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Vic Sprouse
Vic Sprouse was a candidate for an at-large seat on the Kanawha County school board in West Virginia on May 13, 2014.
Biography
Sprouse has worked for both Union Carbide and Dow Chemical’s South Charleston Plant as a chemical engineer and as their public relations leader. He specialized in crisis communications as emergency operations center spokesperson. He is also the founder and CEO of Brickhouse Cardio Club. Sprouse was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates from 1994 to 1996 and the West Virginia State Senate from 1996 to 2007. During that time, he served as Minority Leader for eight years, served on the Senate Finance Committee for 12 years and the Senate Education Committee for 10 years. Sprouse has two sons.[1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Sprouse was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Sprouse was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[2] 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
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[3][4]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[3][4]
Elections
2014
- See also: Kanawha County Schools elections (2014)
Vic Sprose challenged Curtis Robinson, Ryan White, Becky Jordan, Pete Thaw, Tracy White and Calvin McKinney for one of three at-large seats in the general election on May 13, 2014.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Ryan White |
23% | 14,403 | |
| Nonpartisan | Pete Thaw Incumbent |
19.3% | 12,101 | |
| Nonpartisan | Becky Jordan Incumbent |
15.2% | 9,552 | |
| Nonpartisan | Calvin McKinney | 14.3% | 8,968 | |
| Nonpartisan | Vic Sprouse | 13.4% | 8,401 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tracy White | 10.5% | 6,571 | |
| Nonpartisan | Curtis Robinson | 4.3% | 2,669 | |
| Total Votes | 62,665 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State, "Official Election Results," accessed June 23, 2014 | ||||
Funding
Sprouse did not report any campaign contributions or expenditures to the West Virginia Secretary of State.[5]
Endorsements
Sprouse did not receive any official endorsements for his campaign.
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Vic + Sprouse + Kanawha + County + Schools"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Vic Sprouse for Kanawha Board of Education," accessed March 7, 2014
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Elections," accessed March 6, 2014
| 2014 Kanawha County Schools Elections | |
| Kanawha County, West Virginia | |
| Election date: | May 13, 2014 |
| Candidates: | At-large: • Curtis Robinson • Ryan White • Vic Sprouse • Pete Thaw • Becky Jordan • Tracy White • Calvin McKinney |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
