Jill Homan (Washington, D.C.)
| Jill Homan | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of the District of Columbia |
| Role: | Committeewoman |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Expertise: | Realestate |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •University of Dayton (B.A. and B.S., mechanical engineering and German, 1996) • Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business (M.B.A., finance, 2006) • Duke University (Master of Public Policy, 2006) • Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School (2006)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Jill Homan was elected in 2016 to a four-year term as the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of the District of Columbia.[2][3] Homan is a principal and chief strategy officer at the real estate investment firm Javelin 19 Investments in Washington, D.C.[1][4]
Homan was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington, D.C. Homan was one of ten delegates from Washington, D.C., bound by state party rules to support Marco Rubio at the convention.[5] Rubio suspended his campaign on March 15, 2016.
On March 12, 2016, Homan was elected at the Washington, D.C. Republican Party Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[6]
Career
Jill Homan serves on the board of visitors for Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy.[7]
Professional career
Homan was a territory manager for John Deere's commercial and consumer equipment division from 2001 until 2003.[1] In 2006, she became vice president of Perseus Realty, a real estate private equity firm based in Washington, D.C.[1][4] Homan, along with business partner Kevin Hill, founded Javelin 19 Investments in 2011. Javelin 19 is a commercial real estate investment company.[7][4] She serves as the firm's chief strategy officer.[1]
Political activity
Shortly after graduating from the University of Dayton in 1996, Homan took up the position of press secretary and legislative assistant for former Rep. Robert Ehrlich Jr. (R-Md.).[2][7] She remained with Ehrlich's office until 2001.[1] While working for Ehrlich, Homan also worked on George W. Bush's presidential campaign. In 2002, Homan worked on former Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman's (R-Minn.) Senate campaign.[7][3] She worked on Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) 2008 presidential campaign.[2] In 2012, Homan was co-chair for then Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign in Washington, D.C.[3]
Republican Party activity
Homan was elected in 2012 as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of the District of Columbia and is one of the first openly gay committeeperson to be elected to a Republican state party; the other is Bob Kabel, who is the committeeman and former chair of the D.C. Republican Party.[2][1][8] She serves on the executive committee of the D.C. Republican Committee. She helped to co-found the D.C. Republican's 35 Under 35 program, which aims to encourage professionals under 35 to engage in Republican politics; she continues to act as an advisor for the program.[2] Homan serves as the president of the League of Republican Women, an organization that encourages women to participate and engage in Republican politics.[9][3] She founded CityGOP, a national organization that seeks to improve resources for urban Republican candidates and parties.[7]
In 2012, Homan was an alternate Romney delegate at the Republican National Convention.[3] In 2015, she was on the Site Selection Committee for the 2016 National Republican Convention.[7]
Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Kabel was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington, D.C.
Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
On March 12, 2016, Jill Homan was elected at the Colorado Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[6]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from Washington, D.C., to the Republican National Convention were elected at a district convention on March 12, 2016. DC GOP bylaws stipulated that district delegates were bound to their candidate on the first ballot at the convention. If a candidate who was allotted delegates at the district convention withdrew prior to the national convention, his or her delegates were to become unpledged. If only one candidate's name was placed in nomination at the national convention, DC GOP bylaws stipulated that all district delegates were to vote for that candidate, provided that that candidate won delegates in the district primary election.
D.C. Caucus results
| Washington, D.C. Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Marco Rubio |
37.3% | 1,059 | 10 | |
| John Kasich | 35.5% | 1,009 | 9 | |
| Donald Trump | 13.8% | 391 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 12.4% | 351 | 0 | |
| Other | 1% | 29 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,839 | 19 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Politico | ||||
Delegate allocation
Washington, D.C., had 19 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 16 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the district-wide vote in order to be eligible to receive any delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[10][11]
Media
Recent news
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See also
- Bob Kabel
- Marco Rubio
- Mitt Romney
- RNC Rules Committee, 2016
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Norm Coleman
- Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.
- George W. Bush
- John McCain
External links
- Jill Homan official website
- Javelin 19 Investments
- CityGOP
- League of Republican Women
- Jill Homan on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 LinkedIn, "Jill Homan, accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 DC GOP, "Jill Homan," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 GOP, "Jill Homan," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Javelin 19 Investments, "About Us," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ D.C. Republican Party Facebook Page, "Revised list of delegates with binding," March 22, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ballotpedia:Charles Aull, Email communication with DC GOP Executive Director Patrick Mara," April 12, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Jill Homan, "About Jill," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ NBC Washington, "D.C. Elects First Openly Gay Republican Party Leaders," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ League of Republican Women, "Board of Directors," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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