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Tom Pauken

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Prior offices
Texas Workforce Commission

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown University

Law

Southern Methodist University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic
Profession
Attorney
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Tom Pauken was a 2014 Republican candidate for Governor of Texas. Filing his campaign paperwork on March 21, 2013, Pauken withdrew from the race on December 5, 2013.[1][2]

Pauken previously served as the appointed head of the Texas Workforce Commission, the state agency charged with overseeing and providing workforce development services to employers and job seekers of Texas.

He first assumed office in March 2008. He was chairman until April 30, 2012.[3] Pauken was succeeded by former Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade (R) following his resignation from the commission in March of 2013.[4]

Biography

Pauken served in the U.S. Army as a military intelligence officer in Vietnam and was elected national chairman of the College Republicans during the rise of the anti-Vietnam protest movement. He was also appointed to President Ronald Reagan's administration in the White House Counsel's Office, Director of ACTION, where he founded the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program. On August 21, 2006, Pauken was assigned by Governor Rick Perry to chair the Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform (TFAR) to study and make recommendations on how to address Texans' continuing concerns over property appraisals.[3]

  • Chairman of the Governor's Task Force on Appraisal Reform (2007-2008)
  • Chair the Texas Task Force on Appraisal Reform (2006-2007)
  • Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas (1994–1997)
  • Directors of the Inter-American Foundation (1987-1992)[5]
  • Director of the volunteer program ACTION (1981-1985)[5]

Education

  • B.S., Political science, Georgetown University[3]
  • J.D., Southern Methodist University[3]

Political career

Texas Workforce Commission (2008-2013)

Pauken served on the Texas Workforce Commission since March 2008.

Elections

2014

See also: Texas gubernatorial election, 2014

Pauken initially made a bid for election as Governor of Texas in 2014. On March 21, 2013, Pauken filed paperwork with the secretary of state allowing him to begin raising money for his 2014 campaign.[1] He withdrew from the race on December 5, 2013, four days before the filing deadline. Pauken was seeking the Republican nomination.[2]

2008

Pauken was first appointed to the commission by Gov. Rick Perry in August of 2008. He served five years in the position, most of which as chairman of the three member panel. Pauken stepped down in Feb. 2013 and Perry appointed Hope Andrade - who resigned as secretary of state the prior November - as his replacement.[4]

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Tom Pauken
Republican National Convention, 2016
Status:At-large delegate
State:Texas
Bound to:Donald Trump
Delegates to the RNC 2016
Calendar and delegate rules overviewTypes of delegatesDelegate rules by stateState election law and delegatesDelegates by state

Pauken was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Pauken was one of 48 delegates from Texas 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.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Texas, 2016 and Republican delegates from Texas, 2016

At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.

Texas primary results

See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
Texas Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Jeb Bush 1.2% 35,420 0
Ben Carson 4.2% 117,969 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 3,448 0
Green check mark transparent.pngTed Cruz 43.8% 1,241,118 104
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 3,247 0
Lindsey Graham 0.1% 1,706 0
Elizabeth Gray 0.2% 5,449 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 6,226 0
John Kasich 4.2% 120,473 0
Rand Paul 0.3% 8,000 0
Marco Rubio 17.7% 503,055 3
Rick Santorum 0.1% 2,006 0
Donald Trump 26.8% 758,762 48
Other 1% 29,609 0
Totals 2,836,488 155
Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[7][8]

Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she 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.[7][8]

Personal

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Paulken and his wife, the former Ida Ayala, have seven children and 12 grandchildren.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
'
Texas Workforce Commission
2008-2013
Succeeded by
Hope Andrade (R)