Kelly Arnold
Kelly Arnold (Republican Party) is the Sedgwick County Clerk in Kansas. Arnold assumed office in 2009. Arnold's current term ends on January 13, 2025.
Arnold (Republican Party) ran for re-election for Sedgwick County Clerk in Kansas. Arnold won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Arnold is the chair of the Republican Party of Kansas.[1] He also serves on the board of directors of the Hillsboro State Bank.[2][3]
Career
Arnold earned two bachelor's degrees in business management and business finance from Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas. He is a member of the board of directors for a community bank and has also worked as an investment representative and a financial planner. Arnold previously served as vice-chairman and finance director of the Kansas Republican Party, in addition to his service as chairman of the Sedgwick County Republican Party. For over 10 years, Arnold was a part of the Young Republican National Federation, serving as the treasurer for two years.[2][3]
Arnold is the elected clerk of Sedgwick County, and since 2013, has served as the appointed trustee of Kansas public employee retirement. In January of the same year, he was elected to serve as chairman of the Kansas Republican Party. He has been a member of the Kansas Republican Party State Committee for over 10 years and co-founded the Republican Men’s Leadership Series which "trains and equips individuals to run for local office."[2]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Sedgwick County, Kansas (2020)
General election
General election for Sedgwick County Clerk
Incumbent Kelly Arnold defeated Kelli Reid in the general election for Sedgwick County Clerk on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kelly Arnold (R) | 58.8 | 123,476 |
 | Kelli Reid (D)  | 41.2 | 86,446 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 130 | ||
| Total votes: 210,052 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Sedgwick County Clerk
Kelli Reid advanced from the Democratic primary for Sedgwick County Clerk on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelli Reid | 100.0 | 26,129 |
| Total votes: 26,129 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Sedgwick County Clerk
Incumbent Kelly Arnold advanced from the Republican primary for Sedgwick County Clerk on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelly Arnold | 100.0 | 45,523 |
| Total votes: 45,523 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Arnold was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kansas.[4] Arnold was one of 24 delegates from Kansas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention. 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.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Arnold 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
Kansas district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while the Kansas Republican State Committee elected at-large delegates at a state convention. All delegates from Kansas to the 2016 Republican National Convention were bound to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated and bound unless released by their candidate.
Kansas caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Kansas, 2016
| Kansas Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
48.2% | 35,207 | 24 | |
| Donald Trump | 23.3% | 17,062 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 16.7% | 12,189 | 6 | |
| John Kasich | 10.7% | 7,795 | 1 | |
| Other | 1.2% | 863 | 0 | |
| Totals | 73,116 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Kansas 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). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the district caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the district's delegates.[6][7]
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 10 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any 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]
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 2016, Ballotpedia identified Kelly Arnold 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
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Kansas, "Party Officers," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GOP.com, "Kelly Arnold," accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Facebook, "Kelly Arnold For Sedgwick County Clerk, About" accessed April 14, 2016
- ↑ Kansas GOP, "State convention elects national convention delegates," accessed June 30, 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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