Jason Glodt
| Jason Glodt | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | GSG Strategies |
| Role: | Founder |
| Location: | Pierre, S.D. |
| Education: | •B.S., Black Hills State University •J.D., University of South Dakota |
Jason Glodt is a co-founder of GSG Strategies, a government relations, grassroots issue advocacy and campaign strategy firm based in Pierre, S.D. Glodt co-founded GSG Strategies in 2012 with partners Bob Gray and Rob Skjonsberg.[1] Prior to GSG, Glodt served in the administrations of Governors Mike Rounds (R) and Dennis Daugaard (R). A 2012 profile in the Pierre Capital Journal stated that Glodt had "helped manage more than 200 S.D. campaigns".[2]
Career
Glodt was a volunteer for Republican Bill Janklow's 1994 campaign for Governor of South Dakota. Janklow appointed Glodt as the student representative to the South Dakota Board of Regents in 1995, and re-appointed Glodt in 1996.[3] Janklow volunteered on campaigns until 2002, when he was paid staff for former Attorney General of South Dakota Mark Barnett's (R) primary campaign in the 2002 South Dakota gubernatorial election. From 2003 to 2004, Glodt was executive director for the Republican Party of South Dakota. In 2003 and in 2006, Glodt was elected a city commissioner in Pierre, S.D. Glodt worked in the office of Governor Mike Rounds (R) in 2004 to handle policy directives such as game, fish and parks.[4] Glodt was named political director for Rounds' re-election campaign in 2006.[3]
In 2008, Glodt served as political director for the Republican Party of South Dakota, and was political director in 2010 for Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota Dennis Daugaard's (R) campaign for governor. From 2004-2012, Glodt served as a senior policy advisor, lobbyist, and attorney for both Gov. Rounds and Gov. Daugaard.[3] Glodt has also served on campaigns for U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem (R) and U.S. Sen. John Thune.[3]
In 2012, Glodt launched GSG Strategies, a government relations, grassroots issue advocacy and campaign strategy firm based in Pierre, S.D. Glodt is the state director of Marsy's Law for South Dakota, an organization that advocates "victims' rights" measures similar to those passed in California and Illinois.[5][6]
A self-described "...behind-the-scenes guy", Glodt has been praised by Governor Dennis Daugaard for his "...hard work and straightforward approach", calling Glodt "...a valuable asset for South Dakota both working for me and for Governor Mike Rounds."[2]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Jason Glodt | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | South Dakota |
| 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 | |
Glodt was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Dakota. All 29 delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[7] 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
Delegates from South Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in March 2016 and allocated after the South Dakota presidential primary election on June 7, 2016. All delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules on the first ballot at the national convention to support the candidate to whom they were allocated.
South Dakota primary results
| South Dakota Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
67.1% | 44,867 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17% | 11,352 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 15.9% | 10,660 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66,879 | 29 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and South Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Dakota had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district) and 23 served as at-large delegates. South Dakota's district and at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[8][9]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[8][9]
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Footnotes
- ↑ GSG Strategies, "Homepage," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Capital Journal, "Behind the scenes: Jason Glodt has helped manage more than 200 SD campaigns," December 13, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 GSG Strategies, "Jason Glodt," accessed October 29, 2015
- ↑ Pure Pierre Politics, "No longer so young, still politically active," September 28, 2012
- ↑ Dakota Free Press, "Crime Victims Initiative Brought to South Dakota by Out-State Operatives," August 13, 2015
- ↑ WQAD, "Illinois voters pass tougher crime victims’ rights and anti-discrimination laws," November 5, 2014
- ↑ South Dakota GOP, "SDGOP elects Delegates and Alternates for the Republican National Convention," March 21, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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