Melody Potter
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| Melody Potter | |||
| Basic facts | |||
| Location: | West Virginia | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | • Morris Harvey College • West Virginia State College[1] | ||
| Website: | Official website | ||
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Melody Potter was the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of West Virginia, and served on the 2016 Republican National Platform Committee during the 2016 elections.[2] In 2018, Potter was elected as chair of the Republican Party of West Virginia.[3] She was replaced as chair by Mark Harris on March 13, 2021.[4]
Career
Melody Potter is the vice president of Tri-Star Coal Sales in Charleston, West Virginia.[2] She is also a Sunday school teacher and small business owner.[1]
State Republican Party
In 2012, Potter was elected as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of West Virginia. She has also served as the chairwoman of the Kanawha County Republican Executive Committee and as the associate chairwoman and vice Chair of the West Virginia Republican Party Executive Committee.[2] Potter was a volunteer coordinator for George W. Bush's 2004 presidential campaign in Kanawha County.[2] Potter serves on the Republican National Committee Resolutions Committee.[1] Potter served as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention.[5] Potter had helped former 2016 Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz garner delegate support in January 2016, but in May 2016, just ahead of the state's primaries, Potter noted that "[i]f [Donald] Trump is our nominee, I’m going to do everything I can to help."[6][7]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Potter was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Potter was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia 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
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[9][10]
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
- West Virginia
- Republican Party of West Virginia
- Republican National Committee
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Ted Cruz
- Donald Trump
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 W.V. GOP, "Melody Potter," accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GOP, "Melody Potter," accessed May 11, 2016
- ↑ Email correspondence with Melody Potter on October 7, 2018.
- ↑ The Journal, "West Virginia Republicans pick new leader," March 15, 2021
- ↑ Metro News, "Cruz campaign starting West Virginia convention delegate work at grassroots level," April 29, 2016
- ↑ Charleston Gazette-Mail", "With Trump victory looming, WV Republicans consider options," May 4, 2016
- ↑ Charleston Gazette-Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 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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