Guy Short
| Guy Short | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Campaign Solutions |
| Role: | Vice President, Fundraising |
| Location: | Erie, Colorado |
| Expertise: | Political Consultant |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | University of California at Santa Barbara (B.S., political science, 1991)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Guy Short is the vice president of fundraising for the political consulting firm, Campaign Solutions.[1][2] Previously, Short served as chief of staff for Congressman Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.).[1][3]
Short was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Short was one of 30 delegates from Colorado initially bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention. Colorado's delegates were later released since Cruz withdrew from the race.[4][5] 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.
On April 9, 2016, Short was elected at the Colorado Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[6]
Career
Guy Short graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a bachelor's in political science in 1991.[1] He has been a member of the American Association of Political Consultants and the Direct Marketing Association.[2] Short has also served on the board of the National Right to Work Committee along with Morton Blackwell, a long time Republican National Convention attendee.[7] From 2009 until 2012, Short was the vice president of member services for Wiland Direct, a marketing company based in Colorado.[1]
Michele PAC
In 2010, Short established former Rep. Michele Bachmann's (R-Minn.) leadership PAC, Michele PAC. Short also served as the director of the PAC.[8] In July 2013, the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics began an investigation into the activities of Michele PAC. The board alleged that the leadership PAC may have violated federal campaign finance laws and U.S. House rules with regard to campaign finance disclosure. The allegations charged that in July 2010, Short was hired to manage the PAC, a year later Bachmann launched her presidential campaign which hired Short as a consultant.
During Bachmann's campaign, Short was compensated by both the campaign and the PAC, in which case the board argued that "[f]unds from the leadership PAC may have been used to subsidize her presidential campaign."[9] Senator Kent Sorenson (R-Iowa) was appointed to the position of Iowa state chairman for Bachmann's campaign; the board argued that Short directed funds via his consulting firm to Sorenson.[9] Some payments to both Short and Sorenson might not have been disclosed and therefore not reported to the FEC.[8] Short contested the allegations, stating that the charges were "baseless."[8] The Office of Congressional Ethics, in a 6-0 vote, passed the investigation onto the House Committee on Ethics.[3]
In September 2013, the Ethics Committee suspended the investigation, though the case was left open and the committee said it would continue to gather information regarding the case.[10] During the proceedings, Short never testified before the Office of Congressional Ethics[10]
Political activity
From 2003 until 2009, Short served as U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave's (R-Colo.) chief of staff.[3][1] He has served as the director of the national and state political committees in Colorado.[2] Short has been nominated as a Republican National Convention (RNC) delegate to five conventions for the state of Colorado and served on the RNC Platform Committee in 2012.[2] In 2012, Short joined Campaign Solutions, a national political consulting and campaign management firm. Short is the firm's vice president of fundraising.[1][2]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Short was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Colorado. Short was bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz.[11]
Rules committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
On April 9, 2016, Guy Short was elected at the Colorado Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[6] After allegations by the Donald Trump campaign that the Colorado convention was corrupt, Short responded to the allegations by stating "Donald Trump is a liar. Nobody was offered anything. In fact, I spent thousands of dollars of my own money campaigning to become a delegate because it's that important to make sure Donald Trump is NOT [sic] our nominee."[12]
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
At-large and congressional district delegates from Colorado to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention. 2016 Colorado GOP bylaws did not require delegates to pledge their support to a specific candidate. If a delegate chose to pledge his or her support, however, Colorado GOP bylaws stipulated that the delegate was bound to the candidate to whom he or she pledged their support on their intent-to-run form through the first round of voting at the national convention unless released by the candidate or if the candidate's name was not placed on the nominating ballot.
Colorado caucus
- See also: Presidential election in Colorado, 2016
In August 2015, the Colorado GOP cancelled its presidential preference poll, which was scheduled to coincide with the Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016. According to The Denver Post, the Republican executive committee "voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate that wins the caucus vote." Colorado Republicans still sent delegates to the Republican National Convention in July 2016. District-level and at-large delegates (34) were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates (3) were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[13] Though Republican precinct caucuses were held on March 1 in Colorado, Colorado Republican National Convention delegates were chosen at district conventions and the Colorado state GOP convention in April.[14] Colorado Republican Party rules required participants in the district conventions and statewide convention to have participated in the precinct caucuses.[15]
Delegate allocation
Colorado had 37 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Thirteen delegates served at large. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as delegates to the Republican National Convention.[16][17]
In 2015, the Republican Party of Colorado decided not to conduct a presidential preference poll in 2016. As a result, according to the Republican National Committee, all delegates were bound according to the preferred candidates indicated on their intent-to-run forms. RNC delegates were unbound, meaning that they did not have to pledge their support to a given candidate.[16][18]
Recent news
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See also
- Ted Cruz
- Donald Trump
- RNC Rules Committee, 2016
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Republican Party of Colorado
- Morton Blackwell
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 LinkedIn, "Guy Short, accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Campaign Solutions, "Guy Short," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Government Printing Office. (2007). "Official Congressional Directory: 110th Congress : 2007-2008. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. (page 46)
- ↑ The Journal, "Colorado delegates back Cruz over Trump," July 20, 2016
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Ballotpedia:Charles Aull, Email communication with Colorado GOP Communications Director Kyle Kohli," April 12, 2016
- ↑ Guidestar, "IRS Form 990, National Right to Work Committee (2014)," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Minn Post, "Bachmann's leadership PAC could be key to ethics investigation," April 3, 2013
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Office of Congressional Ethics, "Rep. Michele Bachmann, Review No. 13-1274," accessed April 12, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Minn Post, "Ethics Committee sets aside Bachmann investigation," September 11, 2013
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "CO GOP 2016 State Convention Results," accessed April 25, 2016
- ↑ Reuters, "Trump blasts 'rigged' rules on picking Republican delegates," April 12, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
- ↑ Colorado GOP, "Caucus/Assembly/Convention 2016," January 19, 2016
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedwsj - ↑ 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ The Denver Post, "Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus," August 25, 2015
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