J.L. Spray
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | Republican Party of Nebraska |
| Role: | National Committeeman |
| Location: | Nebraska |
| Affiliation: | Republican |
| Education: | •1986, University of Nebraska College of Law, J.D. •1983, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.A. |
J.L. Spray was elected to serve a four-year term as the national committeeman of the Republican Party of Nebraska in 2016.[1]
Career
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Spray graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with his B.A. in 1983. In 1986, he graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law with his J.D.[2]
Law career
Spray has worked for the Mattson Ricketts law firm since 1984. His expertise centers around commercial litigation, including corporate and real estate disputes, and estate litigation. He has also dealt with campaign-related issues and investor's rights. He is a member of the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association (PIABA).[2]
From 1987 to 1992, Spray served the Nebraska Department of Labor as an administrative law judge. He served two terms on the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, during which he oversaw campaign practices and government ethics. He also spent seven years working on the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission. Spray is a member of the Commission of Industrial Relations, a committee that deals with disputes between municipalities and public employee unions.[2]
Republican Party of Nebraska
In 2016, Spray was elected to serve a four-year term as the national committeeman for the Republican Party of Nebraska.[1]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Spray was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Nebraska. All 36 delegates from Nebraska were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[3] 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.
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Spray 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
Delegates from Nebraska to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Donald Trump won all 36 Nebraska delegates in the state primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates from Nebraska were bound for the first two ballots at the national convention unless the candidate to whom they were pledged released them or received less than 35 percent of the vote on the first ballot.
Nebraska primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
| Nebraska Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
61.5% | 122,327 | 36 | |
| Ted Cruz | 18.4% | 36,703 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 22,709 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 3.6% | 7,233 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 5% | 10,016 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198,988 | 36 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Nebraska Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Nebraska had 36 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts). Nebraska's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[5][6]
Of the remaining 27 delegates, 24 served at large. Nebraska's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote 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. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[5][6]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republican National Committee, "Nebraska Leadership," accessed April 1, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mattson Ricketts law firm, "J.L. Spray," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Lincoln Journal Star, "Nebraska GOP selects convention delegates," May 19, 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
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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