Betty Cannon
Betty Cannon | |
Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
Status: | Delegate |
State: | Tennessee |
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 |
Betty Cannon | |
Basic facts | |
Organization: | Republican Party of Tennessee |
Role: | Vice Chair |
Location: | Nashville, Tenn. |
Affiliation: | Republican |
Website: | Official website |
Betty Cannon was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Tennessee. Cannon was one of 33 delegates from Tennessee 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
Betty Cannon served as the president of the Tennessee Federation of Republican Women from 2001 to 2003.[2] Cannon is the vice chair of the Republican Party of Tennessee.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
It was announced in April 2016, that Betty Cannon would serve on the Republican National Convention's Rules Committee in July 2016.[4][5]
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
Delegates from Tennessee to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election in March and approved by the State Executive Committee of the Tennessee Republican Party in April. Delegates from Tennessee to the national convention were bound for up to four ballots. All Tennessee delegates were bound on the first two ballots. On the third ballot, a presidential candidate needed to receive at least 20 percent of the total vote for his or her delegates to remain bound on the fourth ballot. Delegates were to be unbound after the fourth ballot.
Tennessee primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Tennessee, 2016
Tennessee Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
Donald Trump | 38.9% | 332,823 | 33 | |
Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 211,234 | 16 | |
Marco Rubio | 21.2% | 181,059 | 9 | |
Ben Carson | 7.6% | 64,855 | 0 | |
John Kasich | 5.3% | 45,258 | 0 | |
Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 9,548 | 0 | |
Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 2,418 | 0 | |
Rand Paul | 0.3% | 2,349 | 0 | |
Other | 0.2% | 1,849 | 0 | |
Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,254 | 0 | |
Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 717 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 713 | 0 | |
Jim Gilmore | 0% | 269 | 0 | |
Lindsey Graham | 0% | 257 | 0 | |
George Pataki | 0% | 189 | 0 | |
Totals | 854,792 | 58 | ||
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State and CNN |
Delegate allocation
Tennessee had 58 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). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the district vote in order to be eligible to receive any of a district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 66 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates. If the winning candidate in a district won between 20 and 66 percent of the district vote, he or she received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate (if the second place finisher did not meet the 20 percent threshold, all three delegates were allocated to the first place finisher). If no candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, the top three finishers each received one of the district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 66 percent of the statewide primary vote, he or she 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.[6][7]
Top influencers by state
- See also: Top influencers by state
Influencers in American politics are power players who help get candidates elected, put through policy proposals, cause ideological changes, and affect popular perceptions. They can take on many forms: politicians, lobbyists, advisors, donors, corporations, industry groups, labor unions, single-issue organizations, nonprofits, to name a few.
In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Betty Cannon 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
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Tennessee, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ TN GOP, "TNGOP Confirms Final Slate of 2016 Convention Delegates," April 2, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee Federation of Republican Women, "Our History," accessed June 24, 2016
- ↑ Knoxville News Sentinel, "State GOP Chair Haynes dismisses Trumps’ delegate bluster; Alexander, Corker stay neutral," April 4, 2016
- ↑ Knoxville News Sentinel, "Trump supporter to head Tenn. delegation to Republican convention," April 30, 2016
- ↑ Tennessee GOP, "Tennessee Delegation Elects Convention Chair & Committee Members," April 28, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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