Roy Temple
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | GPS Impact |
| Role: | Partner |
| Location: | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Education: | Southeast Missouri State University University of Missouri School of Law |
| Website: | Official website |
Roy Temple is a partner with GPS Impact, a public affairs and digital strategy firm based in Kansas City, Mo. He has worked on a number of political campaigns at the state and federal levels.
Career
Roy Temple earned his B.S. in business administration from Southeast Missouri State University and his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law. He served as deputy chief of staff to former Democratic Governor of Missouri Mel Carnahan and became the governor's chief of staff in 1995. The following year, Temple served as campaign manager during Governor Carnahan's successful 1996 re-election bid. Temple transitioned to the role of executive director for the Democratic Party of Missouri in 1998. Following two years with the Party, he accepted a position as chief of staff to former Democratic U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan of Missouri. In 2004, Temple worked as the state director for Minnesota and Missouri on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's presidential campaign. He founded Fired Up! Missouri, a local political blog, in 2005.[1][2][3]
Temple became a principal with The Feldman Group Inc., a Democratic campaign strategy firm based in Washington, D.C., in 2006. In this role, Temple contributed to Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's campaign in Ohio and worked with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to manage independent expenditures in Rhode Island, Maryland and Montana. During 2008, Temple contributed to Democratic U.S. Senator Al Franken's election in Minnesota and worked with the DSCC to manage independent expenditures in Oregon.[1][2]
Temple transitioned to the role of senior vice president with Cassidy & Associates, a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C., in 2009. In 2010, Temple worked as chief digital strategist for Cassidy Digital Strategies, a public affairs firm specializing in digital services. The following year, he became a partner with GPS Impact, a public affairs and digital strategy firm based in Kansas City, Mo.[1]
In 2013, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Temple to the Influencers 500—a list of key Democratic and Republican political influencers in each state—for his work in Democratic Missouri politics. That same year, Temple was elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Missouri. He was re-elected Party chairman in 2015.[4][5]
Temple's political writing has been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, U.S. News and World Report and other national publications. He has also appeared on several network and cable news channels including CNN, MSNBC, the Fox News Channel.[2]
2016 Democratic National Convention
- Delegate to the 2016 DNC (click to expand)
- See also: Democratic National Convention, 2016
Roy Temple Democratic National Convention, 2016 Status: Superdelegate State: Missouri Supporting: Unknown Delegates to the DNC 2016 Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • State election law and delegates • Superdelegates by state Temple was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Missouri.[6] Temple was one of 13 superdelegates from Missouri. Superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were not bound by the results of their state’s primary or caucus results to support a specific presidential candidate. Ballotpedia was not able to identify whether Temple supported Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic nomination.[7]
What is a superdelegate?
Superdelegates in 2016 were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position. Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus. In 2016, superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.[8]
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
Missouri Democratic Primary, 2016 Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates 
Hillary Clinton 49.6% 312,285 36 Bernie Sanders 49.4% 310,711 35 Henry Hewes 0.1% 650 0 Roque De La Fuente 0.1% 345 0 Keith Judd 0% 288 0 Willie Wilson 0% 307 0 Martin O'Malley 0.1% 442 0 John Wolfe 0% 247 0 Jon Adams 0.1% 433 0 Other 0.6% 3,717 0 Totals 629,425 71 Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State Delegate allocation
Missouri had 84 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 71 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[11][12]
Thirteen party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[11][13]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LinkedIn, "Roy Temple," accessed December 8, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Politico, "The arena: Roy Temple," accessed December 8, 2015
- ↑ GPS Impact, "Roy Temple," accessed December 8, 2015
- ↑ TMCnet, "Influencers 500 (Campaigns & Elections)," accessed December 8, 2015
- ↑ The Kansas City Star, "Roy Temple re-elected as Missouri Democratic Party chairman," February 7, 2015
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ Congressional Research Service, "The Presidential Nominating Process and the National Party Conventions, 2016: Frequently Asked Questions," December 30, 2015
- ↑ CNN, "Clinton wins Missouri Democratic primary as Sanders concedes," March 18, 2016
- ↑ CNN, "Missouri exit polls," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
