James Evans (Utah)
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| Organization: | Republican Party of Utah | ||
| Role: | Chair | ||
| Location: | Utah | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | Tuskegee University | ||
| Website: | Official website | ||
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| Republican Party of Utah | |||
James Evans (Utah) is the chair of the Republican Party of Utah. He was elected in 2013 and is the first African American to hold the position in Utah. Evans previously served as a state senator from Senate District 1 from 2002 to 2004.[1][2]
Career
Education
Evans graduated from Tuskegee University with a B.S. in chemical engineering.[3]
Career summary
Prior to his election as the chair of the Republican Party of Utah in 2013, Evans served as the Chair of the UTGOP Constitution and Bylaws Committee. Evans has also been a county and state delegate for the Republican Party of Utah. He was the state senator of Senate District 1 from 2002 to 2004. He ran for re-election to his seat in 2004, but was not elected for another term.[4]
Evans owns Checkline, a payday loan franchise. He served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force.[2][4]
Chair of the Republican Party of Utah
Evans was elected to serve as the chair of the Republican Party of Utah in 2013. At the time of his election, Evans stated, "Our Republican message is universal. It doesn’t matter what your skin color is, your gender, your race, your sexual orientation. I mean if you want smaller government, if you want to be in charge of your life, you know if you want to be left alone on your own property, if you want to be there for your family, those are Republican values and they’re translatable across every spectrum. So what we have to is make sure that every spectrum understands our values and then I’m confident they’ll be more inclined to want to participate."[2]
Campaign themes
2014
Evans campaigned on the following goals and objectives:[3]
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• Preserve the Caucus/Convention system. Implement processes to allow more participants and greater participation. • Make sure every statewide and federal office is in Republican hands, with a priority on defeating Jim Matheson in 2014. • Promote the UTGOP Platform. • Help every county party become financially stronger through better and collaborative fundraising. • Help every county party become more competitive through the use of technology and administrative best practices. • Raise $1 million over the next two years to support Republican candidates. As Salt Lake County Chair, James raised over $500,000. • Increase the Party’s margins in each of the State’s legislative chambers in 2014. • Increase the number of registered Republican voters, and reach out to them to ensure they vote in 2014. • Reach out to the Unaffiliated Voters across Utah to educate them about the UTGOP and to encourage them to join. • Strengthen Republican Youth Groups (TARS, College Republicans, YR’s) and incorporate them into a winning statewide strategy. • Create and conduct a consistent messaging campaign that presents the Republican philosophy, values, activities, efforts, and ideas.[5] |
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Evans 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.
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.[7][8]
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.[7][8]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Utah, "Who We Are," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 KUER 90.1 NPR Utah, "Utah GOP Elects James Evans Party Chairman," May 18, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Facebook, "James Evans for State Party Chairman, About," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vote Smart, "James Evans' Biography," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Utah GOP, "National/Alternate National Delegate & Elector Official Results," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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