Lily Nuñez
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| Lily Nuñez | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Colorado |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Colorado |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Lily Nuñez was the national committeewoman of the Colorado Republican Party.[1] She was replaced by Vera Ortegon in 2016.[2]
Nuñez was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Nuñez was one of seven unpledged delegates from Colorado.[3]
Career
Political career
In 1979, Lily Nuñez began working for former U.S. Senator Bill Armstrong (R-Colo.). In 1985, she left Armstrong's office and was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as special assistant to the regional administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.[4][1] She continued her tenure with the Small Business Administration as an acting regional administrator under the George H.W. Bush administration until 1993.[1]
In 1996, Nuñez was a member of the electoral college for Bob Dole; in 2000 and 2004, she was a member of the electoral college for George W. Bush.[1] In 1998, she was the campaign manager to Colorado State Representative Joe Nuñez, her husband. She served as his campaign manager in 2000 as well.[1]
State Republican Party
Between 1993 and 1997, Nuñez served as the state chair for the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Colorado. During that time, 1995 to 1997, she became the secretary for the Colorado Republican Party. From 1997 to 2001, Nuñez served as the vice chair of Colorado's 5th Congressional District.[4]
In 1999, she became the secretary of the Douglas County Republican Women; she also served as the party's precinct leader and district captain.[1][4] Since 1993, Nuñez has been a member of the Republican State Central Committee of Colorado. She was first elected national committeewoman for the Colorado Republican Party in 2000 and served until 2016.[1][4]
Republican National Convention
Nuñez has served as a delegate at 2000, 2004, and 2008 Republican National Conventions. She has also served on a number of convention committees, including the Executive Committee from 2004 to 2009, the Committee on Platform in 2004, the Committee on Arrangements in 2004, and the Site Selection Committee in 2009. Since 2004, Nuñez has served on the Rules Committee.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Nuñez was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Nuñez was one of seven unpledged delegates from Colorado.
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Colorado to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention. 2016 Colorado GOP bylaws did not require delegates to pledge their support to a specific candidate. If a delegate chose to pledge his or her support, however, Colorado GOP bylaws stipulated that the delegate was bound to the candidate to whom he or she pledged their support on their intent-to-run form through the first round of voting at the national convention unless released by the candidate or if the candidate's name was not placed on the nominating ballot.
Colorado caucus
- See also: Presidential election in Colorado, 2016
In August 2015, the Colorado GOP cancelled its presidential preference poll, which was scheduled to coincide with the Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016. According to The Denver Post, the Republican executive committee "voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus vote." Colorado Republicans still sent delegates to the Republican National Convention in July 2016. District-level and at-large delegates (34) were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates (3) were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[5] Though Republican precinct caucuses were held on March 1 in Colorado, Colorado Republican National Convention delegates were chosen at district conventions and the Colorado state GOP convention in April.[6] Colorado Republican Party rules required participants in the district conventions and statewide convention to have participated in the precinct caucuses.[7]
Delegate allocation
Colorado had 37 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Thirteen delegates served at large. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as delegates to the Republican National Convention.[8][9]
In 2015, the Republican Party of Colorado decided not to conduct a presidential preference poll in 2016. As a result, according to the Republican National Committee, all delegates were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[8][10]
Recent news
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See also
- Colorado
- Republican Party of Colorado
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Ronald Reagan
- George H.W. Bush
- George W. Bush
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 GOP, "Lily Nuñez," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ The Pueblo Chieftain, "Local woman ready for big job in Cleveland," July 18, 2016
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Colorado GOP, "Officers," accessed April 18, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "Caucus/Assembly/Convention 2016," January 19, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwsj - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
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