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Kathy Berden
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| Kathy Berden | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Michigan |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Michigan |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
Kathy Berden was elected to serve a four-year term as the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Michigan in 2016. She has worked for the Republican Party at the local, state, and national level for many years. She and her husband own a farm in Michigan.[1]
Berden was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan. Berden was one of 25 delegates from Michigan 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.
Career
Berden is a farmer with her husband in Michigan.[3]
Politics
Berden has been involved in Republican Party politics in Michigan for many years. She has served as a precinct delegate, a member of her county party's executive committee, chair of Sanilac County Republican Party, a member of the Republican Party of Michigan state committee, and an alternate delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention.[4][3]
She worked on campaigns for the following officials:[3]
- Representative Candice Miller (R-Mich.)
- Attorney General of Michigan Bill Schuette (R)
- Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson (R)
In May 2015, Berden was elected to serve as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Michigan. She was re-elected to a four-year term in April 2016. She identifies as a pro-life, grassroots conservative on her website. The Detroit News reported in April 2016 that Berden would serve as a delegate for Donald Trump (R) at the 2016 Republican National Convention.[5][6][7][8]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Berden was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Michigan to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention in April 2016. Michigan delegates were allowed to list their preferred candidate on their presidential preference form. 2016 Michigan GOP bylaws stipulate that delegates to the national convention were bound on the first ballot. Delegates bound to a particular candidate became unbound if that candidate publicly withdrew from the race, suspended his or her campaign, endorsed another candidate, or sought the nomination of a different party for any office.
Michigan primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Michigan, 2016
| Michigan Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 10,685 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.6% | 21,349 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,116 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 326,617 | 17 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,415 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 438 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,603 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 24.3% | 321,115 | 17 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 591 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 3,774 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 9.3% | 123,587 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,722 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
36.5% | 483,753 | 25 | |
| Other | 1.7% | 22,824 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,323,589 | 59 | ||
| Source: CNN and Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Michigan had 59 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 delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide 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.[9][10]
See also
- Michigan
- Republican Party of Michigan
- Republican National Committee
- Bill Schuette
- Ruth Johnson
- Donald Trump
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Michigan Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ MLive.com, "See who Michigan Republicans are sending to support Donald Trump at the national convention," April 10, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Republican Party, "Kathy Berden," accessed April 27, 2016
- ↑ Linkedin, "Kathy Berden," accessed April 27, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Michigan, "Congratulations to New Republican National Committeewoman Kathleen Berden," May 9, 2015
- ↑ Sanilac County News, "Kathy Berden re-elected national committeewoman," April 20, 2016
- ↑ Kathy Berden, "MI RNC," accessed April 27, 2016
- ↑ The Detroit News, "Mich. GOP chief Romney McDaniel becomes Trump delegate," April 8, 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
