Mike Stuart
| Mike Stuart | |
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| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 2 |
| State: | West Virginia |
| 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 | |
| Mike Stuart | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Steptoe and Johnson PLLC |
| Role: | Attorney |
| Location: | Charleston, W.V. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •West Virginia University •Boston University Law School |
| Website: | Official website |
Career
After receiving a bachelor's degree from the University of West Virginia, Mike Stuart began his professional career as an accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Stuart went on to earn a law degree at Boston University and began his law career in 2000. In 2005, he joined the West Virginia-based law firm Steptoe Johnson, where he is currently an attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions.[2][3]
Stuart is a former chairman of the Republican Party of West Virginia, having served in that capacity until 2012 when he resigned. Stuart's resignation came because he said the party needed a chairman who could make the position a full-time job, saying the position was "an increasingly consuming commitment."[4] During the 2016 presidential primaries, Stuart served as the West Virginia state co-chair for Donald Trump. According to the West Virginia Metro News, Stuart is "known as a hard line conservative" and pledged his loyalty to Trump because of Trump's connection to issues that matter to West Virginia voters. He told the paper, "Let’s face it, these debates are about what Donald Trump has defined for us. He’s really speaking to voters out there."[5]
In May 2016, after Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Stuart told The Washington Post, "What we hear the media say is that he’s an instrument of hate, he’s an instrument of anger. But here in West Virginia, we’ve been decimated by Washington policies — not only over the Obama administration but over the past several administrations. And so Donald Trump is not an instrument of anger here. He’s an instrument of hope for folks who have lost hope."[6]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Stuart was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[7]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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."[8][9]
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.[8][9]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from West Virginia, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ Steptoe Johnson PLLC, "Michael B. Stuart," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Mike Stuart," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Your Ohio Valley, "Mike Stuart to resign from WV Republican Party," March 29, 2012
- ↑ West Virginia Metro News, "Trump’s W.Va. chairman says he’s speaking to voters," January 12, 2016
- ↑ The Washington Post, "In wake of nomination victory, Trump travels to welcoming West Virginia," May 5, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 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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