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Susie Eckelkamp
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| Susie Eckelkamp | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Missouri |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Missouri |
Susie Eckelkamp was elected to serve as the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Missouri in 2014.[1]
Career
Professional career
Eckelkamp began her professional career as an intern at the CBS television station, KMOX. She then moved on to work as a researcher and assistant producer for the same station. She later served as the producer and host for a local radio station, produced and hosted her own cable television show, and worked as a producer for Multimedia’s "Sally Jessy Raphael" show. Eckelkamp has also worked as a freelance writer for the St. Louis Business Journal.[2]
Political Activity
Eckelkamp was first elected to serve as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Missouri in June 2014 and was re-elected to a four-year term in 2016. She first entered the sphere of politics in 1981 as a member of the Franklin County Republican Central Committee. She served in that capacity until 1986. In 1982, she was also elected as the co-chairman of the Missouri Young Republicans, where she served until 1984. At that time, she was asked to represent the Missouri Republicans as the national committeewoman to the national chapter. In 1983, the 23rd senatorial committee nominated and elected her to serve as their state committeewoman as well. Eckelkamp served as the vice-chairman of the Missouri Republican Party from 2005 to 2012.[2]
In 1986, Eckelkamp began serving as a volunteer advance representative position for President Ronald Reagan and Vice-President George H.W. Bush. She went on to serve as an advance representative for Vice-President Danforth Quayle, First Lady Barbara Bush, and President George W. Bush. Additionally, she served as chief of staff and press secretary for Joanne Kemp during the Dole-Kemp campaign of 1996.[2]
Community service
Eckelkamp serves on the East Central College Foundation Board, The Bank of Washington Advisory Board, and the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Guild. She retired from the Mercy Foundation Board in 2013 after serving for six years as a founding member.[2]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Eckelkamp was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[3] In Missouri’s presidential primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 37 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Eckelkamp was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Missouri's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[4]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Missouri to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions on April 30, 2016, and at the state convention on May 20-21, 2016. Missouri delegates were bound on the first ballot at the national convention unless their candidate "releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive," according to Missouri GOP bylaws.
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
| Missouri Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,681 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,361 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 8,233 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
40.8% | 383,631 | 37 | |
| Marco Rubio | 6.1% | 57,244 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 40.6% | 381,666 | 15 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 732 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 615 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.1% | 94,857 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,777 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0% | 100 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,148 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 3,225 | 0 | |
| Totals | 939,270 | 52 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Missouri had 52 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. The state's district-level and at-large delegates were both allocated on a proportional basis. The plurality winner in each congressional district received all three of the district's delegates, as well as two at-large delegates. The remaining nine at-large delegates were allocated to the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district-level and at-large delegates.[5][6] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[5][6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Missouri Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 GOP.com, "Susie Eckelkamp," accessed June 4, 2016
- ↑ Missouri GOP, "National Convention delegate election results," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
