Mary Buestrin
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| Mary Buestrin | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Wisconsin |
| Role: | National Committeewoman |
| Location: | Mequon , Wisconsin |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Website: | Official website |
Mary Buestrin is the national committeewoman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.[1]
Career
Boards and volunteer work
Mary Buestrin served on the board of the Mequon Community Foundation, a community grant organization. She is the former chair of The Lutheran Home, a community support organization. Buestrin has also served on the board of curators for the Wisconsin Historical Society as well as co-chair for History Makers funraiser events and the History Eveandand in Wisconsin.[1]
Campaigns
Since 1960, Buestrin has been active in Republican campaigns. In 2000, she served as the state grassroots chairman for the State Steering Committee of Wisconsin for the George W. Bush presidential campaign. In the following year, she worked on former Wisconsin Governor Scott McCallum's (R) transition team.[1]
In 2008, Buestrin was on the State Committee for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. She has also served on the Electoral College and the Presidential Preference Committee.[1]
State Republican Party
- See also: Republican Party of Wisconsin
In 1992, Buestrin was elected as national committeewoman for the Republican Party of Wisconsin. She has served on the executive committee of the state Republican Party. She has also served on the executive committee of the Republican Party of Ozaukee County. She spent four years as the president of the Wisconsin Federation of Republican Women.[1] Buestrin was the vice chair of the Midwestern region for the Republican National Committee.[1]
Buestrin has attended nine Republican National Conventions and served as a delegate at eight. In 2012, Buestrin was the co-chair of the convention. That same year, she also served on the Site Selection Committee.[1] As the national committeewoman, Buestrin was a delegate at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio.[2][3]
For the 2016 election cycle, Buestrin was appointed to the Republican National Committee’s Debate Committee, whose task it was to decide when, where, and on what networks the Republican presidential debates would take place.[4] Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus described the committee as being "responsible for implementing the new GOP debate policies in the 2016 presidential election."[4]
Buestrin was a member of the Committee on Arrangements, which was responsible for arranging the 2016 Republican National Convention. National GOP Chairman Reince Priebus wrote regarding the committee:[5]
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Together, these individuals will implement a plan for the event that will make our entire party proud. I am also grateful for the support of the community of Cleveland and look forward to working with everyone toward an outstanding convention experience.[6] |
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Buestrin was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Wisconsin. Buestrin was one of 36 delegates from Wisconsin bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[7] 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
Buestrin 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.[8]
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 Wisconsin to the Republican National Convention were selected by a committee formed by the candidate who received a plurality of the statewide vote in the state presidential primary election and ratified by the State Executive Committee. For district-level delegates, the district chairman of each district compiled a list of delegates from which the presidential candidate who won a plurality of the vote in that district selected three delegates. Delegates from Wisconsin were bound to a candidate on all ballots at the convention unless the candidate released them or failed to receive one-third of the vote on a ballot.
Wisconsin primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Wisconsin, 2016
| Wisconsin Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
48.2% | 531,129 | 36 | |
| Donald Trump | 35.1% | 386,290 | 6 | |
| John Kasich | 14.1% | 155,200 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,156 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.5% | 5,608 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,310 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 825 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 242 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 1,428 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,491 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1% | 10,569 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 510 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.2% | 2,288 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,101,046 | 42 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Wisconsin Vote | ||||
Delegate allocation
Wisconsin had 42 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). District delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a congressional district received all of that district's delegates.[9][10]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. Wisconsin's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis. The candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote 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.[9][10]
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 Mary Buestrin 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
Recent news
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 GOP, "Mary Buestrin," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Milwaukie Journal Sentinel, "Scott Walker, Tommy Thompson among 18 at-large GOP delegates," April 26, 2016
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Wisconsin GOP releases list of all 42 delegates to Republican National Convention," April 27, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 GOP, "RNC Elects 2016 Debate Committee," August 8, 2014
- ↑ Cleveland.com, "GOP announces more leaders of planning effort for 2016 Republican National Convention," April 23, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Wisconsin State Journal, "Wisconsin GOP releases list of all 42 delegates to Republican National Convention," April 27, 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
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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