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Edward Cox (New York)
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| Edward Cox | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of New York |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | New York |
| Education: | •Princeton University (B.A., public and international affairs, 1968) •Harvard Law School (J.D., 1972) |
| Website: | Official website |
Edward Cox was elected to serve as the chair of the Republican Party of New York in 2009. He worked as a lawyer and has been active in Republican Party politics since campaigning for former President Richard Nixon in 1968.[1]
Career
Cox earned a B.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He went on to earn a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1972. He joined the ROTC at Princeton in 1964 and served with the 11th Special Forces Group as a reserve officer. After college and the military, Cox worked as a lawyer for the New York law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP. He married former President Richard Nixon's daughter, Patricia, in 1971.[2]
Cox is a former trustee of the State University of New York (SUNY). He serves on the board of directors for Noble Energy, Inc., an oil and natural gas exploration and production company.[2][3][4]
Politics
Cox has had an active role in politics since he began campaigning for Nixon in 1968. He worked as a "family surrogate" for Nixon in 1972 and worked for the Ronald Reagan presidential campaign in 1980. During the Reagan administration, Cox worked as general counsel for a government corporation "which financed major synthetic fuels projects." Cox also worked for the Reagan re-election campaign in 1984 where he "conceived and organized the statewide volunteer effort which helped carry New York State." In addition, Cox "organized the New York speakers’ bureau" for George H.W. Bush's 1988 and 1992 presidential campaigns.[2]
In 1994, Cox campaigned for former Governor of New York George Pataki (R). In each Republican National Convention and presidential campaign from 1996 to 2004, Cox was a participant. He also served as New York state chair for Arizona Senator John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. Cox helped four New York governors select judges for the highest court in the state.[2]
Cox is the chair of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund. The education fund aims to provide the public with a greater understanding of environmental issues. Cox is also a member of the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA).[5][6][7]
In 2009, the Republican Party of New York chose Cox as its chair.[8]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Edward Cox | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC delegate |
| State: | New York |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| 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 | |
Cox was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New York. Cox was one of 89 delegates from New York bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[9] 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
At-large delegates from New York to the Republican National Convention were selected by the New York Republican State Committee and were awarded to presidential candidates based on the results of the New York Republican primary election on April 19, 2016. District-level delegates were elected in the state primary election. All New York delegates were bound on the first round of voting at the convention.
New York primary results
- See also: Presidential election in New York, 2016
| New York Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
59.2% | 554,522 | 89 | |
| John Kasich | 24.7% | 231,166 | 6 | |
| Ted Cruz | 14.5% | 136,083 | 0 | |
| Blank or void | 1.6% | 14,756 | 0 | |
| Totals | 936,527 | 95 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
New York had 95 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). New York's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive a share of that district's delegates. The first place finisher in a district received two of that district's delegates and the second place finisher received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of that district's delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive a share 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.[10][11]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of New York, "Party Officers," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Republican Party of New York, "Edward F. Cox," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Noble Energy, Inc., "Home," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Noble Energy, Inc., "Board of Directors," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, "Our Mission," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, "Edward Cox," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Lawyers Associaton, "Mr. Edward F. Cox," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ The New York Times, "For Nixon In-Law, G.O.P. Post and a Giuliani Clash," September 28, 2009
- ↑ Newsday, "Here are the New York State GOP delegates," May 20, 2016
- ↑ 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
