Jennifer Saul-Rich
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| Jennifer Saul-Rich | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of New York |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | New York |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •University of Pennsylvania, B.A. •Bank Street College of Education (NY), M.A. |
Jennifer Saul-Rich was first elected to serve as the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of New York in 2004.[1][2]
Career
Education
Saul-Rich earned her B.A. in elementary education from the University of Pennsylvania and her two M.A.s in early childhood special education and reading from the Bank Street College of Education in New York City. As of 2016, Saul-Rich is pursuing a Ph.D. in special education from the Columbia University Teachers College in New York City.[3]
Professional career
Saul-Rich serves as an overseer of the Graduate School of Education for the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, Saul-Rich taught kindergarten in Chicago for three years and then taught first grade and nursery school in New York City.[3]
Political activity
Saul-Rich was first elected in 2004 to serve as the national committeewoman for the Republican Party of New York and was re-elected to a four-year term in 2016. She has also worked as a professional fundraiser for the Republican Party, working on former Congressman Rick Lazio's campaign for United States Senate in 2000 and for the New York Republican State Committee over several years.[3][2]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Rich was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New York. Rich was one of 89 delegates from New York bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[4] 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.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Rich 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.[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
At-large delegates from New York to the Republican National Convention were selected by the New York Republican State Committee and were awarded to presidential candidates based on the results of the New York Republican primary election on April 19, 2016. District-level delegates were elected in the state primary election. All New York delegates were bound on the first round of voting at the convention.
New York primary results
- See also: Presidential election in New York, 2016
| New York Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
59.2% | 554,522 | 89 | |
| John Kasich | 24.7% | 231,166 | 6 | |
| Ted Cruz | 14.5% | 136,083 | 0 | |
| Blank or void | 1.6% | 14,756 | 0 | |
| Totals | 936,527 | 95 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
New York had 95 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). New York's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive a share of that district's delegates. The first place finisher in a district received two of that district's delegates and the second place finisher received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide 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]
Community service
The list below gives some examples of Saul-Rich's community involvement, as of 2016:[3]
- Member, Contemporary Council of the Museum of Modern Art
- Metropolitan Museum of Art:
- Chair, Apollo Circle
- Member, Steiglitz Society
- Board Member, Mount Sinai Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
- Trustee, Washington Institute
- Member, American Israel Public Affairs Committee/New Leadership (AIPAC)
- Former Chair, Young Collectors Council, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "New York Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 GOP.com, "New York Leadership, Jennifer Saul-Rich," accessed August 10, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 New York GOP, "Jennifer Saul Rich," accessed June 7, 2016
- ↑ Newsday, "Here are the New York State GOP delegates," May 20, 2016
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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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