J. Randolph Evans

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J. Randolph Evans
Basic facts
Organization:	Republican Party of Georgia
Role:	National committeeman
Location:	Atlanta, Georgia
Education:	•University of West Georgia •University of Georgia School of Law
Website:	Official website

J. Randolph "Randy" Evans is the national committeeman for the Republican Party of Georgia. He previously served as a senior advisor during former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's (R) 2012 presidential campaign.

Evans is a partner with the global law firm Dentons US LLP in Atlanta, Georgia.

Career

Evans earned an undergraduate degree from the University of West Georgia in 1980 and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1983.

Evans serves on the board of directors for Dentons US LLP, a global law firm, and is a partner and litigator in the firm's Atlanta office. He is also a nationally syndicated columnist and the author of 10 books analyzing topics in law and insurance.

Evans has earned a slate of awards over the course of his career, including recognition as one of Super Lawyers' Best Lawyers in America, one of the Most Influential Lawyers in Georgia by JAMES Magazine, and the Lawyer of the Year by the Republican National Lawyers Association.

Political activity

Evans served as the outside counsel to former speakers of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich (R) and Dennis Hastert (R) from the 104th to the 109th Congress. He later served as a senior advisor during Gingrich's 2012 presidential campaign.

Evans was elected to the Republican National Committee as the Republican Party of Georgia's (GAGOP) national committeeman in 2012 and won re-election to a four-year term in 2016. He also serves as the chair of the Republican National Lawyers Association and as a co-chair of the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission.

Evans formerly served as the chair of the Douglas County Republican Party. He also served the GAGOP in a number of leadership positions, including general counsel, finance chair, 6th Congressional District chair, and state convention chair.

Evans served as a Georgia member of the Electoral College for the 2008, 2012, and 2016 presidential elections.

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

For the 2016 election cycle, Evans was appointed to the Republican National Committee’s Debate Committee, whose task it was to decide when, where, and on what networks the Republican presidential debates would take place. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus described the committee as being "responsible for implementing the new GOP debate policies in the 2016 presidential election."

RNC Rules Committee

See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016

Evans was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.

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

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Georgia, 2016 and Republican delegates from Georgia, 2016

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

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

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.

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.

See also

• Georgia
• Republican Party of Georgia
• Republican National Committee

External links

• Republican Party of Georgia
• Randy Evans on Twitter
• Dentons US LLP homepage