Beth Boyce
| Beth Boyce | |
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| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 9 |
| State: | Indiana |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
| Beth Boyce | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Johnson County Council |
| Role: | District 3 Representative |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •University of Kentucky •University of Indianapolis |
Beth Boyce was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana. All 57 delegates from Indiana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] 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
Beth Boyce became interested in politics at an early age. Her father, Bruce Buchanan, was a member of the Benton County Council and attended the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego, California.[2] She attended the University of Kentucky and then earned an M.B.A. from the University of Indianapolis.[3] From 2009 to 2011, Boyce worked for U.S. Rep. Stephen Buyer (R-Ind.) as a community relations assistant.[4][5]
Johnson County Council
In 2014, Boyce ran as a Republican for the Johnson County (Ind.) Council to represent the county's 3rd District. During the campaign, she told the Daily Journal of what she considered to be the county's top issues, saying, "Ensuring the county has adequate public safety, including fire protection and police. Would make sure fire districts are appropriately funded to provide services and fund the sheriff’s office. The county also needs to properly fund roads and bridges and stretch the available tax dollars."[3] According to the council's website, the county council is responsible "for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending" and has "limited authority to impose local taxes."[6] Boyce serves as the council's president.[7]
Republican Party of Indiana
- See also: Republican Party of Indiana
Boyce is the chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party and represented the state party at the national convention in 2012. That year, she was the county party's vice chair.[8]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Boyce was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[9]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
Delegate rules
In Indiana, district-level delegates were selected by congressional district committees, while at-large delegates were selected by the state committee. 2016 Indiana GOP bylaws required Indiana delegates to vote at the national convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting, unless that candidate was not on the nominating ballot.
Indiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2016
| Indiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 6,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 8,914 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,738 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.6% | 406,783 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,494 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 84,111 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 4,306 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.5% | 5,175 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
53.3% | 591,514 | 57 | |
| Totals | 1,110,543 | 57 | ||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
99 percent of precincts reporting.
Delegate allocation
Indiana had 57 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts) pledged to adhere to the results of the presidential preference primary in their respective congressional districts. Indiana's pledged Republican delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in a given district won all of that district's delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 30 delegates, 27 served at large. These delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest share of the statewide vote in the primary was allocated all of the 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.[10][11]
Recent news
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See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Indiana, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Indiana GOP names delegates to Republican National Convention," April 14, 2016
- ↑ Daily Journal, "Delegate brought full circle," April 28, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Daily Journal, "Johnson County Council District 3 Q&A: Beth Boyce, republican," April 21, 2014
- ↑ Inside Gov, "Beth A. Boyce," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ Sunlight Foundation, "House Staff Directory, Beth A. Boyce," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ Johnson County, Indiana, "Johnson County Council," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Johnson County council rejects hotel tax," February 10, 2014
- ↑ Daily Journal, "3 GOP faithful head to Tampa," August 25, 2012
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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