John McCarthy (Kentucky)
| John McCarthy | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | McCarthy Strategic Solutions |
| Role: | General partner |
| Location: | Louisville, Ky. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | Centre College |
John McCarthy is general partner at McCarthy Strategic Solutions and the former chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky. McCarthy formerly worked as a government relations specialist at the law firm McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland. He was also the assistant for personnel for former Gov. Ernie Fletcher (R), where he helped to build the governor's cabinet and staff.[1]
Career
John McCarthy worked as a government lobbyist at the Lexington-based law firm McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland from 1999 until 2005, when he started McCarthy Strategic Solutions. In 2004, McCarthy became the chair of the Republican Party of Kentucky, overseeing the party's activity and a statewide increase in Republican representation at the state and federal levels.[1][2] McCarthy resigned his position in 2005.[3] However, he maintains a relationship with the party, as his lobbying firm also holds regular fundraisers for the state party.[4]
As the general partner of McCarthy Strategic Solutions, McCarthy has lobbied on behalf of national and statewide clients, including the American Optometric Association and Churchill Downs.[5] In addition, the group has worked on behalf of the Jefferson County Public School system. McCarthy was hired in December 2014 to lobby the state legislature for a legislative agenda that included broader power for the district's superintendent. McCarthy was also tasked with strengthening district relations with "legislators, including legislative leaders, the Jefferson County legislative delegation, and members of key education-related committees."[6] The website for McCarthy Strategic Solutions lists, among others, AT&T, Altria Group and YUM! Brands as clients.[7]
Top influencers by state
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| John McCarthy | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 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 | |
McCarthy was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky.[8] In the Kentucky Republican caucuses on March 5, 2016, Donald Trump received 17 delegates, Ted Cruz received 15, and Marco Rubio and John Kasich received seven each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate McCarthy was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Kentucky’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[9]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Kentucky to the Republican National Convention were selected by nomination committees and approved at the county and state conventions. Kentucky GOP rules required national convention delegates to have supported the 2012 Republican presidential nominee. Kentucky GOP rules and Kentucky state law required delegates from Kentucky to vote for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. If a candidate died or withdrew prior to the first round of voting at the national convention, the chairman of the Kentucky delegation was to call a meeting at which the delegates were to vote on the remaining candidates and be reallocated on the basis of the results.
Kentucky caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Kentucky, 2016
| Kentucky Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
35.9% | 82,493 | 17 | |
| Ted Cruz | 31.6% | 72,503 | 15 | |
| Marco Rubio | 16.4% | 37,579 | 7 | |
| John Kasich | 14.4% | 33,134 | 7 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 1,951 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 872 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.2% | 496 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 305 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 174 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0% | 65 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0% | 64 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 31 | 0 | |
| Totals | 229,667 | 46 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Republican Party of Kentucky | ||||
Delegate allocation
Kentucky had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any 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 allocated in the same manner as the at-large delegates.[10][11][12]
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See also
- W. Terry McBrayer
- Republican Party of Kentucky
- Ernie Fletcher
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McCarthy Strategic Solutions, "John McCarthy," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Cincinnati Enquirer, "Fletcher aide gets support of GOP," April 10, 2004
- ↑ Wave 3, "State Republican Party Officially Selects New Chairman," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Courier-Journal, "UPDATED: Lobby firm helps raise money for parties," June 16, 2014
- ↑ Open Secrets, "McCarthy Strategic Solutions," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ WDRB, "JCPS hires new lobbying firm to help push legislative agenda," December 19, 2014
- ↑ McCarthy Strategic Solutions, "Clients," accessed October 28, 2015
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Kentucky GOP releases list of delegates," April 25, 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.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Memorandum on Binding of RNC Members," January 29, 2016
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