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Dan Welch
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| Dan Welch | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Nebraska |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | Nebraska |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
| Education: | •University of Nebraska-Lincoln (bachelor's degree, political science, 1993) •Creighton University (J.D., 1998) |
Dan Welch was elected as the chair of the Republican Party of Nebraska in 2015. He left the position on July 9, 2022.[1] He is a practicing lawyer and served on the Omaha City Council from 2001 to 2009.[2]
Career
Welch earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1993 and a J.D. from Creighton University in 1998. He practices law at Welch Law Firm, P.C., in Omaha, Nebraska. At the law firm, he focuses on civil practice, automobile negligence, personal injury, civil rights, discrimination, corporate law, employment law, and insurance law.[3][4]
Politics
Welch was a member of the Omaha City Council from 2001 to 2009. He ran for mayor of Omaha in 2013, but came in fifth place in the April 2013 mayoral primary election.[3][5]
In March 2015, the Republican Party of Nebraska chose Welch to serve a two-year term as its chair after Governor of Nebraska Pete Ricketts (R) recommended him.[6] He left the position on July 9, 2022.[7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Welch was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nebraska. All 36 delegates from Nebraska were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[8] 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.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Nebraska to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Donald Trump won all 36 Nebraska delegates in the state primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates from Nebraska were bound for the first two ballots at the national convention unless the candidate to whom they were pledged released them or received less than 35 percent of the vote on the first ballot.
Nebraska primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
| Nebraska Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
61.5% | 122,327 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 18.4% | 36,703 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 22,709 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 3.6% | 7,233 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 5% | 10,016 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198,988 | 36 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Nebraska Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nebraska had 36 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts). Nebraska's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 27 delegates, 24 served at large. Nebraska's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote 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.[9][10]
Top influencers by state
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Footnotes
- ↑ KLIN News Talk, "Nebraska GOP Introduce New Party Chair Eric Underwood," July 14, 2022
- ↑ Republican Party of Nebraska, "Leadership," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Omaha.com, "Mayoral candidate Dan Welch ready to resume union battle," March 21, 2013
- ↑ Welch Law Firm, P.C., "Meet the Firm," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ Douglas County, "Official Results, 2013 Primary Election," April 2, 2013
- ↑ Omaha.com, "Ex-Omaha councilman Dan Welch chosen as next state GOP chair," March 21, 2015
- ↑ KLIN News Talk, "Nebraska GOP Introduce New Party Chair Eric Underwood," July 14, 2022
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska GOP selects convention delegates," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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