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| Republican Party of Georgia | |
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| Location: | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Type: | Political party |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Top official: | David Shafer, Chair |
| Website: | Official website |
The Republican Party of Georgia is the Georgia political party affiliate of the national Republican Party. The group is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Background
Georgia has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.
Platform
- See also: Republican National Committee
The state party follows the platform of the Republican National Committee. Click here to view the full platform.
Rules and bylaws
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- See also: Rules of the Georgia Republican Party
The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a selection of the Georgia Republican Party's rules. This selection focuses on the structure and governance of the party:[1]
- Any elector who is "in accord with the principles of the Republican Party, believe in its declaration of policy, and are in agreement with its aims and purposes" may be members of the Georgia Republican Party.
- The Republican nominees for the Electoral College are elected by the State Executive Committee, unless the election is authorized as a primary by the State Committee and certified by the Secretary of State.
- Each County is allocated one delegate and one alternate to the state convention as well as one delegate and one alternate per one thousand votes or fraction thereof given for the Republican candidate for President in the last general election.
Convention
The 2016 state convention for the Georgia Republican Party, when the party selected its delegates for the Republican National Convention, took place from June 2 through June 5, 2016.[2]
National convention delegate allocation, 2016
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A political party formally nominates its presidential candidate at a national nominating convention. At this convention, state delegates select the party's nominee. Prior to the nominating convention, the states conduct presidential preference primaries or caucuses. Generally speaking, only state-recognized parties—such as the Democratic Party and the Republican Party—conduct primaries and caucuses. These elections measure voter preference for the various candidates and help determine which delegates will be sent to the national nominating convention.[3][4][5]
The Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the governing bodies of the nation's two major parties, establish their own guidelines for the presidential nomination process. State-level affiliates of the parties also have some say in determining rules and provisions in their own states. Individuals interested in learning more about the nomination process should contact the political parties themselves for full details.
Georgia had 76 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; the highest vote-getter in a congressional district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district, he or she won all three of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 34 delegates, 31 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to win any of Georgia's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she 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.[6][7]
Leadership
The Georgia Republican Party had the following state leadership as of June 2019:[8]
- David Shafer, Chairman
- Jason Thompson, National committeeman
- Ginger Howard, National committeewoman
- Carolyn Fisher First vice chairman
- Brant Frost, Second vice chairman
- Mike Welsh, Secretary
- B.J. Van Gundy, Assistant secretary
- Joseph Brannan, Treasurer
- Vikki Consiglio, Assistant treasurer
State political party revenue
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following maps display total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic and Republican state party affiliates from 2011 to 2016. The blue map displays Democratic state parties and the red map displays Republican state parties. Click on a state below to view the state party's revenue per capita totals:
Total Democratic and Republican state political party revenue per capita in the United States, 2011-2016
Recent news
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See also
External links
- Georgia Republican Party Website
- Georgia Republican Party on Facebook
- Georgia Republican Party on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ Republican Party of Georgia, "Rules of the Georgia Republican Party, Inc.," March 28, 2015
- ↑ Facebook, "GA GOP Convention 2016 - August, GA," accessed July 14, 2016
- ↑ Vote Smart, "Government 101: United States Presidential Primary," accessed August 15, 2015
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Everything you need to know about how the presidential primary works," May 12, 2015
- ↑ FactCheck.org, "Caucus vs. Primary," April 8, 2008
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Georgia Republican Party, "About," accessed June 12, 2019
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