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Don Thibaut
| Don Thibaut | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Credo Company |
| Role: | Founder and Partner |
| Location: | Columbus, Ohio |
| Expertise: | Lobbying |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Don Thibaut is a lobbyist and a long-time advisor to Ohio Governor and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich (R). Thibaut founded the lobbying firm Credo Company in Columbus, Ohio.[1]
Thibaut was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Ohio. He was one of 66 delegates from Ohio pledged to support John Kasich at the convention. Kasich suspended his campaign on May 4, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 156 bound delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates.
Career
Political activity
Don Thibaut worked on John Kasich's (R) Ohio State Senate campaign in the 1970s. He also served as Kasich's chief of staff for almost 20 years when Kasich was a U.S. Congressman.[1][2][3] In 2015, Thibaut joined Kasich's 2016 presidential campaign as an unofficial advisor and consultant.[2]
Lobbying
In 2011, Thibaut co-founded the Credo Company, a Columbus-based lobbying firm. His co-founder is Robert Kovey, who is also a long-time Republican operative in Ohio politics.[3][1] According to Cleveland.com, Thibaut's clients are advocates for "reducing business regulations and privatizing aspects of state government," which were in-line with Kasich's gubernatorial policies as governor of Ohio.[3] Some of Thibaut's past clients include GTECH, who handled some aspects of the Ohio Lottery, which Kasich sought to privatize.[4] Other clients include Corrections Corp. of America, a private prison management firm; in 2011, Kasich began to privatize prisons allowing opportunities for companies like Corrections Corp. of America to run the prisons.[5]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Thibaut was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Ohio. He was pledged to John Kasich.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
On April 29, 2016, the Dayton Daily News reported that Thibaut was elected by the Ohio Republican Party to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[6]
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
Each presidential candidate was required to submit a slate of at-large and district-level delegates to the Republican Party of Ohio. The candidate who received the most votes in the statewide primary had his or her slate of delegates elected to represent Ohio at the 2016 Republican National Convention. According to Brittany Warner, communications director for the state party, delegates from Ohio were bound on the first ballot at the national convention to support the winner of the statewide primary.[7]
Ohio primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Ohio, 2016
| Ohio Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 5,398 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,351 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,430 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 13.3% | 264,640 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 2,112 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 4,941 | 0 | |
 John Kasich |
47% | 933,886 | 66 | |
| Marco Rubio | 2.3% | 46,478 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,320 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 35.9% | 713,404 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,988,960 | 66 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Ohio had 66 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 48 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 16 congressional districts). Ohio's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. Ohio's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality 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.[8][9]
Ohio Primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Ohio, 2016
| Ohio Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 5,398 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,351 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,430 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 13.3% | 264,640 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 2,112 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 4,941 | 0 | |
| John Kasich |
47% | 933,886 | 66 | |
| Marco Rubio | 2.3% | 46,478 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,320 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 35.9% | 713,404 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,988,960 | 66 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Credo Company, "Who We Are," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cleveland.com, "Meet the advisers and insiders behind Ohio Gov. John Kasich's campaign for president," December 22, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cleveland.com, "New lobbyists in Ohio have strong Republican ties," July 4, 2011
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Ohio Senate gets proposals on privatizing state lottery," May 29, 2011
- ↑ Cleevland.com, "Gov. Kasich plans to sell prisons, privatize state liquor profits for now, Turnpike lease could be in near future," March 15, 2011
- ↑ Dayton Daily News, "Ohio delegates pledge to stick with John Kasich," April 29, 2016
- ↑ Conservative Review, "Upon Exiting Race, Kasich's Ohio Delegates are Not Bound to Trump," March 24, 2016
- ↑ 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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