Solomon Yue
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Oregon |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Oregon |
| Education: | •Alaska Pacific University (B.A.) •University of Alaska-Anchorage (MBA)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Solomon Yue is the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Oregon.[2] Yue was born in China and has been active within the Republican Party since the 1990s.[3]
Career
Private sector
Between 1987 and 1990, Solomon Yue was an international trade economist for the Alaska World Trade Corporation in Anchorage, Alaska.[1] In 2011, he became president of the Terre Haute, Indiana-based Grassfire Strategic Planning and Management Group LLC.[4] The group manages USA Super PAC, the Republican Super PAC, and the Grassroots Conservative Coalition.[3]
Yue writes a regular op-ed for the The Washington Times’ Voice of Conservatism series.[1] Yue serves as the president of U.S. Global Enterprising Corporation, which is based in Salem, Oregon.[1]
Political activity
In 1996, Yue was a member of Bob Dole's presidential campaign's Asian-American Steering Committee.[1] Yue has led several political resolutions within the Republican National Committee (RNC) including Obamacare: Marching Further Towards Socialism, which Yue spearheaded and helped pass, and, in 2014, he headed up a resolution to repeal the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. His resolution passed with the RNC.[3]
State Republican Party
Between 1997 and 2002, Yue was chairman and vice chairman, among other positions, with the Polk County Republican Party in Oregon. In 2000, he was elected national committeeman for the Republican Party of Oregon.[1] In 2013, Yue founded and has served as both CEO and vice chair of the Republicans Overseas, which represents 7.6 million Americans abroad, according to Yue's bio.[3] Yue has served on the RNC's Executive Committee for over six years.[1]
In 2001 and 2004, Yue served as a member of the RNC's Delegations to Taiwan and organized the 2011 delegation to Taiwan for the country's National Centennial Celebration.[1]
Yue began attending Republican National Conventions in 1996 and has attended the 2000, 2004, and 2008 conventions.[1] He has served on the 2004 national convention's Site-Selection Committee and Committee on Arrangements. He has also been the vice chairman of the Committee on Presidential Debates and been a member of the convention's Standing Committee on Rules since 2013. He was also the co-founder of the RNC Conservative Steering Committee.[4][1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Yue was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Oregon. Yue was one of 18 delegates from Oregon bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[5]
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Yue 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.[6]
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.
No new rules proposal
Leading up to the Republican National Convention in July 2016, there had been efforts to change or add rules for the convention in anticipation of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's nomination. Such moves—to favor or to oppose Trump—included raising or lower Rule 40(b)'s eight state threshold that required a nominee at the convention to have a majority of delegates in eight states. Another move was made by Kendal Unruh, who proposed to include a "conscience clause," which would allow delegates to vote according to their conscience, rather than for the candidate to whom they are bound. The third move, though not a proposal, was the argument made by Curly Haugland, who argued that delegates were not actually bound to candidates.
In response to these proposals, Yue proposed that the rules put in place for the 2012 convention be locked into place, prohibiting any changes to the rules. Yue stated, "[t]his proposal would take politics out of the rulemaking process, and focus on unity so we could defeat Hillary Clinton in November."[7]
Convention meeting
On July 14, 2016, Yue was involved in a closed door meeting with Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus. The Rules Committee had stopped proceedings for the closed door session, which included Sen. Mike Lee (Utah), Kendal Unruh (Colo.), Ken Cuccinelli, Jim Bopp (Ind.), Morton Blackwell (Va.), and Ross Little Jr. (La.). Unruh led the contingency of delegates that advocated for delegates to vote at the convention according to their conscience.[8][9][10]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Oregon to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in June 2016. Oregon delegate candidates were required to indicate which presidential candidate they favor, and if selected to participate in the national convention, sign a pledge to support him or her. All delegates from Oregon were bound on the first ballot unless released by their candidate. On the second ballot, a delegate was to remain bound if the candidate received at least 35 percent of the convention vote on the previous ballot. All Oregon delegates were to be unbound on the third and subsequent ballots.
Oregon primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Oregon, 2016
| Oregon Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
64.2% | 252,748 | 18 | |
| John Kasich | 16.6% | 65,513 | 5 | |
| Ted Cruz | 15.8% | 62,248 | 5 | |
| Other | 3.4% | 13,441 | 0 | |
| Totals | 393,950 | 28 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Oregon Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Oregon had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 15 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's five congressional districts). Oregon's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis in accordance with the statewide primary vote.[11][12]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. Oregon's at-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide primary vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[11][12]
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 GOP, "Solomon Yue," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Republican National Committee, "Oregon Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 OR GOP, "Solomon Yue," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 LinkedIn, "Solomon Yue," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ Oregon Republican Party, "Delegate Selection Convention Official Results," June 20, 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
- ↑ The Hill, "RNC rules panel to consider blocking Never Trump movement," June 30, 2016
- ↑ The Columbus Dispatch, "RNC rules committee resumes but do they have a deal with Trump foes?" July 14, 2016
- ↑ Ballotpedia report, Republican National Convention, Cleveland, Ohio, July 14, 2016
- ↑ ABC News, "Anti-Trump GOP Delegates Negotiate Behind Closed Doors on Rules Revolt," July 14, 2016
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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