Thomas Stark
Thomas Stark (Republican Party) ran for election to the North Carolina State Senate to represent District 20. Stark lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
| Thomas Stark | |
| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Stark Law Group |
| Role: | Attorney |
| Location: | Chapel Hill, N.C. |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | Duke University Duke University School of Law |
| Website: | Official website |
Stark was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from North Carolina.[1] In the North Carolina Republican primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 29 delegates, Ted Cruz won 27 delegates, John Kasich won nine, and Marco Rubio won six. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Stark was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how North Carolina’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[2]
Career
After receiving both a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Duke University, where he clerked for the general counsel of the secretary of the Air Force, Thomas Stark began working in private law with Harlow and Stark in 1985. That firm, which has undergone multiple name changes since then, is now Stark Law Group, where Stark continues to practice business and real estate law.[3]
In addition to his private practice, Stark is the general counsel for the Republican Party of North Carolina. In 2016, Stark was tasked with investigating former state party chair Hasan Harnett, who was censured by the party's central committee for overstepping his authority.[4] In a letter to the party's members, Stark outlined the investigation, showing that Harnett had claimed to be locked out of the party's website and enlisted Kenneth Robol, a member with a technology background, to help him back in. In his letter, Stark wrote, " Dr. Robol told me that Chairman Harnett asked him to hack the Party website and assist in setting up a competing site that would receive the convention fees, under the direct control of the Chairman. My law office then obtained a sworn statement from Dr. Robol."[5] Harnett was removed from his post as chair on April 30, 2016.[6]
Elections
2018
General election
General election for North Carolina State Senate District 20
Incumbent Floyd McKissick defeated Thomas Stark and Jared Erickson in the general election for North Carolina State Senate District 20 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Floyd McKissick (D) | 83.5 | 74,205 |
| Thomas Stark (R) | 13.9 | 12,309 | |
 | Jared Erickson (L) | 2.6 | 2,331 | |
| Total votes: 88,845 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 20
Incumbent Floyd McKissick advanced from the Democratic primary for North Carolina State Senate District 20 on May 8, 2018.
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| ✔ | | Floyd McKissick |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 20
Thomas Stark advanced from the Republican primary for North Carolina State Senate District 20 on May 8, 2018.
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Stark 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.[7]
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 North Carolina to the Republican National Convention were elected at congressional district conventions and the state convention in May. Delegates from North Carolina were required by state party rules to declare themselves in public "as a representative of a Candidate on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot" prior to their election as a delegate. At-large delegates were required to list their top three presidential candidates in order of preference and indicate whether they would be willing to commit to a candidate whom they do not personally favor.
North Carolina primary results
| North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
40.2% | 462,413 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.8% | 422,621 | 27 | |
| John Kasich | 12.7% | 145,659 | 9 | |
| Marco Rubio | 7.7% | 88,907 | 6 | |
| Ben Carson | 1% | 11,019 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.3% | 3,893 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 3,071 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,753 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,256 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 929 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 663 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 265 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.5% | 6,081 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,149,530 | 72 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and North Carolina Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
North Carolina had 72 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 39 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 13 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally according to the statewide vote.[8][9]
Of the remaining 33 delegates, 30 served at large. North Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis according to 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.[8][9]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from North Carolina, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- State legislative elections, 2018
- North Carolina State Senate elections, 2018
- North Carolina State Senate
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NC GOP, "ICYMI: NCGOP 2016 State Convention Recap," accessed June 16, 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.
- ↑ Stark Law Group, "Thomas Stark," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ WRAL, "NC GOP chairman tries to move past feud in bid for party unity," April 4, 2016
- ↑ North Carolina Republican Party, "Letter from the General Counsel," March 31, 2016
- ↑ ABC 11, "North Carolina Republican Party Chairman removed from post," April 30, 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
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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