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Jim Dicke
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| Jim Dicke II | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Current Campaign: | Republican National Convention, 2016 |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Ohio |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | New Bremen, Ohio |
| Expertise: | Entrepreneur |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | Trinity University (B.S., business, 1968)[1][2] |
| Website: | Official website |
Jim Dicke is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Ohio.[3] Dicke is also the chairman and CEO of Crown Equipment, a global forklift manufacturing firm based in New Bremen, Ohio.[4]
Dicke was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Ohio. He was one of 66 delegates from Ohio pledged to support John Kasich at the convention. Kasich suspended his campaign on May 4, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 156 bound delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates.
Career
Private sector
From 1980 until 2002, Jim Dicke was the president of Crown Equipment, which his grandfather founded in 1945.[4][1] In 2002, Dicke was promoted to CEO and chairman of the company's board.[5]
In 1990, Dicke began serving as director of The Dayton Power and Light Company's subsidiary, DPL Inc. He remained the director until 2005. He also served as the director to Advanced Viral Research Corporation and the now-defunct Gulf States Paper Company.[5]
Boards positions and memberships
Dicke was the chair of the Smithsonian's American Art Museum's board of commissioners.[6] He is a trustee of the Culver Educational Foundation.[5] Dicke is also on the board of trustees for Trinity University in Texas, where he had graduated in 1968. He has been on the board since 1979 and served as the board's chairman from 1997 to 2002.[2] Dicke was on the board of the Kennedy Center and former chairman of the Dayton Art Institute.[3] He is a member of the Horatio Alger Association and was a member of the Madison Council of the Library of Congress.[3]
Political activity
- See also: Republican Party of Ohio
During the summers of 1966 and 1967, Dicke worked under Congressman William M. McCulloch (R) of Ohio's 4th Congressional District.[3] Since 1996, Dicke has served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. He has chaired the 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugural Medal Committees.[3] Under President George W. Bush, Dicke was appointed to the Export Council for the Commerce Department. Dicke has served on the County Republican Central and Executive Committees. He was the finance chairman of the Republican Party of Ohio. In January 2015, Dicke was elected as the national committeeman for the state party.[3][7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Dicke was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Ohio. He was pledged to John Kasich.
Delegate rules
Each presidential candidate was required to submit a slate of at-large and district-level delegates to the Republican Party of Ohio. The candidate who received the most votes in the statewide primary had his or her slate of delegates elected to represent Ohio at the 2016 Republican National Convention. According to Brittany Warner, communications director for the state party, delegates from Ohio were bound on the first ballot at the national convention to support the winner of the statewide primary.[8]
Ohio primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Ohio, 2016
| Ohio Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 5,398 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,351 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,430 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 13.3% | 264,640 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 2,112 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 4,941 | 0 | |
 John Kasich |
47% | 933,886 | 66 | |
| Marco Rubio | 2.3% | 46,478 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,320 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 35.9% | 713,404 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,988,960 | 66 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Ohio Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Ohio had 66 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 48 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 16 congressional districts). Ohio's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. Ohio's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[9][10]
Recent news
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See also
- Ohio
- Republican Party of Ohio
- Republican National Committee
- George W. Bush
- U.S. Department of Commerce
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Smithsonian American Art Museum, "James F. Dicke II," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trinity University, "James F. Dicke Board Room honors Trustee’s Service and Support," February 26, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 GOP, "Jim Dicke," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Crown, "About Us," accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Bloomberg, "James F. Dicke II, accessed May 2, 2016
- ↑ Smithsonian, "Smithsonian American Art Museum Announces Artists Nominated for its Biennial James Dicke Contemporary Artist Prize," August 14, 2014
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "Businessman James Dicke replaces late Bob Bennett as Ohio's Republican national committeeman," January 12, 2015
- ↑ Conservative Review, "Upon Exiting Race, Kasich's Ohio Delegates are Not Bound to Trump," March 24, 2016
- ↑ 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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