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Zach Dasher
| Zach Dasher | |
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| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large |
| State: | Louisiana |
| Bound to: | Ted Cruz |
| 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 | |
Zach Dasher was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Louisiana. Dasher was one of 18 delegates from Louisiana bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Dasher was a 2014 Republican candidate seeking election to the U.S. House to represent the 5th Congressional District of Louisiana.[2][3] He did not receive enough votes to participate in the runoff on December 6, 2014.[4]
Biography
Dasher has a background in pharmaceutical and real estate industries.[5] He is the nephew of Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson.[2][6]
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Louisiana to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at the Louisiana Republican Party State Convention. 2016 Louisiana GOP bylaws required district-level and at-large delegates to support the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention. The rules stated that if a candidate "ends or suspends" his or her campaign, the delegates allocated to him or her are no longer bound. Because of Louisiana GOP allocation rules, two at-large delegates were allowed to be elected as uncommitted delegates.
Louisiana Primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Louisiana, 2016
| Louisiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 2,145 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.5% | 4,544 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 401 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0.1% | 219 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 37.8% | 113,968 | 18 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 243 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 152 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 645 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.4% | 19,359 | 0 | |
| Peter Messina | 0% | 48 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 670 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.2% | 33,813 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 180 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
41.4% | 124,854 | 25 | |
| Totals | 301,241 | 43 | ||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Louisiana had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the vote in a given district.[7][8]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent 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. The RNC delegates were not required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[7][8][9]
Elections
2014
Dasher ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Louisiana's 5th District.[2] Dasher ran as a Republican candidate in the election on November 4, 2014.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Vance McAllister Incumbent | 11.11% | 26,606 | |
| Republican | Ralph Abraham |
23.16% | 55,489 | |
| Republican | Harris Brown | 4.13% | 9,890 | |
| Republican | Zach Dasher | 22.39% | 53,628 | |
| Republican | Clyde Holloway | 7.46% | 17,877 | |
| Republican | Ed Tarpley Jr. | 1.92% | 4,594 | |
| Democratic | Jamie Mayo |
28.22% | 67,611 | |
| Libertarian | Charles Saucier | 0.92% | 2,201 | |
| Green | Eliot Barron | 0.69% | 1,655 | |
| Total Votes | 239,551 | |||
| Source: Louisiana Secretary of State | ||||
Personal
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Dasher and his wife Jil have four children, and they are members of White’s Ferry Road Church of Christ. Phil Robertson is his mother’s brother.[5]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Louisiana, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- United States House of Representatives
- Louisiana's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Louisiana's 5th Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ LA GOP, "Louisiana Republicans Elect National Convention Delegates," March 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Daily Journla, "'Duck Dynasty' relative running for Louisiana's 5th District congressional seat in November," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ Daily World, "Businessman announces run for 5th Congressional District to reclaim rights," accessed June 24, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "House Election Results," accessed November 4, 2014
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Time.com, "Duck Dynasty Nephew to Run for Congress," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Duck Dynasty Family Cousin Announces Congressional Bid," accessed June 16, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Louisiana GOP, "Rules for convening of the state convention to elect delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention," accessed April 26, 2016
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