Laura Payne
Laura Payne | |
Basic facts | |
Organization: | LiNA Medical |
Role: | Surgical Sales Consultant |
Location: | Birmingham, Ala. |
Expertise: | Sales |
Affiliation: | Republican |
Education: | University of Alabama (B.S., consumer sciences, 1995)[1] |
Laura Payne was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. Payne was one of 36 delegates from Alabama bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[2] 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
Political career
Laura Payne served as an intern in 1995 for Reps. Sonny Callahan (R-Ala.) and Terry Everett (R-Ala.) in Washington, D.C.[1] From 1995 to 1997, she was the legislative assistant to Rep. Don Young. In 1997, Payne joined then Rep. and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) as his strategic planning assistant.[1]
Private sector
In 1999, Payne left politics and started with Johnson and Johnson in their Ortho Women's Health & Urology division. Payne was an executive sales representative for the firm and worked there until 2010.[1] The following year, she joined Luitpold Pharmaceuticals' Regency Therapeutics division as a regional manager. By 2013, Payne had begun as a contracted sales representative for inVentiv Health and in 2014 she joined LiNA Medical as a surgical sales consultant.[1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Payne was elected at the Alabama Republican Party State Convention to serve on the Rules Committee of the 2016 Republican National Convention in July 2016.[3] When asked by Politico how she felt about a movement involving some GOP delegates to pass a rules change at the convention that would allow delegates bound to Donald Trump to vote for a different candidate, Payne stated in an email, "I support [Donald Trump] 100%. I ran to support Trump & to represent the voters of Alabama. It may or may not be an attempt, but the voters will prevail."[4]
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 and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying form for all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.
Alabama primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Alabama, 2016
Alabama Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
Donald Trump | 43.4% | 373,721 | 36 | |
Ted Cruz | 21.1% | 181,479 | 13 | |
Marco Rubio | 18.7% | 160,606 | 1 | |
Ben Carson | 10.2% | 88,094 | 0 | |
John Kasich | 4.4% | 38,119 | 0 | |
Jeb Bush | 0.5% | 3,974 | 0 | |
Chris Christie | 0.1% | 858 | 0 | |
Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 544 | 0 | |
Lindsey Graham | 0% | 253 | 0 | |
Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 2,539 | 0 | |
Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,895 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 617 | 0 | |
Other | 0.9% | 7,953 | 0 | |
Totals | 860,652 | 50 | ||
Source: AlabamaVotes.gov |
Delegate allocation
Alabama had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama'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.[5][6]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Alabama, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 LinkedIn, "Laura Payne," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ Alabama GOP, "2016 Republican National Convention Delegates," accessed April 11, 2016
- ↑ Alabama Political Reporter, "Sessions Elected Chair of Alabama’s GOP Convention Delegation," April 12, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "POLITICO delegate survey: Dump Trump lacks the votes," June 24, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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