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Kirsten Hughes
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| Kirsten Hughes | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Massachusetts |
| Role: | Chair |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | • New York University •New England School of Law |
Kirsten Hughes is a former chairwoman of the Republican Party of Massachusetts, serving in that role between 2013 and 2019.[1]
Career
Kirsten Hughes earned an undergraduate degree in theater arts from New York University in 2003 and a J.D. from the New England School of Law in 2008. She worked in the Suffolk County district attorney's office and the United States Office of Special Counsel before transitioning to a field director position with the Republican Party of Massachusetts in 2010. After managing the party's 2010 state convention, Hughes accepted a position as deputy finance chairwoman on former Massachusetts U.S. Senator Scott Brown's (R) 2010 campaign. Hughes won election to the Quincy City Council as the representative of Ward 5 in 2012. She was elected president of the Quincy City Council in 2016.[2][3][4][5]
Hughes was elected chairwoman of the Republican Party of Massachusetts in 2013 with the support of former U.S. Senator Scott Brown (R). Under her leadership, the party made gains during the 2014 election cycle, including seats in the Massachusetts General Court and the election of Republican Governor of Massachusetts Charlie Baker. Hughes ran unopposed and won re-election to a two-year term as chairwoman in 2015.[6][7]
2016 presidential election
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Hughes was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Massachusetts.
Delegate rules
District-level delegates from Massachusetts were elected at congressional district caucuses, while at-large delegates were elected by the Massachusetts Republican State Committee. At-large delegate candidates were required to "express a commitment to a qualifying Presidential candidate" prior to their election as delegates. Massachusetts delegates stipulated bound to the candidate to whom they pledged their support through the first round of voting at the national convention. State party bylaws in 2016 stipulated that if a presidential candidate "dies, withdraws, or changes his party registration" prior to the convention, his or her delegates "shall go to the convention unpledged."
Massachusetts primary results
| Massachusetts Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
49% | 312,425 | 22 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 113,170 | 8 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 60,592 | 4 | |
| John Kasich | 17.9% | 114,434 | 8 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.6% | 16,360 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1% | 6,559 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.3% | 1,906 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 1,864 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,153 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0.1% | 753 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 709 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0.1% | 500 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 293 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.4% | 2,325 | 0 | |
| No preference | 0.5% | 3,220 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 0.2% | 1,440 | 0 | |
| Totals | 637,703 | 42 | ||
| Source: Massachusetts Elections Division and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Massachusetts had 42 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 15 delegates, 12 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to at least 5 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to win 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.[8][9]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Kirsten Hughes as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Republican Party of Massachusetts homepage
- Kirsten Hughes on Facebook
- Kirsten Hughes on Twitter
- Kirsten Hughes for Quincy homepage
Footnotes
- ↑ MassLive, "Clerk magistrate nominee and former MassGOP chair Kirsten Hughes appears before council," November 20, 2019
- ↑ Boston Magazine, "Person of Interest: Kirsten Hughes," September 2011
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Hughes takes her presence to Mass. GOP stage," February 2, 2016
- ↑ Patriot Ledger, "State GOP leader heads younger, more diverse Quincy City Council," January 4, 2016
- ↑ Hughes for Chair, "About Kirsten," accessed April 5, 2016
- ↑ Boston Globe, "Former Brown aide wins top post for Mass. Republicans," February 1, 2013
- ↑ WGBH 89.7, "State of Mass. GOP: one-on-one with Kirsten Hughes," February 4, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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