Jeff Kent
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| Jeff Kent | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Washington |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Blaine, Washington |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Jeff Kent is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Washington.[1] Kent is also the president and owner of Interlube International, Inc. in Blaine, Washington.[1]
Career
Private sector
Jeff Kent is the owner and president of a specialty lubricants firm, Interlube International, Inc. The Blaine, Washington-based firm was started in the early 1980s.[2][3][1] The company distributes to more than 23,000 retailers and is sold internationally.[3]
Kent was also the host of a conservative news radio talk show on KGMI 790 AM in Bellingham, Washington.[1]
State Republican Party
Kent served as a state committeeman for the Whatcam County Republican Party. He has also acted as chair of the Republican State Committee of Washington and the president of the Washington State Young Republican Federation.[1]
Kent is on the Republican State Committee of Washington executive board and is the national committeeman for the Republican Party of Washington. He was elected to the position of national committeeman in May 2000.[1] As committeeman, Kent has served on the Republican National Committee's (RNC) Technology Committee and Executive Committee. He has also acted as the regional vice chairman for the western region for the RNC.[1] For the 2016 election cycle, Kent was appointed to the Debate Committee, whose task it was to decide when, where, and on what networks the Republican presidential debates would take place.[4] Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus described the committee as being "responsible for implementing the new GOP debate policies in the 2016 presidential election."[4]
Kent has also been on several committees for the Republican National Convention, including the Site Selection Committee and the Committee on Arrangements. He has served as the chairman of the Sub-Committee on Transportation for the convention in the past.[1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Jeff Kent | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC Delegate |
| State: | Washington |
| 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 | |
Kent was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington.[5] In Washington’s primary election on May 24, 2016, Donald Trump won 41 of Washington’s 44 Republican delegates, including all 30 district-level delegates and 11 of the state’s 14 at-large and RNC delegates. A total of three at-large and RNC delegates were allocated as unbound delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify whether Kent was allocated to Trump or was one of Washington's three unbound delegates. If you have information on how Washington's at-large and RNC delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Washington to the Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound by the statewide primary results for the first round of voting at the national convention.
Washington primary results
| Washington Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
75.5% | 455,023 | 41 | |
| Ted Cruz | 10.8% | 65,172 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 9.8% | 58,954 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4% | 23,849 | 0 | |
| Totals | 602,998 | 41 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Washington had 44 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 30 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 10 congressional districts). Washington's district delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote within a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the district vote, he or she received all of that district's delegates. If only one candidates broke the 20 percent threshold, that candidate received all of the district's delegates. If two candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates, and the second place finisher received one. If three candidates each received more than 20 percent of the district vote, each candidate received one of the district's delegates. If four candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the top three finishers each received one delegate.[7][8]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Washington's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. However, the at-large delegates were allocated in proportion to all candidates who were on the ballot, meaning, if only one candidate surpassed the 20 percent threshold and there were multiple candidates on the ballot, then some delegates could be allocated as unbound 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]
Top influencers by state
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 GOP, "Jeff Kent," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ State of Washington Business Licensing Service, "Interlube International, Inc.," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Opti (Interlube International), "About Us," accessed May 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GOP, "RNC Elects 2016 Debate Committee," August 8, 2014
- ↑ Pasco2016.com, "Washington State Republican Party 2016 Electors for Delegates/Alternates/Electors," accessed June 15, 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.
- ↑ 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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