Ellen Suprunowicz
| Ellen Suprunowicz | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Delegate |
| State: | New Hampshire |
| Bound to: | Donald Trump |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
| Ellen Suprunowicz | |
| Basic facts | |
| Role: | Flight attendant |
| Location: | Amherst, New Hampshire |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
Ellen Suprunowicz was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New Hampshire. Suprunowicz was one of 11 delegates from New Hampshire bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] 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
According to her LinkedIn account, Ellen Suprunowicz is a flight attendant.[2] She is married to state Rep. Steve Stepanek (R) and both work for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign in New Hampshire; Suprunowicz was on Trump's leadership team.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Suprunowicz 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.[4]
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 New Hampshire, presidential candidates were required to submit lists of preferred delegates prior to the state primary election on February 9, 2016. After the primary, if a candidate was allocated any delegates, he or she was allowed to select an official delegate slate from the list they submitted prior to the primary. New Hampshire delegates were bound on all ballots. Delegates were to be released and unbound if a candidate "withdraws" from the race.
New Hampshire primary results
| New Hampshire Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
35.6% | 100,735 | 11 | |
| John Kasich | 15.9% | 44,932 | 4 | |
| Ted Cruz | 11.7% | 33,244 | 3 | |
| Jeb Bush | 11.1% | 31,341 | 3 | |
| Marco Rubio | 10.6% | 30,071 | 1 | |
| Chris Christie | 7.4% | 21,089 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 4.2% | 11,774 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.3% | 6,527 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul* | 0.7% | 1,930 | 0 | |
| Total Write-ins | 0.5% | 1,398 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0% | 134 | 0 | |
| Totals | 283,175 | 22 | ||
| Source: New Hampshire Secretary of State | ||||
*Rand Paul dropped out of the race on February 3, 2016, but his name remained on the ballot in New Hampshire.[5]
Delegate allocation
New Hampshire had 23 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, six were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's two congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won at least 10 percent of the statewide vote was entitled to receive a share of New Hampshire's district delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won at least 10 percent of the statewide vote was entitled to receive a share 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]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from New Hampshire, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ NH SOS, "Republican Delegates and Alternates to 2016 National Convention," accessed May 3, 2016
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Ellen Suprunowicz," accessed July 1, 2016
- ↑ '"WMUR-ABC, "New Hampshire Primary Source: Texas governor now sending ‘love’ letters to NH businesses," July 2, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Politico, "Rand Paul drops out of White House race," February 3, 2016
- ↑ 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
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