Joyce Haas
| Joyce Haas | |
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| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large delegate |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| 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 | |
Joyce Haas was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania.[1] Pennsylvania’s 14 at-large delegates and its three RNC delegates were bound by the results of the state primary election to support Donald Trump at the national convention. 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. Pennsylvania’s 54 district-level delegates were elected directly by voters in the state primary election as unpledged delegates, meaning they were not bound to vote for any specific candidate at the national convention.
Career
Joyce Haas graduated from Pennsylvania State University having earned degrees in English and speech communications. She has taught high school and university level English and speech courses.[2] In 2004, she served on the government affairs committee for the Centre County Chamber of Business and Industry, where she served until 2010.[3] Haas also worked as a customer service agent for U.S. Airways and product specialist for the Ford Motor Company.[2]
Campaign activity
In 1994, Haas was the finance central director for Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) while he was Senator. She has also worked in various capacities on the George H. W. Bush's (R) presidential campaign, Attorney General Mike Fisher (R-Pa.), George W. Bush's (R) presidential campaigns, Mitt Romney's (R) 2012 presidential campaign, and former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett's (R) campaign.[2]
Political activity
Since 1986, Haas has served on the State Committee of the Pennsylvania Republican Party. Between 1990 and 2006, she was co-chair of the Central Pennsylvania Caucus. She is the vice-chair for the state party.[3][2]
Haas has served as a delegate at six Republican National Conventions and has served on a number of committees, including the Bi-Laws Committee and the Platform Committee. Haas was the co-chair for Republican National Convention in Philadelphia in 2000, when Pennsylvania hosted the convention.[2]
Haas was a Republican candidate for District 77 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2010. The primary election was on May 18, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010. Haas defeated Ron Reese in the May 18 Republican primary but lost to incumbent Democrat H. Scott Conklin in the November 2 general election.[4]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
On June 8, 2016, Joyce Haas was elected at the Pennsylvania Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[5] Haas stated that she was "honored to have been selected by the Republican Party of Pennsylvania to represent our Commonwealth at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer...Pennsylvanians are excited at the opportunity to send Donald Trump to the White House, and I’m honored to have the privilege to help our Republican nominee have the best Convention possible."[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 Pennsylvania were selected at the summer meeting of the State Committee on May 21, 2016. They were allocated to the statewide winner of the state primary election. Pennsylvania's 54 congressional district delegates were directly elected on the primary ballot as unbound delegates. They were not required to disclose which candidate they supported at the time of their election.
Pennsylvania primary results
| Pennsylvania Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
56.6% | 902,593 | 17 | |
| Ted Cruz | 21.7% | 345,506 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 19.4% | 310,003 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 9,577 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.7% | 11,954 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 14,842 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,594,475 | 17 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Pennsylvania Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Pennsylvania had 71 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Pennsylvania's district delegates were "elected on the primary ballot as officially unbound," meaning that these delegates were not required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. Pennsylvania's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the state's primary 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[6][7]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Pennsylvania, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ PAGOP, "Asher, Toretti Re-Elected To Republican National Committee At 2016 PA GOP Summer Meeting," May 21, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 PAGOP, "Joyce C. Haas," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 LinkedIn, "Joyce Haas," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ 2010 general election results from the Pennsylvania Secretary of State's office
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 PAGOP, "PA GOP Vice-Chair Joyce Haas Elected to Key Post at Republican National Convention," June 8, 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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