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Jim Bonner
Jim Bonner (Republican Party) ran for election to the Alabama Public Service Commission to represent Place 1. Bonner lost in the Republican primary on June 5, 2018.
On June 1, 2018, the Alabama state branch of the Republican Party announced that it would not certify votes for Bonner in the June 5 primary after it had censured him for social media postings and radio comments it deemed inappropriate. In response to the decision, Bonner stated, "I'm not morally fit to be a member of a party that includes (former Alabama House Speaker) Mike Hubbard, (former Supreme Court Chief Justice) Roy Moore and (former Governor) Robert Bentley and whoever the others are in jail right now. If those people are what represents the Republican Party, then maybe the party needs to re-evaluate itself."[1]
Bonner was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 17 of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Bonner was a 2010 Republican candidate for District 6 of the Alabama State Senate. The primary election was on June 1, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010.
Bonner was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. He was one of 36 delegates from Alabama bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[2] 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.
Biography
Bonner's professional experience includes working as an instructor for the Alabama College System and a farmer.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1
Incumbent Jeremy Oden defeated Cara McClure in the general election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeremy Oden (R) | 60.4 | 1,013,072 |
 | Cara McClure (D) | 39.5 | 662,581 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 940 | ||
| Total votes: 1,676,593 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1
Cara McClure advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on June 5, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1
Incumbent Jeremy Oden defeated Jim Bonner in the Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeremy Oden | 50.6 | 222,830 |
 | Jim Bonner | 49.4 | 217,721 | |
| Total votes: 440,551 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Don Barnwell was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Mike Millican defeated Jim Bonner in the Republican primary. Millican defeated Barnwell in the general election.[3][4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Mike Millican Incumbent |
66% | 7,854 | |
| Democratic | Don Barnwell | 33.8% | 4,027 | |
| NA | Write-In | 0.1% | 16 | |
| Total Votes | 11,897 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Mike Millican Incumbent |
67.7% | 3,029 |
| Jim Bonner | 32.3% | 1,447 |
| Total Votes | 4,476 | |
2010
- See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2010
Bonner was defeated in the November 2 general election by Roger Bedford.[7]
| Alabama State Senate, District 6 General election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Roger Bedford (D)
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20,452 | |||
| Jim Bonner (R) | 17,816 | |||
Campaign themes
2010
Bonner's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
- Jobs
- Excerpt: "Jobs are my first priority. Alabama needs jobs."
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "My pledge to the people of Alabama is to never, In my tenure as your State Senator, vote for a Tax Increase unless it is tied to a like amount tax decrease for the taxes YOU in district 6 pay. "
- Education
- Excerpt: "I pledge to adequately fund the technical schools in our district. To offer training in developing technical fields like wind and solar as well as traditional heavy manufacturing such as automobile and electrical power generation."
- State Budget
- Excerpt: "The impact on the tax base should be obvious. Without jobs there is no income and no income tax. No tax means no money to pay teachers, and roads and hospitals must suffer as we slide further down the pike. "[8]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Bonner was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. He was bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying form for all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.
Alabama primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Alabama, 2016
| Alabama Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
43.4% | 373,721 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.1% | 181,479 | 13 | |
| Marco Rubio | 18.7% | 160,606 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 10.2% | 88,094 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.4% | 38,119 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.5% | 3,974 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 858 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 544 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 253 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 2,539 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,895 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 617 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.9% | 7,953 | 0 | |
| Totals | 860,652 | 50 | ||
| Source: AlabamaVotes.gov | ||||
Delegate allocation
Alabama had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama'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.[9][10]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ AL.com, "Alabama GOP won't certify votes cast for Jim Bonner in PSC primary," June 1, 2018
- ↑ Alabama GOP, "2016 Republican National Convention Delegates," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Democratic Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Republican Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed July 8, 2015
- ↑ Jim Bonner's campaign website
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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