Roger F. Villere Jr.
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| Roger F. Villere Jr. | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Louisiana |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | Louisiana |
Roger F. Villere Jr. was the chair of the Republican Party of Louisiana (LAGOP). He has owned a Florist shop in Jefferson Parish, La. since 1969 and has been active in Republican Party politics since working as a volunteer at the 1988 Republican National Convention. He was first elected chair of the LAGOP in 2004.[1]
Villere was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Louisiana. Villere was one of ten uncommitted delegates from Louisiana.[2]
Career
Villere opened Villere's Florist in 1969, his florist shop in Jefferson Parish, La. It has remained a family business ever since and has expanded to two locations. He attended the University of New Orleans.[3][4]
Politics
Villere ran to represent District 81 in the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1989, but he did not qualify for the run-off election that David Duke, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan, went on to win.[5][6]
Villere has extensive experience with the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the LAGOP. The following is a list of the major ways he has worked for the party:[7][4]
- 1988 Republican National Convention, volunteer
- 2000 Republican National Convention, delegate
- 2004 Republican National Convention, chairman-elect of the LAGOP
- LAGOP, chair, since 2004
- 2008 Republican National Convention, chairman of the LAGOP and delegate
- RNC National Committeeman
- RNC Rules Committee, 1997 to 2000
- RNC Resolutions Committee
- Electoral College of Louisiana, chair, 2008
- RNC Executive Committee, 2011
- RNC, vice-chairman, 2012
- Pelican State Pachyderm Club
- Republican Party of East Jefferson
- Republican Party of Jefferson Parish
Villere ran for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in a 2010 special election, but finished sixth. In addition to his participation in the Republican Party, Villere is a life member of the National Rifle Association.[8][9]
Community service
Roger Villere has been active with the following business and community groups:[4]
- Alliance for Good Government
- Jaycees International
- Lafreniere Kiwanis Club
- East Jefferson Hospital Foundation
- Women’s New Life Center
- Jefferson Chamber
- Small Business Council
- East Jefferson Council, New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
- American Academy of Florists
- Louisiana State Florists' Association
2016 Republican National Convention
Villere was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Louisiana.
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Louisiana to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at the Louisiana Republican Party State Convention. 2016 Louisiana GOP bylaws required district-level and at-large delegates to support the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. The rules stated that if a candidate "ends or suspends" his or her campaign, the delegates allocated to him or her are no longer bound. Because of Louisiana GOP allocation rules, two at-large delegates were allowed to be elected as uncommitted delegates.
Louisiana Primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Louisiana, 2016
| Louisiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 2,145 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.5% | 4,544 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 401 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0.1% | 219 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 37.8% | 113,968 | 18 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 243 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 152 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 645 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.4% | 19,359 | 0 | |
| Peter Messina | 0% | 48 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 670 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.2% | 33,813 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 180 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
41.4% | 124,854 | 25 | |
| Totals | 301,241 | 43 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Louisiana had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the vote in a given district.[10][11]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any 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 not required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[10][11][12]
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Villere endorsed Donald Trump for the 2016 presidential general election.[13]
- See also: Endorsements for Donald Trump
Top influencers by state
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See also
- Louisiana
- Republican Party of Louisiana
- Republican National Committee
- National Rifle Association
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Louisiana, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
- Republican Party of Louisiana
- Roger F. Villere Jr. on Twitter
- Alliance for Good Government
- Jaycees International
- East Jefferson Hospital Foundation
- Woman's New Life Center
- Jefferson Chamber
- New Orleans Chamber
- Louisiana State Florists' Association
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Louisiana, "State Central Committee," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ LA GOP, "Louisiana Republicans Elect National Convention Delegates," March 14, 2016
- ↑ Villere's Flowers, "About Us," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 P2016, "Republican State Party Chairs 2014," January 7, 2015
- ↑ BayouBuzz.com, "Jindal Has Mighty Duke In Louisiana GOP and Roger Villere," archived July 1, 2009
- ↑ Anti-Defamation League, "David Duke: White Revolution on the Internet," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ GOP, "Roger Villere," accessed April 7, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedP2016 - ↑ The Times-Picayune, "Roger Villere, GOP chairman, announces for lieutenant governor," March 30, 2010
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Louisiana GOP, "Rules for convening of the state convention to elect delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention," accessed April 26, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Louisiana, "LAGOP Chairman Villere and LA Republican Congressional Leaders Congratulate Donald Trump and Urge Louisiana Republicans to Unite to Defeat Hillary Clinton," May 4, 2016
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