Sharon Day
| Sharon Day | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican National Committee |
| Role: | Co-Chair |
| Location: | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Sharon Day was the co-chair of the Republican National Committee. She also served as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Florida.[1]
Day was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. She was one of 99 delegates from Florida pledged to support Donald Trump for three ballots.[2][3] 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.
Career
Sharon Day joined the Executive Committee of the Broward County, Florida, Republican Party in 1994. In 1996, she was elected as state committeewoman for the county party.[1] Day oversaw the appointment and organization of Broward County ballot counters during the Florida recount in 2000, and, subsequently, was appointed by then-Governor Jeb Bush (R) to serve on the Committee for Election Reform for the State of Florida.[1]
In 2004, Day was elected national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Florida.[1][4] From 2009 to 2011 she was elected to serve as secretary of the Republican National Committee (RNC). This was followed by her election to serve as co-chair of the RNC in 2011 and was re-elected in 2013.[1] In 2006, she served on the 2008 Republican National Convention's Site Committee and served as chair of the convention's Special Events Committee. In 2008 and 2012, she served on the conventions' Committee on Arrangements.[1]
Day previously served as a member and the chair of the Broward County Housing Authority, to which she was appointed by both former Florida Governors Bush and Charlie Crist (D). She also served on the Florida Commission on the Status of Women as commissioner.[1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Day was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. She was bound to Donald Trump.
Delegate rules
In Florida, delegates to the national convention were selected at congressional district conventions and the state executive meeting. All 99 delegates were bound for three ballots at the Republican National Convention to the winner of the statewide primary.
Florida primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Florida, 2016
| Florida Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 43,511 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 21,207 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,493 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17.1% | 404,891 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,899 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 319 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 693 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 2,624 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.8% | 159,976 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 4,450 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 27% | 638,661 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,211 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
45.7% | 1,079,870 | 99 | |
| Totals | 2,361,805 | 99 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Florida Department of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Florida had 99 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of Florida's district delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. 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 candidate who won the state's primary.[5][6]
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Sharon Day as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
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- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Republican National Committee, "Sharon Day," accessed July 5, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Florida GOP announces 99 delegates," May 14, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Party Rules of Procedure," January 15, 2011
- ↑ Florida GOP, "Party Officers," accessed July 6, 2016
- ↑ 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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