Terry Lathan
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| Terry Lathan | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Mobile, Ala. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •Auburn University (bachelor's degree, elementary education) |
| Website: | Official website |
| Prior Experience | |
| Chair, Alabama Republican Party | |
Terry Lathan is a former chair of the Republican Party of Alabama. She stepped down in February 2021. She became active in Republican Party politics when she volunteered for former Republican Governor of Alabama Guy Hunt's campaign in 1977.
Lathan was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. She was one of 13 delegates from Alabama bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] 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.
Career
Lathan earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Auburn University. In 1977, she volunteered for former Republican Governor of Alabama Guy Hunt's campaign. After college, she taught fifth and sixth grade in a public school for ten years. She is a sustaining donor to the Women's Resource Center, a Mobie, Ala., anti-abortion organization.[2][3][4]
She volunteered for former President Ronald Reagan's campaign in 1979 and has been active in Republican Party politics ever since. She served as Mobile County, Ala., chair for former president George W. Bush's campaigns in 2000 and 2004. She and her husband, Jerry Lathan, won the 2004 and 2010 Alabama Republican of the Year awards. Terry Lathan won the Mobile County Republican Party Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008. She has been a member of the Alabama Republican Executive Committee since 1990.[4][5][6]
In 2012, Lathan was an Alabama College Elector for former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney (R). That year she was also named Boys and Girls Club Board Member of the Year out of 735 members.[5]
Lathan graduated from Leadership Mobile, a local training program that aims "to seek, train and empower leaders who are committed to supporting and leading community growth and progress through networking and collaborative problem solving," in 2013. She won the Republican of the Year award from the Republican Party of Alabama in 2014.[7][5][8]
Republican Party of Alabama
Lathan began serving as county chair of the Mobile County Republican Party in 2010. She remained in that position until she was elected chair of the Republican Party of Alabama in 2015. In a speech to the members of the party's executive committee in February 2015, Lathan "pledged to work toward transparency and – alluding to public clashes between [former chair] Armistead and members of the party's Steering Committee – more peace among the party's factions."[9][8] Lathan announced in December 2020 that she would not seek re-election to another term. She stepped down in February 2021, when John Wahl was elected as her replacement.[10]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Lathan was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. She was bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying form for all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.
Alabama primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Alabama, 2016
| Alabama Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
43.4% | 373,721 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.1% | 181,479 | 13 | |
| Marco Rubio | 18.7% | 160,606 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 10.2% | 88,094 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.4% | 38,119 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.5% | 3,974 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 858 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 544 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 253 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 2,539 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,895 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 617 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.9% | 7,953 | 0 | |
| Totals | 860,652 | 50 | ||
| Source: AlabamaVotes.gov | ||||
Delegate allocation
Alabama had 50 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). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[11][12]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama'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.[11][12]
Top influencers by state
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See also
- Alabama
- Republican Party of Alabama
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Alabama, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Alabama GOP, "2016 Republican National Convention Delegates," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Terry Lathan for Chairman, "Terry's Story," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ ALGOP.org, "Terry Lathan," October 10, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Terry Lathan for Chairman, "Terry's Political Pathway," accessed Novmeber 5, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 GOP, "Terry Lathan," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Mobile County GOP Chair Terry Lathan announces candidacy for chairmanship of Alabama Republican Party," December 15, 2014
- ↑ Mobile United, "Leadership Mobile," accessed November 5, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Montgomery Advertiser, "Terry Lathan elected Alabama GOP chair," February 21, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Terry Lathan of Mobile County elected chairwoman of Alabama Republican Party," February 21, 2015
- ↑ AL.com, "Alabama Republican Party elects butterfly farmer state chairman," February 27, 2021
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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