Rod Chaney
Rod Chaney was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 50 of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He ran unsuccessfully for the same seat in 2014 and 2012.
Biography
Chaney's professional experience includes serving as a pastor at Sunrise Church in Hillsborough.[1]
Campaign themes
2014
In an article with the News of Orange County, Chaney's interview highlighted the following issues:[1]
Economy
- Excerpt: "I think we’re going to have to do something that politicians don’t want to do and that’s to address the purpose of work and the dignity that you can find in work regardless of white collar, blue collar."
Education
- Excerpt: "My answer is we need to open education up, make it open to free-market principles. People complain about charter schools not being accountable, which is nonsense to me because if charter schools have parents and students wanting their services, they stay open. If they don’t, they shut down. That is the ultimate accountability."
Natural resources and energy policy
- Excerpt: "The big issue with energy is we need to let facts and not politics drive that, and I think if the economics works with it, we need to consider it. But I don’t think right now from what I’m being told that the economics are such that the energy companies will be running at our door."
Elections
2016
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016.[2] The candidate filing deadline was December 21, 2015.[3]
Incumbent Graig Meyer defeated Rod Chaney in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 50 general election.[4][5]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 50 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Graig Meyer Incumbent |
57.28% | 27,278 | |
| Republican | Rod Chaney | 42.72% | 20,347 | |
| Total Votes | 47,625 | |||
| Source: North Carolina State Board of Elections | ||||
Incumbent Graig Meyer ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 50 Democratic primary.[6][7]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 50 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Graig Meyer Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Rod Chaney ran unopposed in the North Carolina House of Representatives District 50 Republican primary.[8][9]
| North Carolina House of Representatives, District 50 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Rod Chaney (unopposed) | |
2014
Elections for the North Carolina House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 6, 2014. The general election took place on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 28, 2014. Incumbent Graig Meyer was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while Rod Chaney defeated W. Lewis Hannah, Jr. in the Republican primary. Meyer defeated Chaney in the general election.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Graig Meyer Incumbent |
57.2% | 18,574 | |
| Republican | Rod Chaney | 42.8% | 13,920 | |
| Total Votes | 32,494 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Rod Chaney |
79.1% | 2,607 |
| W. Lewis Hannah, Jr. | 20.9% | 689 |
| Total Votes | 3,296 | |
2012
Chaney ran in the 2012 election for North Carolina House of Representatives District 50. He defeated Thomas Samuel Wright, Jason Chambers and W. Lewis Hannah, Jr. in the Republican primary on May 8, 2012. Chaney was defeated by Valerie Foushee (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12][13][14]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Valerie Foushee |
55% | 24,806 | |
| Republican | Rod Chaney | 45% | 20,266 | |
| Total Votes | 45,072 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Rod Chaney |
44.7% | 2,920 |
| Jason Chambers | 32.4% | 2,120 |
| Thomas Samuel Wright | 13.7% | 894 |
| W. Lewis Hannah, Jr. | 9.2% | 602 |
| Total Votes | 6,536 | |
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Rod Chaney | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level Delegate |
| Congressional district: | 4 |
| State: | North Carolina |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| 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 | |
Chaney was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Carolina.[15] In the North Carolina Republican primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 29 delegates, Ted Cruz won 27 delegates, John Kasich won nine, and Marco Rubio won six. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Chaney was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how North Carolina’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[16]
Delegate rules
Delegates from North Carolina to the Republican National Convention were elected at congressional district conventions and the state convention in May. Delegates from North Carolina were required by state party rules to declare themselves in public "as a representative of a Candidate on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot" prior to their election as a delegate. At-large delegates were required to list their top three presidential candidates in order of preference and indicate whether they would be willing to commit to a candidate whom they do not personally favor.
North Carolina primary results
| North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
40.2% | 462,413 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.8% | 422,621 | 27 | |
| John Kasich | 12.7% | 145,659 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 7.7% | 88,907 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 1% | 11,019 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,893 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 3,071 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,753 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,256 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 929 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 663 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 265 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.5% | 6,081 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,149,530 | 72 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
North Carolina had 72 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 39 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 13 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally according to the statewide vote.[17][18]
Of the remaining 33 delegates, 30 served at large. North Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis according to the statewide primary vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[17][18]
Recent news
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See also
- North Carolina House of Representatives
- North Carolina State Legislature
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2014
- North Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2016
- North Carolina House of Representatives District 50
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 www.newsoforange.com, "Chaney focuses on economy, education," accessed April 18, 2014
- ↑ The primary for U.S. congressional elections was rescheduled to June 7, 2016, following legal challenges to North Carolina's district maps. State races were unaffected.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 Candidate Filing," accessed December 22, 2015
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed August 23, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election results lookup," accessd December 21, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Candidate Listing," accessed January 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "03/15/2016 Official primary results - Statewide," March 15, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Primary Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed March 7, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "General Election Candidate List Grouped by Contest," accessed August 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2012 Primary Election Results," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "2012 General Election Results," accessed June 12, 2014
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections, "Official Primary Election Results," accessed June 22, 2012
- ↑ NC GOP, "ICYMI: NCGOP 2016 State Convention Recap," accessed June 16, 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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
