José Cunningham

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José Cunningham
Basic facts
Organization:	Republican Party of the District of Columbia
Role:	Chair
Location:	Washington, D.C.
Affiliation:	Republican

José Cunningham is the former chair of the Republican Party of the District of Columbia. Prior to his election to chair in 2015, he worked for several companies on issues relating to outsourcing.

Cunningham was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington, D.C. Cunningham was one of ten delegates from Washington, D.C., bound by state party rules to support Marco Rubio at the convention. Rubio suspended his campaign on March 15, 2016.

Career

Cunningham worked in the outsourcing industry for many years before becoming chief marketing and business development officer at Crowell & Moring LLP, a law firm in Washington, D.C., in 2004. He left the firm in November 2015.

From 1986 to 1996, Cunningham worked as the director of global outsourcing marketing and sales for Unisys, a global company that works with other companies and government organizations on IT challenges. After that, Cunningham held a similar position with AT&T from 1996 to 1998. From 1998 to 2000, Cunningham worked as vice president of North America outsourcing sale at Capgemini, a consulting, technology, outsourcing, and local professional services company.

From 2000 to 2002, Cunningham worked for The Outsourcing Institute, a professional association dedicated to outsourcing. After leaving The Outsourcing Institute, Cunningham became the chief marketing and business development director for Shaw Pittman LLP, a law firm.

Politics

Cunningham "began his professional career as an analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense, researching and reporting on Soviet and Eastern European political and military developments, which provided the basis for U.S. policy towards that region." After that, he worked for the U.S. Department of State in Berlin, Germany as an aide to the ambassador.

In January 2015, Cunningham became the chairman of the Republican Party of the District of Columbia.

Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Cunningham was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington, D.C.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Washington, D.C., 2016 and Republican delegates from Washington, D.C., 2016

At-large delegates from Washington, D.C., to the Republican National Convention were elected at a district convention on March 12, 2016. DC GOP bylaws stipulated that district delegates were bound to their candidate on the first ballot at the convention. If a candidate who was allotted delegates at the district convention withdrew prior to the national convention, his or her delegates were to become unpledged. If only one candidate's name was placed in nomination at the national convention, DC GOP bylaws stipulated that all district delegates were to vote for that candidate, provided that that candidate won delegates in the district primary election.

D.C. Caucus results

See also: Presidential election in Washington, D.C., 2016

Washington, D.C. Republican Caucus, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Marco Rubio	37.3%	1,059	10
John Kasich	35.5%	1,009	9
Donald Trump	13.8%	391	0
Ted Cruz	12.4%	351	0
Other	1%	29	0
Totals		2,839	19
Source: The New York Times and Politico

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Washington, D.C., had 19 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 16 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the district-wide vote in order to be eligible to receive any delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.

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See also

• Washington, D.C.
• Republican Party of the District of Columbia
• Republican National Committee

External links

• District of Columbia Republican Party

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