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Tom Pauken
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
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 overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates 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
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 | |
 Ted 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
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.
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Campaign website
- Texas Workforce Commission official website
- Pauken's blog
- Tom Pauken on Facebook
- Tom Pauken on LinkedIn
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Dallas Morning News, "Former Texas GOP Chairman Tom Pauken to run for governor," March 21, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dallas Morning News, "Tom Pauken withdraws from GOP governor’s race," December 5, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Texas Workforce Commission, "Tom Pauken Bio"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Anahuac Progress, "March 14, 2013
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nomination of "Thomas W. Pauken To Be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation"
- ↑ Texas GOP, "National Convention," May 19, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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