Linda Ackerman
| Linda Ackerman | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Irvine, California |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | University of Colorado (B.A., foreign languages)[1][2] |
Linda Ackerman was the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of California.[2] Ackerman's husband is former California State Senator Dick Ackerman (R).
Career
Water quality boards
Linda Ackerman has been on the board of directors for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California since 2008.[1][3] She has served on a number of committees, including the Executive Committee as is the vice chair, the Communications and Legislation Committee, the Integrated Resources Planning Committee, the Special Committee on Bay-Delta, and the Water Planning and Stewardship Committee.[3] She is the vice chair of the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control District; she was appointed by former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and reappointed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D).[3][2] Ackerman is on the board of the Association of California Water Agencies. In 2010, she was appointed chair of the Federal Affairs Committee and reappointed in 2014. She is on the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority's One Water One Watershed board as a representative of the Regional Water Quality Control Board.[3]
Board positions
Ackerman is on the board of directors for the debt collection and accounts receivable management firm, USCB America.[4][2] Since 2011, she has been the vice president of finance for the board of governors of the Marian Bergeson Series, an educational organization for Republican women that seeks to elect more women to office.[5][6][1] She is the executive director and chair of The California State Capitol Preservation Fund, an organization that aims to preserve the historic integrity of the California State Capitol building.[1] She has been a member of the Assistance League of Fullerton and the California Women's Leadership Association.[3]
State Republican Party
Ackerman was elected to the position of national committeewoman for the Republican Party of California in 2008.[2] While serving as a committeewoman, Ackerman has been on the Republican National Convention Rules Committee, the Committee on Contests, and the Committee on Presidential debates.[1][2] She is a member of the Orange County Central Committee and a representative for the 70th Assembly District.[2] Ackerman is on the Advisory Committee of the California Federation of Republican Women.[1] In May 2016, Harmeet Dhillon was elected as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of California.[7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Linda Ackerman | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC delegate |
| State: | California |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Ackerman was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[8] 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.
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote 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.[9][10]
Recent news
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See also
- California
- Republican Party of California
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Jerry Brown
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Calif. GOP, "Linda Ackerman," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 GOP, "Linda Ackerman," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, "Board of Directors," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ USCB America, "What we do," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Linda Ackerman," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ Marian Bergeson Series, "About," accessed April 21, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Harmeet Dhillon," accessed July 8, 2016
- ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 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
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