Enid Mickelsen
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| Enid Mickelsen | |
| Basic facts | |
| Current Campaign: | RNC Rules Committee, Republican National Convention, 2016 (Chair) |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Utah |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Expertise: | Attorney |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | • University of Utah (B.A.) •Brigham Young University (J.D.)[1] |
Enid Mickelsen is a former U.S. Congresswoman for the state of Utah.[1] During her tenure in Congress, she sat on the House Rules Committee.[1]
On June 17, 2016, RNC National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus appointed Mickelsen to serve as the chair of the Rules Committee at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Regarding the appointment, Mickelsen said, "My mindset is that we’re going to be fair, that people are going to be able to have an opportunity to make their proposals, debate their proposals or suggestions."[2]
Career
Enid Mickelsen was a litigation attorney in Salt Lake City, Utah. She served as deputy chief of staff for former Utah Governor Norman H. Bangerter (R) in the 1980s and early 1990s.[1][3] From 1995 until 1997, Mickelsen served as a U.S. Representative for Utah in the 104th Congress. While she was in Congress, she served on the House Rules Committee.[1]
Mickelsen hosted The Enid Greene Show, a radio talk show on KSL Newsradio. The show was on the air for five years.[1]
State Republican Party
Mickelsen served as Chairman of the Utah Republican Party and was elected as national committeewoman in 2008.[1][4] Mickelsen served on the 2016 Republican National Convention Site Selection Committee as well as the Budget Committee and the Standing Rules Committee.[5][1]
2016 Republican National Convention
Mickelsen was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Utah. All 40 delegates from Utah were bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[6] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Mickelsen was appointed by RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to chair the Rules Committee at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The Rules Committee was responsible for crafting the Rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that govern the national convention. She also served on the Standing Rules Committee. When asked about the convention rules and any proposed changes in April 2016, Mickelsen stated "[o]ur making a change of this magnitude at this point is the worst possible thing that we could do to inspire the confidence of the delegates in our home states that we are not putting our finger on the scale for any candidate."[7] In late June, she told National Review, "I’m not walking into this with any loyalty to any candidate — past, present, or future. My job is to run a fair committee." She also said, "I think what any candidate needs at the Rules Committee is somebody who’s going to be fair, who knows the rules, who understands parliamentary procedure, and who is committed to the majority working their will while allowing the minority to air their concerns."[8]
Regarding the 2016 presidential race, Mickelsen told The Salt Lake Tribune in early June:[9]
| “ | Neither Hillary Clinton nor Donald Trump are going to be people that we point our children toward and say, 'I want you to be just like them when you grow up.' That's not the case in this race, and that's a shame. What we're left with is deciding how we're going to vote on policy. Who is going to choose who is on the Supreme Court? Who is going to oppose or work with a Republican majority in the House and Senate? That's not the kind of thing that people write brilliant march songs for. It's not the kind of headline that you get lots of people out to rallies for. But it's where we are.[10] | ” |
Ron Kaufman of Massachusetts was appointed to serve as the Mickelsen's co-chair on the committee.
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
Delegates from Utah to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Utah state GOP convention in April 2016. All Utah delegates were bound by the results of the state's caucus on the first ballot. If a candidate allocated delegates did not compete at the national convention, then his or her delegates were reallocated and bound to the remaining candidates.
Utah primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Utah, 2016
| Utah Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
69.2% | 122,567 | 40 | |
| John Kasich | 16.8% | 29,773 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 14% | 24,864 | 0 | |
| Totals | 177,204 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Utah had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district-level delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[11][12]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. Utah's at-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she won 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.[11][12]
Recent news
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See also
- Utah
- Republican Party of Utah
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- RNC Standing Committee on Rules
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 GOP, "Enid Mickelsen," accessed May 4, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "GOP convention rules chair: I’ll be 'fair' to everyone," June 17, 2016
- ↑ Utah History to Go, "Norman H. Bangerter," accessed May 4, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Enid Mickelsen," accessed May 4, 2016
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Enid Mickelsen: GOP may name two finalists for 2016 convention," February 20, 2014
- ↑ Utah GOP, "National/Alternate National Delegate & Elector Official Results," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ '"CBS News, "RNC won't rewrite its convention rules," April 22, 2016
- ↑ National Review, "Everyone is Afraid of Enid Mickelsen," June 30, 2016
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Republican chairman: Trump v. Clinton a contest of whom ‘you hate the least’," June 4, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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