Jill Chambers
Jill Chambers (b. May 23, 1963) is a former Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 81 from 2003 to 2011. She served as Chair of the DeKalb Republican Party from 1998 to 2001 and on the Dekalb Community Council from 1997 to 2000.
Biography
Chambers' professional experience includes owning a business and working as a Sales Representative with ABBA Optical, DeKalb Technician with AS Ophthalmic Optics, Optician with Gottlieb Vision Group and Optician with Price and Wood Opticians.
Chambers is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council, American Society of Interior Designers-Trade Member, Chamblee Area Business and Professional Coalition, Dunwoody Homeowners Association, Dunwoody North Civic Association, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Interior Design Society, Metropolitan Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business and the New Jerusalem Methodist Church.[1]
Committee assignments
- Appropriations Committee
- Governmental Affairs Committee
- MARTOC Committee (Chair)
- Rules Committee
- Subcommittee on Elections
- Subcommittee on General Government
- Subcommittee on Public Safety (Secretary)
Elections
2010
Chambers ran for re-election to the 81st District seat in 2010. She had no opposition in the July 20 primary. Chambers lost to Elena Parent (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[2]
2008
In 2008, Chambers was re-elected to the Georgia House of Representatives District 81. Chambers (R) finished with 5,113 votes while her opponent Chris Huttman (D) finished with 4,252 votes.[3] Chambers raised $121,368 for her campaign fund.[4]
| Georgia House of Representatives District 81 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
 Jill Chambers (R)
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5,113 | |||
| Chris Huttman (D) | 4,252 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Chambers was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[5] In the Georgia Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 42 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, and Ted Cruz won 18. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Chambers was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Georgia’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
Delegate rules
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
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.[7][8]
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.[7][8]
Recent news
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See also
- Georgia State Legislature
- Georgia House of Representatives
- Georgia House Committees
- Georgia state legislative districts
External links
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
- Jill Chambers on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Biography," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Election results," accessed April 16, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed April 16, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Contributions," accessed January 2, 2015
- ↑ AJC, "Ted Cruz backers lose bid to pack Georgia GOP delegate slate," June 4, 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
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
Georgia House of Representatives District 81 2003–2011 |
Succeeded by Elena Parent |
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