David Sunderland
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| David Sunderland | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Vermont |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | Vermont |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
David Sunderland (b. 1965) was first elected to serve as the chair of the Republican Party of Vermont in 2013. Upon his election, he stated, "As your chair I will work diligently to bring our varying views together on the core issues that define our party."[1][2]
Career
Education
Sunderland attended Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, where he earned an A.S. in 1985. He graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in 1989.[3]
Career summary
Sunderland was elected to serve as chair of the Republican Party of Vermont in 2013 and was re-elected to serve a two-year term in 2015. He was appointed to the Vermont State House of Representatives in 2003 and served in that position until 2007, winning re-election in 2004 and 2006. He was assistant minority leader of the Vermont State House in 2007. Sunderland is the chairman of the Rutland Town Republican Committee and a member of the Rutland Economic Development Corporation's Public Policy Committee.[3][4][5]
Sunderland is a mechanical engineer and has worked as an engineering technician.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| David Sunderland | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC delegate |
| State: | Vermont |
| 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 | |
Sunderland was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Vermont.[6] In the Vermont Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump and John Kasich won eight delegates each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Sunderland was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Vermont’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Vermont to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Delegates were required to complete a petition with 25 signatures from town, city, county, or state committee members and be a current member of one such committee, an elected official, or a former delegate from Vermont to a Republican National Convention. Delegates from Vermont were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate released them, suspended his or her campaign, or was not placed into contention at the convention.
Vermont primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Vermont, 2016
| Vermont Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
32.3% | 19,974 | 8 | |
| John Kasich | 30% | 18,534 | 8 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.1% | 11,781 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.6% | 5,932 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.1% | 2,551 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 1,106 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.7% | 423 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.6% | 361 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 212 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.3% | 164 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.6% | 390 | 0 | |
| Spoiled votes | 0.2% | 137 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 0.3% | 191 | 0 | |
| Totals | 61,756 | 16 | ||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Vermont had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all for the state's single congressional district). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 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 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she 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.[8][9]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified David Sunderland as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Vermont, "Executive Committee," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ WCAX, "Vt. GOP elects a new chairman," November 12, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Our Campaigns, "Sunderland, David," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Vote Smart, "David Sunderland's Biography," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Press Bureau, "Republicans seek public input," November 4, 2015
- ↑ VT GOP, "Final List of Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention," May 26, 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.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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