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| Lee Hoffman | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Nevada |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Elko, Nevada |
| Expertise: | Metal Mining |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | University of Nevada, Reno (B.S. and M.S., metallurgical engineering, 1975)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Lee Hoffman is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Nevada.[2]
Career
Mining industry
In 1975, Lee Hoffman graduated from the University of Nevada with a Master of Science in metallurgical engineering. He began his career in mining with the Bunker Hill Mining Company in Kellog, Idaho, as a research metallurgist; eventually Hoffman became department superintendent and chief metallurgist with the company.[1] In 1981, he joined the Newmont Mining Corporation, where he remained until 2013 when he retired.[1] During that time, Hoffman was a city councilman for the city of Elko, Nevada, from 1989 until 2005.[3] Between 2011 and 2013, he served as a freelance senior consulting engineer.[1]
State Republican Party
In 2014, Nevada Assemblymen Jim Wheeler (R) and John Ellison (R), Rep. Mark Amodei (R-Nev.), and Sen. Pete Goicoechea (R-Nev.) recommended Hoffman for the position of national committeeman for the Republican Party of Nevada.[4] In February 2014, Hoffman was elected as national committeeman.[3] Hoffman also serves as the Elko County Republican Party chairman.[5]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Hoffman was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nevada.[6] In the Nevada Republican caucuses on February 23, 2016, Donald Trump won 14 delegates, Marco Rubio won seven, Ted Cruz won six, and John Kasich won one. Two delegates were unbound. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Hoffman was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Nevada’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Nevada Republican Convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound on the first ballot unless the candidate to whom they were pledged suspended his campaign. However, a presidential candidate who withdrew from the presidential race could keep his delegates by submitting a request to the state party secretary stating that they remain bound on the first ballot.
Nevada caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2016
| Nevada Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 34,531 | 14 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.9% | 17,940 | 7 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.4% | 16,079 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.8% | 3,619 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 3.6% | 2,709 | 1 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 170 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 64 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 50 | 0 | |
| Totals | 75,162 | 28 | ||
| Source: Nevada GOP | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nevada had 30 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). Nevada's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share 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]
See also
- Nevada
- Republican Party of Nevada
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 LinkedIn, "Lee Hoffman," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Nevada Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Elko Daily Free Press, "Elkoan elected to represent Nevada on national GOP committee," February 18, 2014
- ↑ Nevada GOP, "Endorsements for Lee Hoffman, National Committeeman," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ Elko County GOP, "About," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ Nevada GOP, "National Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention," May 15, 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.
- ↑ 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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