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Steve House
Steve House (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Colorado's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
House was a Republican candidate for Governor of Colorado in the 2014 elections.[1] He failed to qualify for a place on the primary election ballot. In 2015, House became the chair of the Republican Party of Colorado.[2]
House was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. House was one of seven unpledged delegates from Colorado.[3]
Career
Steve House began his career in healthcare and worked for over 30 years "as an engineer, sales leader, executive, and consultant with Phillips Medical Systems, GE Healthcare, Cardinal Health, Aetna and Orchestrate Healthcare."[4] In politics, House worked as an aide to U.S. Rep. Kent Lambert (R-Colo.) and as the chair of the Adams County (Colo.) Republican Party. House also received a certificate from the Leadership Program of the Rockies, a conservative public policy training program in Colorado.[5]
Colorado Republican Party
- See also: Republican Party of Colorado
Steve House was elected as the chair of the Colorado Republican Party in March 2015, defeating two-term incumbent Ryan Call. At the time, Call had directed the party to a majority in the state senate and a victory in Cory Gardner's U.S. Senate race. House won the race with the support of Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and former U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo.[2]
In June 2015, both Coffman and Tancredo asked House to step down from the chair position, citing an alleged affair that House denies. According to the Denver Post,
| “ | Coffman and Tancredo have not outlined what they believe House did that led to their request he step down, but sources said there were concerns about possibly slanderous statements that could lead to a lawsuit. House said Tancredo was upset he hadn’t hired former state Sen. Ted Harvey as the executive director, and they threatened to publicize his 'womanizing' if he didn’t step down.[6] | ” |
Initially, House sent a message to Coffman stating that he would resign, but he later retracted. House denied any allegations of an affair, calling Coffman and Tancredo "a vicious and vocal minority that seeks to bring down the Party from within."[7]
The Washington Post noted that the demands for House's resignation and the news surrounding it "left the party in disarray, a situation that could have national implications as one of the most unpredictable swing states prepares for the 2016 presidential race."[8]
Elections
2020
See also: Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020
Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Democratic primary)
Colorado's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 30 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Incumbent Jason Crow defeated Steve House, Norm Olsen, and Jaimie Kulikowski in the general election for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jason Crow (D) | 57.1 | 250,314 |
 | Steve House (R) | 40.0 | 175,192 | |
 | Norm Olsen (L) | 2.1 | 9,083 | |
 | Jaimie Kulikowski (Unity Party)  | 0.9 | 3,884 | |
| Total votes: 438,473 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Incumbent Jason Crow advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jason Crow | 100.0 | 122,929 |
| Total votes: 122,929 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Steve House advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on June 30, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve House | 100.0 | 63,635 |
| Total votes: 63,635 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Casper Stockham (R)
- John Szemler (R)
- Ryan Gonzalez (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Norm Olsen advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on April 13, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Norm Olsen (L) |
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Unity Party convention
Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6
Jaimie Kulikowski advanced from the Unity Party convention for U.S. House Colorado District 6 on April 4, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Jaimie Kulikowski (Unity Party) |
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2014
- See also: Colorado Gubernatorial election, 2014
House filed for election to the office of Governor of Colorado in 2014. He had intended to seek the Republican nomination in the primary, but failed to qualify for a place on the ballot. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Steve House did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
House was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. House was one of seven unpledged delegates from Colorado.
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Colorado to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention. 2016 Colorado GOP bylaws did not require delegates to pledge their support to a specific candidate. If a delegate chose to pledge his or her support, however, Colorado GOP bylaws stipulated that the delegate was bound to the candidate to whom he or she pledged their support on their intent-to-run form through the first round of voting at the national convention unless released by the candidate or if the candidate's name was not placed on the nominating ballot.
Colorado caucus
- See also: Presidential election in Colorado, 2016
In August 2015, the Colorado GOP cancelled its presidential preference poll, which was scheduled to coincide with the Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016. According to The Denver Post, the Republican executive committee "voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus vote." Colorado Republicans still sent delegates to the Republican National Convention in July 2016. District-level and at-large delegates (34) were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates (3) were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[9] Though Republican precinct caucuses were held on March 1 in Colorado, Colorado Republican National Convention delegates were chosen at district conventions and the Colorado state GOP convention in April.[10] Colorado Republican Party rules required participants in the district conventions and statewide convention to have participated in the precinct caucuses.[11]
Delegate allocation
Colorado had 37 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Thirteen delegates served at large. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as delegates to the Republican National Convention.[12][13]
In 2015, the Republican Party of Colorado decided not to conduct a presidential preference poll in 2016. As a result, according to the Republican National Committee, all delegates were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[12][14]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Steve House for Governor 2014 Official campaign website
- Republican Party of Colorado
Footnotes
- ↑ Steve House for Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed December 5, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Denver Post, "Historic shakeup at Colorado GOP ushers in Steve House era," April 12, 2015
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ KDVR, "Steven House selected over incumbent for CO Republican Party Chairman," March 14, 2015
- ↑ Colorado Peak Politics, "In His Words: Colorado GOP Chair Candidate Steve House Makes His Case," March 11, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Denver Post, "Colorado GOP chair Steve House said he’s not going anywhere," June 16, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "The Colorado soap opera that could be a major 2016 headache for the GOP," July 15, 2015
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "Caucus/Assembly/Convention 2016," January 19, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwsj - ↑ 12.0 12.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
