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John Hancock (Missouri)
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| John Hancock | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Missouri |
| Role: | Chair |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
John Hancock was elected to serve as the chair of the Republican Party of Missouri in 2015. He is the president of John Hancock and Associates LLC, a political consulting firm, and Public Pulse Research, a public opinion research organization, both based in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
Career
John Hancock served two terms in the Missouri House of Representatives before unsuccessfully campaigning for Missouri secretary of state in 1992 and 1996. He transitioned to the position of executive director for the Republican Party of Missouri (MRP) in 1997 and served through 2004. Following his tenure with the MRP, Hancock founded John Hancock and Associates LLC, a political consulting firm, and Public Pulse Research, a public opinion research organization, both based in St. Louis, Missouri.[2][3][4][5]
Hancock worked with Missouri U.S. Senate candidate John Brunner (R) during his 2012 campaign. Shortly after Brunner's defeat, Hancock relocated to Ohio to work for The Strategy Group for Media. Hancock later returned to his work in Missouri, where he also contributed as a guest host for KMOX radio in St. Louis. He was elected chair of the MRP in February 2015.[2][3][4]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Hancock was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[6] In Missouri’s presidential primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 37 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Hancock was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Missouri's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Missouri to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions on April 30, 2016, and at the state convention on May 20-21, 2016. Missouri delegates were bound on the first ballot at the national convention unless their candidate "releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive," according to Missouri GOP bylaws.
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
| Missouri Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,681 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,361 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 8,233 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
40.8% | 383,631 | 37 | |
| Marco Rubio | 6.1% | 57,244 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 40.6% | 381,666 | 15 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 732 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 615 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.1% | 94,857 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,777 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0% | 100 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,148 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 3,225 | 0 | |
| Totals | 939,270 | 52 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Missouri had 52 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). Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. The state's district-level and at-large delegates were both allocated on a proportional basis. The plurality winner in each congressional district received all three of the district's delegates, as well as two at-large delegates. The remaining nine at-large delegates were allocated to the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district-level and at-large delegates.[8][9] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[8][9]
Noteworthy events
Tom Schweich allegations
- See also: Tom Schweich
Hancock was the subject of unfavorable press in early 2015 following allegations that he made anti-Semitic comments directed at former Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich. Republican activists, including donor David Humphreys, and media sources, including the Los Angeles Times, speculated that the comments may have contributed to Schweich's suicide in February 2015. Prior to his death, Schweich alleged that Hancock had made anti-Semitic comments in an attempt to organize what Schweich referred to as a "whisper campaign" to prevent him from receiving the Republican gubernatorial nomination, despite that fact that Schweich was not Jewish. Hancock denied the allegations and refused to resign his position as MRP chair.[10][11]
According to St. Louis Public Radio, "Hancock has acknowledged that he may have mistakenly told some GOP activists last fall that he thought Schweich was Jewish, but he says he refrained from doing so after he was corrected by [U.S. Senator John] Danforth. Hancock has strenuously denied that he was trying to spread any bigoted rumors."[5]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified John Hancock (Missouri) as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ John Hancock and Associates, "Our team," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 PoliticMO, "John Hancock considering run for chairman of the Missouri GOP," November 10, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 St. Louis Sun Times, "John Hancock elected Mo. GOP chair," February 21, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CBS St. Louis, "John Hancock," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 St. Louis Public Radio, "Politically Speaking: Missouri GOP Chairman Hancock defends his reputation, looks to the future," March 25, 2015
- ↑ Missouri GOP, "National Convention delegate election results," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Los Angeles Times, "Two suicides leave Missouri Republican Party in disarray," April 3, 2015
- ↑ St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Hancock alleges deliberate smear campaign, but hints at resigning," March 20, 2015
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