Jordan Ross
| Jordan Ross | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Laughlin Township Constable’s Office |
| Role: | Constable |
| Location: | Clark County, Nevada |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | USMC Officer Candidate School (1978)[1] |
Jordan Ross was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nevada.[2] Ross was bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the national convention.[3] 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
From 2001 to 2005, Jordan Ross served as vice president of the legal placement firm John Kurosky & Associates based in Irvine, California. In 2005, Ross established his own legal placement firm, Ross Legal Search, LLC in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1][4]
As of July 2016, Ross was a registered lobbyist with the state of Nevada, representing the Laughlin Constable's office—Ross served as the elected Laughlin Township Constable—the Republican Party of Nevada, and the Southern Nevada Rural Constable's Alliance.[5][6][7][4]
He was first elected constable of Laughlin Township in November 2010.[8]
State Republican Party
From 2008 to 2014, and again beginning in early 2016, Ross served as the county whip for the Clark County Republican Party in Nevada. He has served as the state whip for the Republican Party of Nevada since 2013.[1] Ross was the deputy chairman of the Clark County Republican convention in April 2016, a role he served in for the 2010 and 2012 county conventions as well.[9]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Ross 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.[10]
Concerning attempts to stop Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump within the Republican National Convention's Rules Committee through unbinding delegates, Ross stated "[w]hatever objections, be they petty or vindictive, that might possibly erase the concept of Republican voters to choose their nominee, I have yet to hear one that justifies stealing the votes of over 10 million voters."[11]
At the Rules Committee meeting on July 14, 2016, Ross opposed an amendment to allow delegates to vote their conscience at the convention. That amendment was defeated in a voice vote. He also proposed amendments to rules 37 and 38, stating, "Nothing in this rule shall be construed to prohibit the binding of delegates pursuant to Rule No. 16(a)." Both amendments passed. While introducing the amendment to Rule 37, Ross stated, "It's time, after all these years, to put an end to this. Let's give the people what they expect: that their votes count."
Regarding the conscience amendment and the efforts of some conservative activist to prevent Trump from winning the nomination, Ross later told The Atlantic, "This was not a grassroots movement, it was a marketing campaign attempting to exploit dissatisfaction with Mr. Trump among a small group of people."[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
Delegates from Nevada to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Nevada Republican Convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound on the first ballot unless the candidate to whom they were pledged suspended his campaign. However, a presidential candidate who withdrew from the presidential race could keep his delegates by submitting a request to the state party secretary stating that they remain bound on the first ballot.
Nevada caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Nevada, 2016
| Nevada Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 34,531 | 14 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.9% | 17,940 | 7 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.4% | 16,079 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.8% | 3,619 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 3.6% | 2,709 | 1 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 170 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.1% | 64 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 50 | 0 | |
| Totals | 75,162 | 28 | ||
| Source: Nevada GOP | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nevada had 30 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). Nevada's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share of the state's district delegates.[13][14]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide caucus vote in Nevada was entitled to a share 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.[13][14]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Nevada, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LinkedIn, "Jordan Ross," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Nevada GOP, "National Delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention," May 15, 2016
- ↑ Email communication from Jordan Ross on July 5, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ross Legal Search, LLC, "Biography," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Nevada Legislature, "Jordan Ross," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Laughlin Constable's Office (Archived), "Home," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Laughlin Constable's Office, "Home," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ JordanRoss.org, "About The Constable," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ Las Vegas Sun, "Trump backers flood Clark County GOP convention; chairman resigns," April 9, 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
- ↑ Politico, "Never Trump is never happening at the RNC," July 1, 2016
- ↑ The Atlantic, "Republicans' Last, Doomed Fight Against Donald Trump," July 16, 2016
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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