Dana Randall
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| Dana Randall | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of South Dakota |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Aberdeen, South Dakota |
| Expertise: | Financial Advisor |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Dana Randall is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of South Dakota.[1]
Career
Dana Randall is a financial advisor for the financial firm, Raymond James. His office is located in Aberdeen, South Dakota.[2] He is the regional director of the South Dakota Right to Life Committee.[3]
State Republican Party
In 2002, Dana Randall served as the John Thune victory chair for the Brown County Republican Committee in 2002.[1][4] In 2004, Randall began serving as the chairman of the Brown County party for four years.[4] In 2008, he was elected national committeeman for the Republican Party of South Dakota.[1] Since 2009, Randall has been on the RNC Standing Committee on Rules for the Republican National Convention.[1]
According to the Argus Leader, Randall, a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention, supported Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz.[5]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Randall was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Dakota. All 29 delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[6] 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 South Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in March 2016 and allocated after the South Dakota presidential primary election on June 7, 2016. All delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules on the first ballot at the national convention to support the candidate to whom they were allocated.
South Dakota primary results
| South Dakota Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
67.1% | 44,867 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17% | 11,352 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 15.9% | 10,660 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66,879 | 29 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and South Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Dakota had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district) and 23 served as at-large delegates. South Dakota's district and 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 district and at-large delegates.[7][8]
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.[7][8]
Recent news
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See also
- South Dakota
- Republican Party of South Dakota
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Ted Cruz
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 GOP, "Dana Randall," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ Raymond James, "About Us," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ South Dakota Right to Life, "South Dakota Right to Life Committee," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 South Dakota GOP, "National Committeeman," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ Argus Leader, "Campaigns woo S.D. delegates ahead of convention," April 16, 2016
- ↑ South Dakota GOP, "SDGOP elects Delegates and Alternates for the Republican National Convention," March 21, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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