Wes Nakagiri
Wes Nakagiri was a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Michigan in the 2014 elections.[1]
Nakagiri was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan. Nakagiri was one of 17 delegates from Michigan 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.
Education
- Kettering University, Mechanical Engineering
- Oakland University, Applied Statistics
Elections
2014
Nakagiri was running for election to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Michigan. He did not qualify for the August 5 primary ballot, but challenged incumbent Brian Calley during the state Republican convention on August 23. Calley won renomination as lieutenant governor during the convention.[3][4]The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Nakagiri was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Michigan to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention in April 2016. Michigan delegates were allowed to list their preferred candidate on their presidential preference form. 2016 Michigan GOP bylaws stipulate that delegates to the national convention were bound on the first ballot. Delegates bound to a particular candidate became unbound if that candidate publicly withdrew from the race, suspended his or her campaign, endorsed another candidate, or sought the nomination of a different party for any office.
Michigan primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Michigan, 2016
| Michigan Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 10,685 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.6% | 21,349 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,116 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 326,617 | 17 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,415 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 438 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,603 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 24.3% | 321,115 | 17 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 591 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 3,774 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 9.3% | 123,587 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,722 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
36.5% | 483,753 | 25 | |
| Other | 1.7% | 22,824 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,323,589 | 59 | ||
| Source: CNN and Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Michigan had 59 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any 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.[5][6]
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See also
Personal
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Nakagiri lives with Donna, his wife of 28 years, in Hartland Township, Livingston County, Michigan.[1]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hartland Patch, Hartland TEA Party Leader Enters Race for Michigan Lt. Governor, August 26, 2013
- ↑ MLive.com, "See who Michigan Republicans are sending to support Donald Trump at the national convention," April 10, 2016
- ↑ WoodTV, "Nakagiri submits signatures to run against Calley," accessed May 5, 2014
- ↑ Detroit Free Press, "GOP chooses Calley over Nakagiri for lieutenant governor," August 23, 2014
- ↑ 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
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