Cynthia Dunbar
Cynthia Dunbar was a 2018 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Virginia.[1]
Dunbar is the CEO of Global Educational Ventures, an education curriculum development company. She was elected as national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Virginia in April 2016.[2] Dunbar is a former professor of law at Liberty University School of Law in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3]
Career
In 2003, Cynthia Dunbar served as the director of governmental affairs for the county of Fort Bend, Texas. Part of her job was to act as a legislative liaison, serve as counsel, propose county legislation and present information at committee hearings.[3] By 2007, Dunbar had been elected to the Texas State Board of Education overseeing textbook content.[3][2]
In 2009, Dunbar began teaching as a visiting assistant professor at Liberty University School of Law teaching law, and, in 2011, she became an assistant professor of law at the university. She continued to teach until 2013, when she became advisor to the provost at the university.[3]
Dunbar served as the vice president of curriculum and instruction in 2014 for Global Educational Ventures, an education curriculum development company based in Virginia.[4][3] She is the CEO of Global Educational Ventures as well.[3]
State Republican Party
During the 2016 Virginia Republican Party state convention in late April, Dunbar was elected national committeewoman over Suzanne Obenshain, the wife of Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Va.).[5][6] Dunbar received an endorsement from former Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) during the state convention.[2]
Elections
2018
General election
Benjamin Lee Cline defeated Jennifer Lewis in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 6 on November 6, 2018.
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Benjamin Lee Cline (R) | 59.7 | 167,957 |
 | Jennifer Lewis (D) | 40.2 | 113,133 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 287 | ||
| Total votes: 281,377 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Michael Frend (Independent)
- Steve America (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Jennifer Lewis defeated Peter Volosin, Charlotte Moore, and Sergio Coppola in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 6 on June 12, 2018.
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 6
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Lewis | 47.7 | 8,202 |
 | Peter Volosin | 27.2 | 4,678 | |
 | Charlotte Moore | 18.5 | 3,175 | |
 | Sergio Coppola | 6.7 | 1,150 | |
| Total votes: 17,205 | |||
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Republican primary election
The 6th Congressional District Republican Committee held a nominating convention on May 19, 2018. State Delegate Ben Cline (R) was selected as the Republican nominee for U.S. House Virginia District 6 after receiving 52 percent of the vote.[7]
2016
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Dunbar was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Virginia.[8] In Virginia’s primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 17 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, Ted Cruz won eight, John Kasich won five, and Ben Carson won three. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Dunbar was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Virginia's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[9]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Virginia to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the Virginia State Convention in April 2016. Except for the three unbound RNC delegates to the convention, delegates from Virginia were bound by state party rules to the results of the state primary for the first ballot of the convention. They were also required to sign a pledge indicating that they intend to support all nominees of the Republican Party during their term as a delegate.
Virginia primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Virginia, 2016
| Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Marco Rubio | 32% | 327,918 | 16 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 444 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 5.9% | 60,228 | 3 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 2,917 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 1,458 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 16.7% | 171,150 | 8 | |
 Donald Trump |
34.8% | 356,840 | 17 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0.1% | 653 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,102 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,645 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 399 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 9.5% | 97,784 | 5 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 914 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,025,452 | 49 | ||
| Source: CNN and Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
Virginia had 49 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 33 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 11 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote.[10][11]
Of the remaining 16 delegates, 13 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[10][11]
See also
- Virginia's 6th Congressional District election, 2018
- Ted Cruz
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Republican Party of Virginia
- Rick Perry
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WHSV 3, "Cynthia Dunbar running for Goodlatte's seat in Congress," November 9, 2017
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richmond Times-Dispatch, "Cruz secures 10 of 13 national delegates in fight at Virginia GOP convention," April 30, 3016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedlink - ↑ Global Educational Ventures, "Home," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ The Virginian Pilot, "Behind weight of Cuccinelli, Virginia GOP convention approves Cruz-heavy delegate slate," April 30, 2016
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "2016 RPV Convention In The Books – United For November 2016 RPV Convention In The Books – United For November," April 30, 2016
- ↑ Seattle Times, "Convention selects Ben Cline as nominee for open seat in Va.," May 19, 2018
- ↑ Virginia GOP, "Complete Virginia National Delegates to the GOP Convention," June 23, 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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