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John Padgett
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| John Padgett | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Georgia |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | Georgia |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | University of Georgia |
John Padgett has served as the chair of the Republican Party of Georgia since 2013. He is the owner of Southeast Realty and Southeast Ambulance Inc. in Athens, Georgia.[1][2]
Career
Padgett is a graduate of the University of Georgia. His career has focused on growing small businesses across the state. He and his wife, Mary, own Southeast Realty and Southeast Ambulance Inc. in Athens, Georgia.[3][4]
Politics
Padgett served four terms as chairman of the Athens-Clarke County Republican Party and later served as chairman of the 11th and 12th Congressional Districts for the Republican Party of Georgia (GAGOP). As chairman of District 11 during the 2000 election cycle, Padgett helped a "Republican congressional candidate [win] Clarke County for the first time since Reconstruction." He was also the Athens-Clarke County Bush campaign co-chair during the 2000 and 2004 elections.[3][4]
Padgett has served as the secretary of the GAGOP and a member of the GAGOP executive committee. He was elected to a two-year term as the chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia in 2013 and was re-elected in 2015.[3][4][5]
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
- See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
In August 2016, GAGOP presidential elector Baoky Vu stated that he would consider not casting his Electoral College vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump if he won the general election. Vu resigned from his position hours later. Padgett, a supporter of President Trump, was later tapped to take Vu's place in the Electoral College.[6][7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Padgett was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[8] 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 Padgett 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.[9]
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.[10][11]
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.[10][11]
Top influencers by state
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Georgia, "Home," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ Padgett for GAGOP Chair, "About John," accessed August 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Facebook, "Chairman John Padgett," accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 GaPundit, "The Race for the GA GOP: Meet John Padgett," accessed April 6, 2016
- ↑ AJC.com, "Georgia GOP chair John Padgett re-elected to another term," May 16, 2015
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Anti-Trump groups step up pressure on Georgia GOP electors," December 15, 2016
- ↑ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Anti-Trump forces plan to protest Electoral College vote in Atlanta," December 15, 2016
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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
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