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Shawn Steel
| Shawn Steel | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of California |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | California |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
| Education: | •California State University, Northridge (B.A.) •University of Southern California (M.A., history) |
| Website: | Official website |
Shawn Steel was elected in 2016 to a four-year term as the national committeeman of the Republican Party of California. He is a former chair of the Republican Party of California and has been active in GOP politics since he worked for Ronald Reagan's California gubernatorial campaign in 1966.[1]
Career
Steel earned a B.A. from California State University, Northridge and an M.A. in history from the University of Southern California. He went on to earn a J.D. as well. He is a lawyer in California and his professional biography credits him with "creating a new field of law" in the time he has been practicing since 1978. Steel defends doctors who practice alternative medicine as well as their patients in personal injury cases.[2][3]
He writes articles about personal injury and alternative medicine law and has taught a class at Cleveland Chiropractic College since 1991. Former Governor of California Pete Wilson (R) appointed Steel to the California Acupuncture Board. Steel served on the board for seven years.[2]
Politics
Steel has been active in Republican Party politics since he served as high school state chair for former President Ronald Reagan (R) when Reagan ran for Governor of California in 1966. Next, Steel was elected chair of the California Young Americans for Freedom.[3][4]
Steel worked as the founding director of the California chapter of the Club for Growth, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that supports free-enterprise and limited government.[3][5]
He remained active in Republican politics and served in the following roles:[3][4]
- Republican National Committee
- Resolutions Committee
- Committee of Arrangements, California
- Republican Party of California
- Treasurer
- Vice chair, 1991 to 2001
- Chair, 2001 to 2005
- Former California Governor Gray Davis recall, co-founder of the campaign, 2003
- National committeeman, elected 2008
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Shawn Steel | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | RNC delegate |
| State: | California |
| 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 | |
Steel was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[6] 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.
The Sacramento Bee reported in April 2016 that Steel was among 50 California Republicans who endorsed Senator Ted Cruz's (R-Texas) 2016 presidential campaign.[7]
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary 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
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "California Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shawn Steel Law Firm, "Shawn Steel," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 SteelZone.org, "Shawn Steel- Political Biography," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican Party, "Shawn Steel," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ Club for Growth, "What We Do," accessed April 20, 2016
- ↑ CA GOP, "Updated delegate list," accessed July 11, 2016
- ↑ Sacramento Bee, "These 50 California Republicans are endorsing Ted Cruz," April 11, 2016
- ↑ 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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