Nathan Paikai
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | It's All His; It's All God |
| Role: | Founder and senior pastor |
| Location: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Nathan Paikai was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Hawaii. Paikai served on the Rules Committee of the convention in July 2016.[1]
Career
Nathan Paikai, who refers to himself as Prophet Nathan, is a minister in Honolulu, Hawaii. Paikai founded and preaches for the organization It's All His; It's All God. The website for Paikai's ministry describes his work in the church: "Within the Apostolic anointing he is often asked to help plant churches; as a Prophet he speaks words of wisdom and knowledge over congregations and individuals; in the Teacher and Pastoral roles he shepherds and instructs believers; and as an Evangelist he travels internationally sharing the God's Word."[2]
2016 presidential election
During the 2016 election cycle, Paikai led the efforts of Donald Trump in the state of Hawaii. In March 2016, Paikai explained his reasons for supporting Trump, saying, "Donald's not a politician. ... The establishment doesn't want Mr. Trump to be the nominee for the President of the United States of America. Because he doesn't want to listen to the establishment that has done almost basically nothing for the people."[3]
On the night of Hawaii's primary elections, Paikai was involved in an incident at a polling place. According to CBS News, "Honolulu police were called to a polling place Tuesday evening when Paikai got into an argument with a Ted Cruz supporter. No one was arrested. Paikai said Mark Bell's shirt, which had Cruz's name on the back, violated election rules about campaigning around a polling place. Bell, who said he was there to vote, insisted that as long as he was 50 feet away from the ballot box, he could stay."[4]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Paikai was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Hawaii.[5] In Hawaii’s Republican caucus on March 8, 2016, Donald Trump won 11 delegates, Ted Cruz won seven, and Marco Rubio won one. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Paikai was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Hawaii’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
Rules committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Paikai 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.
Support for Donald Trump
In a June 26, 2016, Politico article, Paikai commented on his support for Donald Trump and his opposition to efforts to change the RNC rules. He told Politico, "I absolutely will not support any effort and do not think anyone else from Hawaii will either. This is clearly a desperate, selfish attempt at self-promotion by a very tiny minority of the national Republican delegates."[1]
Delegate rules
Hawaii GOP bylaws in 2016 required presidential candidates to form a Hawaii Leadership Committee that was responsible for selecting Hawaii Republican Party members to fill any national delegates won by the candidate in the caucus contests. Delegates from Hawaii were to remain bound to their candidate through the first round of voting at the convention, unless their candidate "withdrew" prior to the convention.
Hawaii caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Hawaii, 2016
| Hawaii Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
43.4% | 6,805 | 11 | |
| Ted Cruz | 32.3% | 5,063 | 7 | |
| Marco Rubio | 13.2% | 2,068 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 10% | 1,566 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 146 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.2% | 24 | 0 | |
| Totals | 15,672 | 19 | ||
| Source: CNN and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Hawaii had 19 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, six were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's two congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the caucus results in a given congressional district.[8][9]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide caucus results. 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]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Nathan Paikai as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
Recent news
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External links
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Hawaii, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Politico, "Anti-Trump 'advance team' to land in Cleveland this week," June 26, 2016
- ↑ Prophet Nathan Paikai, "About the Pastor's," accessed June 27, 2016
- ↑ Hawaii News Now, "Nathan Paikai - Local Trump Supporter," March 8, 2016
- ↑ CBS News, "Trump caps night of wins with victory in Hawaii caucuses," March 9, 2016
- ↑ Hawaii Free Press, "Hawaii GOP Announces Delegation to Republican National Convention," June 30, 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.
- ↑ 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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