Matt Micheli
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Wyoming |
| Role: | Chair |
| Location: | Wyoming |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •University of Wyoming •Brigham Young University Law School |
| Website: | Official website |
Matt Micheli is the chair of the Republican Party of Wyoming.[1] He was elected to this position in 2015.
Career
Education
Micheli attended the University of Wyoming, where he earned a B.A. in Russian language and literature. He then attended Brigham Young University Law School for his law degree.[2]
Career summary
Micheli is an attorney at the law firm Holland & Hart in its Cheyenne office, where he is a member of its Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources group. He worked with Holland & Hart from 2002 to 2010 as an associate and partner, and he returned to the firm again in 2014. From 2010 to 2013, Micheli worked as general counsel for a "private equity backed technology/oil and gas company." During his time as general counsel, he was responsible for "all legal, regulatory, land, and governmental affairs work."[2][3][4]
According to the Republican Party of Wyoming, Micheli "has volunteered for our candidates up and down the ballot, served as a precinct person, served on the Laramie County Executive Committee, and as a delegate to Laramie County Convention and State Convention many times. Matt has knocked on thousands of doors, stuffed tens of thousands of envelopes, and spent many long days campaigning for Wyoming candidates." Micheli also chaired Mitt Romney’s presidential campaigns in Wyoming in both 2008 and 2012.[5]
Chair of the Republican Party of Wyoming
Micheli was elected to serve as the chair of the Republican Party of Wyoming in 2015. He commented on his election, saying, "I ran because I believe that Wyoming’s ready for a positive message. The Republican Party stands for a lot of really great, positive things. I ran to try to build on that, to build the Republican brand. And that we’re all, at the end of the day, on the same team, working for a better Wyoming and a better America."[6]
Patrick Day, a Cheyenne administrative partner at Holland & Hart stated, "We are extremely proud of Matt for winning a hard-fought election. Matt’s understanding of the statewide political landscape, coupled with his strong commitment to excellence, will serve the party well."[3]
Awards
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Recognized by Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star" (2009)
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Micheli was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Wyoming.[7]
In Wyoming’s county conventions and state convention in 2016, Ted Cruz won 23 delegates, while Marco Rubio and Donald Trump won one delegate each. Four Wyoming delegates attended the national convention as uncommitted delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Micheli was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention or if Micheli was one of Wyoming's four uncommitted delegates. If you have information on how Wyoming’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[8]
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Micheli 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.[9]
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 Wyoming to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at county conventions in March 2016 and a state convention in April 2016. Delegates elected at the state convention were self-nominated or nominated by a Nominating/Elections Committee. Delegate candidates, prior to their election, were required to indicate if they supported a specific presidential candidate or were uncommitted.
Wyoming caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Wyoming, 2016
| Wyoming Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
66.3% | 644 | 23 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.5% | 189 | 1 | |
| Donald Trump | 7.2% | 70 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 0% | 0 | 0 | |
| Other | 7% | 68 | 1 | |
| Totals | 971 | 26 | ||
| Source: The New York Times. Vote totals are from county conventions. | ||||
Delegate allocation
Wyoming had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention: 23 at-large delegates, three congressional district delegates, and three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates). Wyoming's RNC delegates were not bound to support the winner of the state's caucuses. All other delegates were bound to support the preferred presidential candidates listed on their intent-to-run forms unless they were elected as an uncommitted delegate. Wyoming did not use a presidential preference poll to allocate and bind delegates in 2016.
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 Matt Micheli 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
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Wyoming, "Meet the Chairman," accessed March 24, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 LinkedIn, "Matt Micheli," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Holland & Hart, "Holland & Hart Attorney Matt Micheli Elected New Wyoming GOP Chairman," April 20, 2015
- ↑ Holland &Hart, "Matt J. Micheli," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Wyoming, "Meet the Chairman," accessed April 15, 2016
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "GOP elects new leadership after two years of infighting," April 14, 2015
- ↑ Wyoming GOP, "2016 National Convention," accessed June 30, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties; email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials; official lists provided by state governments; and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 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
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