Henry Barbour
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| Henry Barbour | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Capitol Resources LLC |
| Role: | Partner |
| Location: | Jackson, Miss. |
| Education: | University of Mississippi |
| Website: | Official website |
Henry Barbour is a partner with Capitol Resources LLC, a public affairs consulting firm in Jackson, Miss. He also serves as Mississippi's national committeeman to the Republican National Committee. Barbour is the nephew of former Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour.
Career
Bush administration
Henry Barbour attended the University of Mississippi before working as a staff member on former Republican President George H.W. Bush's 1988 and 1992 presidential campaigns. During the George H.W. Bush administration, Barbour served as deputy White House liaison for the U.S. Department of Energy. Barbour transitioned to work for the Republican National Committee (RNC) as a staff member and director of Team 100, a group of $100,000-level donors first established in 1988 to help elect George H.W. Bush; Barbour remained with the team through 1995.[1][2][3]
Congressional and gubernatorial politics
Barbour worked as campaign manager for former Mississippi Republican Congressman Chip Pickering's successful 1996 congressional campaign and Pickering's 2002 re-election campaign. Barbour managed the successful 2003 gubernatorial campaign for his uncle, former Republican Governor of Mississippi Haley Barbour. Henry Barbour was a close advisor to Governor Barbour and is also a close advisor to former Republican Governor of Texas Rick Perry. Over the years, Barbour has also been involved in a number of congressional campaigns as well as Reince Priebus' successful 2011 campaign for Chairman of the Republican National Committee.[4][2][3]
In 2004, Barbour joined the team of Republican political lobbyists at Capitol Resources LLC in Jackson, Mississippi. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Barbour was appointed executive director of the Governor's Commission on Recovery, Rebuilding and Renewal.[3][5]
In 2013, Campaigns & Elections magazine named Barbour to the Influencers 500—a list of key Democratic and Republican political influencers in each state—for his work in Republican Mississippi politics.[6]
2014 Cochran campaign
Barbour was an advisor for the Mississippi Conservatives super PAC, which supported Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran's 2014 re-election campaign. During the campaign, Barbour faced backlash among tea party conservatives after admitting to involvement in the super PAC's racially-charged advertisements aimed at discrediting Republican primary challenger Mississippi State Senator Chris McDaniel.[7][8]
State Republican Party
- See also: Republican Party of Mississippi
Henry Barbour co-authored the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project report, a series of recommendations following the 2012 elections aimed at strengthening the Republican Party and running successful future campaigns.[4][9] Barbour serves on the Finance Committee of the Republican Governor's Association. He is also a member of the Republican Party of Mississippi's Executive Committee and the Yazoo County Republican Party Executive Committee.[4]
In 2005, Barbour was elected to the Republican National Committee (RNC) as Mississippi's national committeeman. He was reelected as national committeeman in mid-May 2016, at the state convention.[10][11]
While at the RNC, Barbour served as a member of the Executive Committee and the Debate Committee. For the 2016 election cycle, Barbour was re-appointed to the RNC’s Debate Committee, whose task it was to decide when, where, and on what networks the Republican presidential debates would take place.[12] Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus described the committee as being "responsible for implementing the new GOP debate policies in the 2016 presidential election."[12]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Barbour was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Mississippi.[13] In Mississippi’s presidential primary election on March 8, 2016, Donald Trump won 25 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Barbour was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Mississippi's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[14]
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Barbour 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.[15]
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 Mississippi to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district caucuses and the state convention in May 2016. Mississippi GOP bylaws required candidates for delegate positions to submit a written declaration stating "which candidate that person will be bound to support on the floor of the Republican National Convention." Delegates from Mississippi were bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated unless released by their candidate via public statement or in writing.
Mississippi primary results
| Mississippi Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 1,697 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.4% | 5,626 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 493 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.1% | 150,364 | 15 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 224 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 172 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 1,067 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 8.8% | 36,795 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 135 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 643 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 5.3% | 21,885 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 510 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
47.2% | 196,659 | 25 | |
| Totals | 416,270 | 40 | ||
| Source: Mississippi Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Mississippi had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). Mississippi's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis. The first place finisher in a district won two of that district's delegates while the second place finisher received one.[16][17]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any 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.[16][17]
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 2015, Ballotpedia identified Henry Barbour as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times, "The Republicans; the few, the rich, the rewarded donate the bulk of G.O.P. gifts," August 2, 2000
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Capitol Resources LLC, "Henry Barbour," accessed December 3, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The New York Times, "In R.N.C. battle, the other Barbour steps out," January 12, 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Republican National Committee, "Henry Barbour," accessed December 3, 2015
- ↑ The Town Paper, "Mississippi Renewal Forum," Fall 2005
- ↑ TMCnet, "Influencers 500 (Campaigns & Elections)," accessed December 4, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "‘Super PAC’ is formed in Mississippi to protect 6-term senator in G.O.P. primary," January 30, 2014
- ↑ Breitbart, "Exclusive – Tea Party Patriots publishes evidence Henry Barbour at center of race-baiting in MS, calls on Reince Priebus to censure," August 7, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Republican National Committee's Growth and Opportunity Project report," accessed December 3, 2015
- ↑ The Clarion-Ledger, "Mississippi Republicans re-elect party leaders," May 15, 2016
- ↑ Madison County Journal, "Republicans convene," May 18, 2016
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 GOP, "RNC Elects 2016 Debate Committee," August 8, 2014
- ↑ Mississippi GOP, "Mississippi Republican Party Has Successful State Convention," May 16, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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