Republican Party of Maryland
| Republican Party of Maryland | |
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| Location: | Annapolis, Md. |
| Type: | Political party |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Top official: | Dirk Haire, Chair |
| Website: | Official website |
The Republican Party of Maryland is the Maryland political party affiliate of the national Republican Party. The group is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
Background
In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, the Democratic Party exhibited strength in Maryland state politics. According to The Washington Post, the Maryland Republican Party was "a party that many had dismissed as unlikely to ever win another statewide contest" prior to the 2014 election of Republican Governor Larry Hogan.[1]
As of June 2017, Governor Larry Hogan was a Republican, but Democrats held majorities in both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly.
Platform
- See also: Republican National Committee
The state party follows the platform of the Republican National Committee. Click here to view the full platform.
Rules and bylaws
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- See also: Rules of the Maryland Republican Party
The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a selection of the Maryland Republican Party's rules. This selection focuses on the structure and governance of the party:[2]
- The party is organized into county and state committees, with the state central committee acting as the governing body of the state party.
- The state central committee has the power to elect at-large delegates to the Republican National Convention aand to nominate candidates for the role of presidential elector.
Convention
The 2016 state convention for the Maryland Republican Party, when the party selected its delegates for the Republican National Convention, took place on May 13, 2016.[3]
National convention delegate allocation, 2016
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A political party formally nominates its presidential candidate at a national nominating convention. At this convention, state delegates select the party's nominee. Prior to the nominating convention, the states conduct presidential preference primaries or caucuses. Generally speaking, only state-recognized parties — such as the Democratic Party and the Republican Party — conduct primaries and caucuses. These elections measure voter preference for the various candidates and help determine which delegates will be sent to the national nominating convention.[4][5][6]
The Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the governing bodies of the nation's two major parties, establish their own guidelines for the presidential nomination process. State-level affiliates of the parties also have some say in determining rules and provisions in their own states. Individuals interested in learning more about the nomination process should contact the political parties themselves for full details.
Maryland had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Maryland's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a given district received all of that district's delegates.[7][8]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Maryland's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[7][8]
Leadership
As of June 2017, the executive director of the Maryland Republican Party was Joe Cluster.[9]
The website for the Republican Party listed the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of June 2017:[10]
- Dirk Haire, Chairman
- Michael Higgs, First vice chair
- Larry Helminiak, Second vice chair
- Shannon Wright, Third vice chair
- Mark Uncapher, Secretary
- Chris Rosenthal, Treasurer
- David Bossie, National committeeman
- Nicolee Ambrose, National committeewoman
State political party revenue
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following maps display total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic and Republican state party affiliates from 2011 to 2016. The blue map displays Democratic state parties and the red map displays Republican state parties. Click on a state below to view the state party's revenue per capita totals:
Total Democratic and Republican state political party revenue per capita in the United States, 2011-2016
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Maryland Republican Party Website
- Maryland Republican Party on Facebook
- Maryland Republican Party on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ The Washington Post, "After Election Day, Md. Republicans feel relevant again," November 9, 2014
- ↑ Maryland Republican Party, "Maryland GOP Constitution and Bylaws 2007
- ↑ Maryland GOP, "2016 Spring Convention," accessed June 14, 2016
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Government 101: United States Presidential Primary," accessed January 13, 2025
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Everything you need to know about how the presidential primary works," May 12, 2015
- ↑ FactCheck.org, "Caucus vs. Primary," February 3, 2020
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Republican Party, "Maryland," accessed June 28, 2017
- ↑ Maryland Republican Party, "Party leadership," accessed June 28, 2017
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