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Samuel Raia
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| Samuel Raia | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of New Jersey |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | New Jersey |
| Education: | •Seton Hall University (B.S., accounting) •Fairleigh Dickinson University (M.B.A., management) |
Samuel Raia is the chair of the Republican Party of New Jersey (NJGOP). He co-founded and works as a principal at a real estate firm with properties in several states. He is also the former mayor of Saddle River, N.J.[1]
Career
Raia earned a B.S. in accounting from Seton Hall University before going on to complete an M.B.A. in management at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He worked as an executive officer of Raia Industries Incorporated, a concrete and asphalt company in New Jersey. When he helped sell Raia Industries Incorporated in 1987, the company "consisted of ten concrete plants, over 150 concrete mixer trucks, a fleet of dump trucks and more than 500 employees."[2]
Raia co-founded Raia Properties Corporation and works there as a principal. Raia Properties Corporation is a real estate firm with properties in several states. Raia also serves on the board of directors of the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey.[2][3][4]
Politics
Raia served as a town councilman for Saddle River, N.J., before being elected mayor in 2008. He served as mayor for two terms and left that office at the end of 2015. When Jay Webber, former chair of the Republican Party of New Jersey (NJGOP), stepped down, Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie (R) picked Raia to succeed him as chair in January 2011. Raia was a delegate to the 2012 Republican National Convention. After serving for three years, Raia resigned as chair of the NJGOP. He was later re-elected to another two-year term as party chair in July 2015.[2][5][6][7][8]
When Gov. Christie announced the leadership team for his 2016 presidential campaign, Raia was named among his supporters. [9]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Raia was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New Jersey. Raia was one of 51 delegates from New Jersey bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[10]
Delegate rules
Delegates from New Jersey to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election on June 7, 2016. Their names appeared on the ballot beneath the candidate they supported. New Jersey delegates were bound on the first ballot at the convention. New Jersey GOP rules in 2016 included a censure rule, stating, "any delegate or alternate allocated and/or committed to a particular candidate by virtue of the results of the June primary election who fails or refuses to act in accordance with their allocation and/or commitment to that candidate as set forth herein shall be subject to censure by the New Jersey Republican State Committee and/or the Country Republican Committees. Censure may include, among other things, being permanently barred from acting as a delegate or alternate to any future National Convention of the Republican Party."
New Jersey primary results
| New Jersey Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
80.4% | 356,697 | 51 | |
| John Kasich | 13.4% | 59,506 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 6.2% | 27,521 | 0 | |
| Totals | 443,724 | 51 | ||
| Source: The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
New Jersey had 51 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 36 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 12 congressional districts), and 12 served as at-large delegates. The plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[11][12]
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.[11][12]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Samuel Raia as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of New Jersey, "Leadership," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Raia Properties Corporation, "Management Team," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ Raia Properties Corporation, "About Us," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey, "Board of Directors," accessed April 13, 2016
- ↑ North Jersey.com, "Saddle River mayor to step down after two terms," December 31, 2015
- ↑ North Jersey.com, "Saddle River Mayor Samuel Raia tabbed to chair New Jersey Republican State Committee," January 6, 2011
- ↑ North Jersey.com, "Raia steps down as state GOP chairman," January 16, 2014
- ↑ GlobeNewswire, "Raia Re-Elected as State Republican Chairman," July 27, 2015
- ↑ NJ.com, "Christie announces N.J. presidential leadership teams," June 30, 2015
- ↑ nj.com, "Trump's N.J. delegate slate includes Chris Christie and son," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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