Scott Hagerstrom
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| Scott Hagerstrom | |||
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| Location: | East Lansing, Mich. | ||
| Affiliation: | Republican | ||
| Education: | •Michigan State University •Western Michigan University Cooley Law School | ||
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Scott Hagerstrom, a Republican grassroots operative, was the Michigan state director for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.[1]
Career
After graduating from law school at Western Michigan University, Hagerstrom began working as a legislative aide in the Michigan House of Representatives in 1997.[2]
Americans for Prosperity
Beginning in June 2008, Hagerstrom served as the Michigan state director for the state chapter of Americans for Prosperity, a political nonprofit organization associated with Charles and David Koch. Hagerstrom led the organization's efforts to make Michigan a right-to-work state. In 2011, speaking at a CPAC panel on labor policy, Hagerstrom said, "We fight these battles on taxes and regulations, but really what we'd like to see is to take the unions out at the knees so they don't have the resources to fight these battles. ... What our goal is in Michigan is to undercut the unions' credibility on a bunch of issues."[3] Hagerstrom left AFP in early February 2015.[4]
Coalition Against Higher Taxes and Special Interest Deals
In February 2015, Hagerstrom joined the Coalition Against Higher Taxes and Special Interest Deals, a group formed by Paul Mithcell to oppose Michigan Proposal 1. Hagerstrom was hired as the group's director of grassroots and strategic engagement.[5] Proposal 1 was on the May 5, 2015 ballot in Michigan as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment, where it was defeated. The measure's approval would have caused one constitutional amendment and 10 statutes related to taxes and transportation costs to go into effect.[6]
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
- See also: Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
Hagerstrom joined the Trump campaign as Michigan state director in December 2015. Upon being hired, he said, "It is a great honor to serve as Mr. Trump’s Michigan State Director. He is a proven success with the leadership capabilities to accomplish what those in Washington, D.C. cannot. I believe in his message, his vision and his ability to make our country better than ever before."[1] In June 2016, Hagerstrom said that Trump could win the state—which hadn't voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988—because of what he called "Reagan Democrats." He said, "It's amazing the support he's getting, being in Macomb County. If you remember, Reagan Democrats in 1980, 1984 – the whole story was Reagan Democrats, the national story was Reagan Democrats and Macomb County, Michigan, was the center. He's getting those people."[7]
Republican National Convention, 2016
| Scott Hagerstrom | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | Michigan |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| 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 | |
Hagerstrom was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan. Hagerstrom was one of 25 delegates from Michigan bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[8] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Michigan to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention in April 2016. Michigan delegates were allowed to list their preferred candidate on their presidential preference form. 2016 Michigan GOP bylaws stipulate that delegates to the national convention were bound on the first ballot. Delegates bound to a particular candidate became unbound if that candidate publicly withdrew from the race, suspended his or her campaign, endorsed another candidate, or sought the nomination of a different party for any office.
Michigan primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Michigan, 2016
| Michigan Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 10,685 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.6% | 21,349 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,116 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 326,617 | 17 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,415 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 438 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,603 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 24.3% | 321,115 | 17 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 591 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 3,774 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 9.3% | 123,587 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,722 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
36.5% | 483,753 | 25 | |
| Other | 1.7% | 22,824 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,323,589 | 59 | ||
| Source: CNN and Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Michigan had 59 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% 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.[9][10]
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See also
- Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Michigan, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Donald J. Trump for President, "Donald J. Trump Campaign Announces Michigan State Director Scott Hagerstrom," December 21, 2015
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Scott Hagerstrom," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ Competitive Enterprise Union YouTube Channel, "Scott Hagerstrom- CPAC Panel for Labor Policy," February 16, 2011
- ↑ West Michigan Politics, "Developing: Hagerstrom Out At AFP," February 14, 2016
- ↑ West Michigan Politics, "Paul Mitchell Pulls No Punches Battling Road Tax Package In WMP Interview," February 18, 2015
- ↑ Michigan Legislature, "Legislative Analysis for HJR UU," accessed February 1, 2015
- ↑ MLive, "'Reagan Democrats' make Michigan winnable for Trump, state director says," June 25, 2016
- ↑ MLive.com, "See who Michigan Republicans are sending to support Donald Trump at the national convention," April 10, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
