary to popular belief."[15] Haugland had made it clear that he intended to convince the Rules Committee to make rules allowing delegates to vote for whichever candidate they choose. According to Politico, Haugland was one of few delegates who wanted to make such a change; Sandye Kading, a delegate and Rules Committee member from South Dakota, noted that Haugland's proposal was unlikely to get much support.[12] The counter argument that had been made was that freeing pledged delegates would negate the primary election process, according to Politico.[12]
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 North Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were selected by committee at the state Republican convention in April 2016. North Dakota GOP bylaws did not require delegates to indicate which presidential candidate they prefer at the time of their selection. At the national convention, delegates from North Dakota were unbound on all ballots.
Delegate allocation
North Dakota had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 22 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Delegates to the state convention were selected at district conventions, where no presidential preference poll was taken. The state's Republican National Convention delegation was selected at the state GOP convention, April 1-3, 2016.[16][17]
Recent news
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See also
- North Dakota
- Republican Party of North Dakota
- Republican National Committee
- RNC Rules Committee, 2016
- Republican National Convention, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ GOP, "Curly Haugland," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Bismarck Tribune, "Recreation Supply grows into international business," July 27, 2002
- ↑ Daily Caller, "North Dakota GOP Delegate Slate Shows Majority Support Cruz," April 3, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 WHO-TV NBC, "North Dakota Republicans Choose Delegates to National Convention," April 3, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN, "Cruz, Kasich, Trump vie for North Dakota delegates," April 1, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedgop - ↑ Landowner's Association of North Dakota, "Home," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ State Policy Network, "North Dakota Policy Council: Freedom’s advocate takes hold in the Peace Garden State," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ The Bismarck Tribune, "Lawsuit filed against the City of Bismarck over TIF funds," April 6, 2010
- ↑ North Dakota Supreme Court, "Haugland v. the City of Bismarck," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of North Dakota, "Executive Committee," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Politico, "GOP panelists eager to scrap rule that helps Trump," March 30, 2016
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CNBC, "We choose the nominee, not the voters: Senior GOP official," March 16, 2016
- ↑ Real Clear Politics, "Unbound Delegates Could Hold Key to Stopping Trump at Convention," March 8, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "RNC member: ‘Political parties choose their nominee, not the general public’," March 16, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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