Peter Feaman
| Peter Feaman | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Florida |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Expertise: | Attorney |
| Education: | •Union College (B.A., political science, 1975) •University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1978)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Peter Feaman was elected in 2016 to a four-year term as the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Florida.[2] Feaman is also an attorney in Boynton Beach, Florida.[3][4]
Feaman was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. He was one of 99 delegates from Florida pledged to support Donald Trump for three ballots.[5][6] 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
Professional career
Peter Feaman was a partner with Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs from 1997 to 2003, Adorno & Yoss, P. A. from 2003 until 2005, and Hodgson Russ from 2005 to 2009.[3] In 2009, Feaman started his own legal practice, the Law Offices of Peter M. Feaman, PA, in Boynton Beach, Florida. Feaman specializes in inheritance law, business litigation, commercial fraud, and healthcare litigation.[3]
Political activity
In 1988, former Florida Governor Bob Martinez (R) appointed Feaman to Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal nominating commission, where he served for four years. In 2001, former governor of Florida Jeb Bush (R) appointed Feaman the 15th Judicial Circuit nominating commission and the Palm Beach County Housing Authority.[7]He was on the Palm Beach County Zoning Commission from 2003 until 2007.[7]
In 2011, Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) appointed Feaman to the Fourth District Court of Appeal nominating commission.[7]
Republican Party activity
In 2012, Feaman was elected national committeeman for the Republican Party of Florida. He has also served on the state party's executive board since 2005.[7][8] He has served as the state committeeman for the Palm Beach County Republican Party. Feaman served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida Committeemen and Women’s Caucus.[8]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Feaman was an automatic delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Florida. He was bound to Donald Trump.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Feaman 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
In Florida, delegates to the national convention were selected at congressional district conventions and the state executive meeting. All 99 delegates were bound for three ballots at the Republican National Convention to the winner of the statewide primary.
Florida primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Florida, 2016
| Florida Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 43,511 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 21,207 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 2,493 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17.1% | 404,891 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,899 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 319 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 693 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 2,624 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.8% | 159,976 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 4,450 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 27% | 638,661 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,211 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
45.7% | 1,079,870 | 99 | |
| Totals | 2,361,805 | 99 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Florida Department of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Florida had 99 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide vote received all of Florida's district delegates.[10][11]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the candidate who won the state's primary.[10][11]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Peter Feaman," accessed June 29, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Florida Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Law Offices of Peter M Feaman, PA, "Peter M. Feaman, Esq.," accessed June 29, 2016
- ↑ Palm Beach County GOP, "THE REPUBLICAN CLUB OF CENTRAL PALM BEACH COUNTY," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Florida GOP announces 99 delegates," May 14, 2016
- ↑ Republican Party of Florida, "Party Rules of Procedure," January 15, 2011
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Republican National Lawyers Association, "Mr. Peter M. Feaman," accessed June 29, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 GOP, "Peter Feaman," accessed June 29, 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
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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