Jeff Kaufmann
Jeff Kaufmann (b. January 9, 1963) is the chair of the Republican Party of Iowa. He is a former Republican member of the Iowa House of Representatives, representing District 79 from 2005 to 2013. Kaufmann served as House speaker pro tempore, as well as an assistant minority leader.
Kaufmann is a department chair and professor at Muscatine Community College, and a livestock farmer with Family Century Farm.
He served as clerk/trustee with Sugar Creek Township from 1990 to 2006, president of Wilton Community School District from 2003 to 2004, and as a member of the board of directors of Wilton Community School District from 2001 to 2004.
Kaufmann is a member of the Cedar County Farm Bureau, Herbert Hoover Library Association, Highway 30 Coalition, Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation, Lowden Historical Society, Pheasants Forever, Sons of the American Legion, State Historical Society of Iowa, and the Wilton Chamber of Commerce.[1]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Kaufmann served on the following committees:
- Administration and Rules
- Judiciary
- Legislative Council
- State Government
- Ways and Means
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Kaufmann served on the following committees:
- Administration and Rules
- Judiciary
- Rebuild Iowa and Disaster Recovery
- State Government
- Ways and Means
Elections
2012
Kaufmann did not seek re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2012. Instead he is running for Cedar County supervisor.[2]
2010
Kaufmann won re-election to the 79th District Seat in 2010 against John Archer (D). He was unopposed in the Republican primary. The general election took place on November 2, 2010.[3]
| Iowa House of Representatives, District 79 General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Jeff Kaufmann (R)
|
7,582 | |||
| John Archer (D) | 2,873 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Kaufmann was re-elected to the 79th District Seat in the Iowa House of Representatives, defeating Rebecca Spears (D).[4] Kaufmann raised $107,323 for his campaign, while Spears raised $0.[5]
| Iowa House of Representatives, District 79 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Jeff Kaufmann (R)
|
9,456 | |||
| Rebecca Spears (D) | 4,762 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Republican Party of Iowa
Jeff Kaufmann was elected chair of the Republican Party of Iowa in June 2013. Following the election, Kaufmann emphasized the need to build unity within the party by bringing together establishment members, evangelical activists, centrists and libertarians. "We're helping Republicans," Kaufmann told The Des Moines Register. "There are no purity tests coming out of here."[6]
According to The Register, Kaufman coordinated successful fundraising and operational party strategies during the 2014 election cycle. His efforts contributed to a number of Republican victories across the state, including Governor of Iowa Terry E. Branstad and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst. Kaufmann focused the party's efforts on gaining a Republican majority in the Iowa State Senate during the 2016 elections.[6][7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Jeff Kaufmann | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC delegate |
| State: | Iowa |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| 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 | |
Kaufmann was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Iowa.[8]
In Iowa's Republican caucuses on February 1, 2016, Ted Cruz won eight delegates, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio won seven delegates each, Ben Carson won three delegates, while five candidates—Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Mike Huckabee—all won one delegate each.
Ballotpedia was not able to identify to which candidate Kaufmann was allocated based on the results of the Iowa caucuses or which candidate Kaufmann was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Iowa’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[9]
On June 1, 2016, Eric Rosenthal, the chairman of the Iowa Republican State Convention Nominating Committee, wrote in The Gazette that all 30 delegates from Iowa would support Trump at the convention. "Mr. Trump will be the only candidate nominated [at the convention], therefore, all 30 delegate votes will be voted for him," said Rosenthal.[10]
Delegate rules
Iowa's district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while at-large delegates were selected by a nominating committee and approved by delegates to the state convention. Iowa GOP bylaws in 2016 stipulated that delegates to the national convention were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting "regardless of whether any such candidate has withdrawn from the race or otherwise does not have his or her name placed in nomination." Iowa GOP bylaws also stated, however, that if there was only one candidate on the nominating ballot at the convention and if that candidate "received votes in the Iowa Caucuses," then all Iowa delegates were bound to vote for that candidate through the first round of voting.
Iowa caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Iowa, 2016
| Iowa Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Ted Cruz |
27.7% | 51,666 | 8 | |
| Donald Trump | 24.3% | 45,427 | 7 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.1% | 43,165 | 7 | |
| Ben Carson | 9.3% | 17,395 | 3 | |
| Rand Paul | 4.5% | 8,481 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 2.8% | 5,238 | 1 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 1.9% | 3,485 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 1.9% | 3,474 | 1 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1.8% | 3,345 | 1 | |
| Chris Christie | 1.8% | 3,284 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 1% | 1,783 | 0 | |
| Totals | 186,743 | 30 | ||
| Source: The Des Moines Register, "Iowa Caucus Results" | ||||
Delegate allocation
Iowa had 30 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-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote in Iowa's caucuses received a share of the state's district-level delegates.[11][12]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally based on the statewide vote; any candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote was entitled to receive a share of Iowa'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
External links
- Republican Party of Iowa homepage
- Jeff Kaufmann on the Iowa House Website
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Project Vote Smart Legislative Profile
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Kaufmann
- ↑ Iowa City Press Citizen, "Kauffman will not seek re-election," March 12, 2012
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ Follow The Money, "Funds raised by 2008 Iowa House candidates," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The Des Moines Register, "How Jeff Kaufmann is reviving the Iowa GOP," December 29, 2014
- ↑ The Des Moines Register, "Dems, GOP eye flipping seats in Iowa statehouse," March 21, 2016
- ↑ Caffeinated Thoughts, "Iowa GOP State Convention Live Blog," May 21, 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.
- ↑ The Gazette, "All Iowa Republican National Delegates will vote for Donald Trump," June 1, 2016
- ↑ 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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| Preceded by - |
Iowa House of Representatives District 79 2005–2013 |
Succeeded by Guy Vander Linden (R) |
