Laird Stabler III
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| Laird Stabler III | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Delaware |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Delaware |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
Laird Stabler III is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Delaware. He was first elected to that position at a state convention in 2008.[1]
Stabler was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware. All 16 of Delaware's delegates were 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
Stabler is a member of the Delaware State Bar Association. He is also president of Laird Stabler and Associates, a lobbying firm in Wilmington, Del., that focuses on local and state government.[3]
Stabler works with the following business groups and charitable organizations:
- American Red Cross, board member for the Delmarva region[4]
- Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, member of the board of governors[5]
Politics
Stabler was elected national committeeman by the Republican Party of Delaware in 2008. He served on the rules committee for the Republican National Committee in 2009.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
In 2015, Stabler served on the committee on arrangements, which was responsible for planning the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.[6] He was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Delaware.[2]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Delaware to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in April 2016. Delaware GOP bylaws stipulated that delegates were to be bound to support the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in the state primary election.
Delaware primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Delaware, 2016
| Delaware Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
60.8% | 42,472 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 15.9% | 11,110 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 20.4% | 14,225 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 578 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.3% | 885 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.9% | 622 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69,892 | 16 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Delaware Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Delaware had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all representing the state's single congressional district). Delaware's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary received all of the state's district delegates.[7][8]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. Delaware's at-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the primary 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.[7][8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Delaware Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delaware Online, "Trump locks down Delaware GOP delegates," April 30, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wilmington University, "Government Lobbyists Highlight Gov't. Relations Speaker Series," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ American Red Cross, "Delmarva Board of Directors," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, "Governance," accessed May 24, 2016
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "GOP announces more leaders of planning effort for 2016 Republican National Convention," April 23, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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