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Cynthia Henry
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| Cynthia Henry | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Alaska |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Alaska |
| Affiliation: | Republican Party |
Cynthia Henry is the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Alaska. She has been an active participant in Alaska Republican politics and ran for a seat in the Alaska State Senate in 2008.[1]
Henry was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alaska. Henry was one of three delegates from Alaska bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[2] 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.
Career
Henry is a graduate of the University of Alaska. In 2003, former Governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski (R) named Henry to the Alaska Board of Game, which aims "to conserve and develop Alaska's wildlife resources." Her term ended in 2011.[3][4]
Politics
In 2008, Henry ran for a seat in the Alaska State Senate. She lost the general election to Joe Paskvan (D) by 419 votes.[5]
Henry was elected as the Republican Party of Alaska's national committeewoman to the Republican National Committee in September 2015. She was re-elected to a four-year term during the party's state convention in April 2016.[6]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Henry was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alaska.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Alaska to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Alaska GOP state convention in April 2016. The Alaska Republican Party rules for 2016 required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged their support at the time of their election at the state convention. Delegates could vote for a different candidate than the one to whom they pledged their support only if, after the second round of voting, that candidate had received the lowest number of votes. If a candidate "dropped out" of the race prior to the national convention, his or her delegates were reapportioned among the remaining candidates.
Alaska caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Alaska, 2016
| Alaska Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
36.4% | 7,973 | 12 | |
| Donald Trump | 33.5% | 7,346 | 11 | |
| Marco Rubio | 15.1% | 3,318 | 5 | |
| Ben Carson | 10.9% | 2,401 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 4.1% | 892 | 0 | |
| Other | 0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 21,930 | 28 | ||
| Source: CNN and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Alaska had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (three for the state's single congressional district). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 13 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to win a share of Alaska's district delegates.[7][8]
Of the remaining 25 delegates, 22 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 13 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to win a share of Alaska's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as pledged delegates to the Republican National Convention.[7][8]
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Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Alaska Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ AK GOP, "GOP delegates chosen to represent Alaska in Cleveland," May 2, 2016
- ↑ Peninsula Clarion, "Murkowski names six to board of game," January 19, 2003
- ↑ Alaska Department of Fish and Game, "Welcome to the Alaska Board of Game," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ State of Alaska Division of Elections, "2008 General Election Official Results," December 3, 2008
- ↑ Republican Party of Alaska, "Alaska GOP Leadership," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ 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
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