Bob Barr
Bob Barr (b. November 5, 1948, in Iowa City, Iowa) was a Republican candidate for the United States House of Representatives in the 2014 elections. He ran in the 11th Congressional District of Georgia.[1]
He advanced past the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[2] He was defeated by Barry Loudermilk in the Republican runoff primary on July 22, 2014.[3]
Biography
Education:[4]
- 1966: Community High School, Tehran, Iran
- 1970: B.A., University of Southern California (UCLA)
- 1972: M.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- 1977: J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Career
- 1970-1978: Central Intelligence Agency
- 1986-1990: United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
- 1986-1990: Anti-drug coordinator for Department of Justice, Southeastern United States
- 1987-1988; Head, Public Corruption Subcommittee for United States Attorney General
- 1990-1991: President, Southeastern Legal Foundation
- 1995-2003: United States House of Representatives
Barr was a 1992 unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Senate.[4] He was also an unsuccessful 2008 Libertarian Party Presidential candidate.[4]
He was one of the managers appointed by the U.S. House in 1998 to conduct the impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.[4][5]
Elections
2014
Barr ran for election to the U.S. House, representing the 11th Congressional District of Georgia.[1] He advanced past the Republican primary on May 20, 2014.[2] He was defeated by Barry Loudermilk in the Republican runoff primary on July 22, 2014.[1][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Barry Loudermilk |
36.6% | 20,862 | ||
| Bob Barr |
25.8% | 14,704 | ||
| Tricia Pridemore | 17.1% | 9,745 | ||
| Edward Lindsey | 14.8% | 8,448 | ||
| Larry Mrozinski | 4% | 2,288 | ||
| Allan Levene | 1.7% | 962 | ||
| Total Votes | 57,009 | |||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Barry Loudermilk |
66.1% | 34,641 | ||
| Bob Barr | 33.9% | 17,794 | ||
| Total Votes | 52,435 | |||
| Source: Results via Associated Press |
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Polls
| Republican primary | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Barry Loudermilk | Bob Barr | Tricia Pridemore | Ed Lindsey | Larry Mrozinski | Allan Levene | Undecided | Margin of Error | Sample Size | ||||||||||
| Magellan Strategies July 7-8, 2014 | 49% | 28% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 23% | +/-3.65 | 719 | ||||||||||
| Landmark Communications May 19, 2014 | 28% | 25% | 12% | 16% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 16% | +/-4.9 | 400 | ||||||||||
| Landmark/RosettaStone April 17, 2014 | 25% | 23% | 11% | 8% | 0% | 0% | 26% | +/-4.5 | 500 | ||||||||||
| RightPath March 20-24, 2014 | 12.3% | 12.2% | 3.7% | 2.7% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 65.5% | +/-4.08 | 600 | ||||||||||
| McLaughlin & Associates March 10-11, 2014 | 13% | 25% | 4% | 15% | 0% | 0% | 41% | +/-5.7 | 300 | ||||||||||
| Note: A "0%" finding means the candidate was not a part of the poll. The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org | |||||||||||||||||||
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Barr was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[6] In the Georgia Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 42 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, and Ted Cruz won 18. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Barr was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Georgia’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Georgia to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in June 2016. Delegates from Georgia were "bound" to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate withdrew from the race after the state primary election—in which case Georgia state law required those delegates to be "unpledged" at the national convention.
Georgia primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2016
| Georgia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
38.8% | 502,994 | 42 | |
| Marco Rubio | 24.4% | 316,836 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 23.6% | 305,847 | 18 | |
| John Kasich | 5.6% | 72,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 6.2% | 80,723 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 7,686 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,486 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,146 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 428 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,625 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 236 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,910 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 539 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,295,964 | 76 | ||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
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.[8][9]
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.[8][9]
See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Georgia's 11th Congressional District elections, 2014
- Georgia's 11th Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Atlanta Journal Constitution, "Your daily jolt: Barry Loudermilk makes it a trio in GOP's 11th District race" accessed April 25, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Associated Press, "Georgia Election Results," accessed May 20, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press, "Runoff Primary Results," accessed July 22, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 BioGuide, "Bob Barr," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Bob Barr Heads to GOP Runoff to Win House Seat," accessed May 21, 2014
- ↑ AJC, "Ted Cruz backers lose bid to pack Georgia GOP delegate slate," June 4, 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.
- ↑ 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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