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Ginger Howard
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| Ginger Howard | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Georgia |
| Role: | National committeewoman |
| Location: | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Education: | University of Georgia |
| Website: | Official website |
Ginger Howard was elected to a four-year term as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Georgia in June 2016. She is the owner of Ginger Howard Selections, a women's boutique in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
Howard graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in fashion merchandising. She managed boutiques in Athens, Georgia, and Alexandria, Virginia, before working as a women's merchandise buyer for Shaw's Inc. Howard later founded the Ginger Howard Company, a fashion buying office, in 1993. She relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, and established a trunk show business in 1996 as well as Ginger Howard Selections, an upscale women's boutique, in 2001.[1]
Howard co-hosted Freedom Five, a conservative talk show on America's Web Radio, from 2012 to 2013. She founded ATH Consulting Inc., a political consulting firm that aims to support Christian candidates, in 2014.[2][3][4]
Political activity
Howard worked in a part-time position for the Republican National Committee under the leadership of former President George H.W. Bush (R). She later graduated from the Coverdell Leadership Institute, a training program to foster Republican leaders, in 2007. The following year, Howard served as the volunteer coordinator during former U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss' (R-Ga.) successful re-election campaign. She later served as the Georgia state chair during former Governor of Texas Rick Perry's (R) 2016 presidential campaign.[1][4][5]
Howard campaigned for the Republican Party of Georgia's (GAGOP) national committeewoman position to the Republican National Committee (RNC) in 2012, but was defeated by Linda Herren. She went on to serve as a Georgia delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. Howard was later elected to a four-year term as the GAGOP's national committeewoman to the RNC in June 2016. During her campaign for the position, Howard focused on building unity within the party. "We're in the fight for the soul of this country. So, let's stop focusing on the presidency or the person; let's focus on the battle," Howard urged in an interview with Fox 5 Atlanta.[4][6]
Howard serves as the president and chaplain of the Buckhead Republican Women's Club and is a foundation member of the GAGOP. She is a member of the National Republican Congressional Committee, the National Women's Republican Club, the Heritage Foundation, and the North Metro Republican Women's Club. She is also a former member of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, a former vice president of the Tri-Cities Republican Club, and a prior chaplain for the Georgia Federation of Republican Women.[1][2]
Recognition
The National Republican Campaign Committee's Business Advisory Council honored Howard with the Businesswoman of the Year award in 2004. She received the Volunteer of the Year award from the Republican Party of Georgia in 2013. The Atlantan magazine later recognized Howard as a one the Top Women of Atlanta in 2015.[1][7]
Media
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Howard was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[8] In the Georgia Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 42 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, and Ted Cruz won 18. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Howard was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Georgia’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[9]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Georgia to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in June 2016. Delegates from Georgia were "bound" to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate withdrew from the race after the state primary election—in which case Georgia state law required those delegates to be "unpledged" at the national convention.
Georgia primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2016
| Georgia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
38.8% | 502,994 | 42 | |
| Marco Rubio | 24.4% | 316,836 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 23.6% | 305,847 | 18 | |
| John Kasich | 5.6% | 72,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 6.2% | 80,723 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 7,686 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,486 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,146 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 428 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,625 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 236 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,910 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 539 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,295,964 | 76 | ||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Georgia had 76 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; the highest vote-getter in a congressional district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district, he or she won all three of that district's delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 34 delegates, 31 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 win any of Georgia'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]
Top influencers by state
Influencers in American politics are power players who help get candidates elected, put through policy proposals, cause ideological changes, and affect popular perceptions. They can take on many forms: politicians, lobbyists, advisors, donors, corporations, industry groups, labor unions, single-issue organizations, nonprofits, to name a few.
In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Ginger Howard as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Republican Party of Georgia
- Ginger for Georgia homepage
- Ginger for Georgia on Facebook
- Ginger Howard on Twitter
- Ginger Howard on Facebook
- Ginger Howard Selections homepage
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ginger for Georgia, "About Ginger," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 DeKalb GOP, "Ginger Howard—candidate for Georgia national committeewoman," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Corps, "ATH Consulting Inc.," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Georgiapol.com, "Race for national delegates/alternates isn’t the only election for the GAGOP state convention," April 8, 2016
- ↑ Athens Banner-Herald, "Coverdell's offices prepare to close in Washington, Georgia," September 5, 2000
- ↑ Fox 5 Atlanta, "Georgia Republicans push for unity ahead of convention," June 5, 2016
- ↑ HD Photography, "Top Women of Atlanta, Georgia, in 2015—Voted in The Atlantan magazine," accessed June 10, 2016
- ↑ AJC, "Ted Cruz backers lose bid to pack Georgia GOP delegate slate," June 4, 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.
- ↑ 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
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