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Sharon Giese
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Arizona |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
Sharon Giese was the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Arizona. She has been active in Republican Party politics for many years and is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians.[1]
Giese was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. All 58 delegates from Arizona were bound by state law to support the winner of the statewide primary, Donald Trump, for one ballot at the convention.[2][3] 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.
Politics
Giese was elected national committeewoman by the Republican Party of Arizona in 2004. She has been active in politics and the Republican Party for many years in the following ways:[4][5]
- Republican National Conventions
- Rules Committee
- Committee on Arrangements, 2012
- Subcommittee chair for tickets and badges
- RNC parliamentarian
- Republican Party of Arizona
- Executive Committee member
- State committeewoman
- Precinct committeewoman
- Arizona Federation of Republican Women
- Parliamentarian
- Previous president
- Mesa Republican Women, member
- National Association of Parliamentarians, member
- Arizona State Association of Parliamentarians, past president
Giese endorsed Robert Graham when he ran for a second term as chair of the Republican Party of Arizona in 2014.[6]
2016 presidential election
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Giese endorsed former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush's (R) 2016 presidential election campaign in October 2015.[7]
As a committeewoman, Sharon Giese was an automatic Republican National Convention delegate and attended the Republican National Convention in July 2016.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Giese was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. She was bound to support Donald Trump for one ballot.
Delegate rules
In Arizona, district-level and at-large delegates were selected at the Arizona Republican State Convention. Under state law, these delegates were required to vote on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention for the winner of the statewide primary.
Arizona primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2016
| Arizona Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 4,393 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.4% | 14,940 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 988 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0% | 243 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 27.6% | 172,294 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,270 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 498 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 1,300 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.6% | 65,965 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 309 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 2,269 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.6% | 72,304 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 523 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 286,743 | 58 | |
| Totals | 624,039 | 58 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Arizona had 58 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts). Arizona's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. At-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all 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 required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[8][9]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Republican Party of Arizona
- National Association of Parliamentarians
- Arizona State Association of Parliamentarians
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Arizona Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Republican Party, "Arizona’s Elected Delegates to Republican National Convention," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "Arizona delegates could decide for themselves at GOP convention," March 7, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party, "Sharon Giese," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "RNC Committee on Arrangements," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Robert Graham for Arizona, "Robert Graham Announces Two Key Endorsements for Second Term as Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party," November 25, 2014
- ↑ Democracy in Action, "Jeb Bush Announces Initial Arizona Support," October 28, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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