Bob Turner
Robert L. "Bob" Turner (b. May 2, 1941) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. Turner was elected by voters from New York's 9th Congressional District.
Turner ran for U.S. Senate in 2012 instead of seeking re-election to the U.S. House.[1]
Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack, Turner was a "centrist Republican follower."[2]
Biography
Turner was born in New York, New York. He earned a B.A. from St. John's University (New York).[3]
Career
Turner attended public high schools in Queens and enlisted in the Army upon graduation. After serving in the military he worked his way through college earning a B.A. in history from St. John's University. He started his first media company, Orbis Communications, in 1984 and continued serving in leadership positions, including Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President, for some of the largest media entertainment companies in the country until his retirement in 2003.[4]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2011-2012
Turner served on the following committees:[5]
- Homeland Security Committee
- Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
- Subcommittee on Transportation Security[6]
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights
- Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia[7]
- Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs (DAMA)[8]
Issues
Specific votes
Fiscal Cliff
Elections
2012
Since his congressional district was eliminated in New York's redistricting, Turner ran for the U.S. Senate in 2012.[1] He was defeated by county comptroller George Maragos and attorney Wendy Long in the June 26 Republican primary. The winner was defeated by Democratic incumbent Kirsten Gillibrand and Green party candidate Colia Clark in the general election.[10]
Long and Maragos took the more conservative stance compared to Turner. For example, Turner did not take a "no tax increases" pledge along with the other two. Turner said he's more ready to compromise in order to get things accomplished in Washington.[1] Maragos has also criticized his opponents for not seeking to repeal New York's legalization of same-sex marriage.[1]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsed Turner.[1] Giuliani said Turner's special election victory last year to succeed Anthony Weiner was "an unbelievable shot."[11]
Polls had Turner and Long out ahead of Maragos, but also showed none of the three having very good chances of beating Gillibrand[12] in the strongly Democratic state of New York.[13]
2011
On September 13, 2011, Turner won a special election to the United States House.
Campaign finance summary
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Analysis
Congressional staff salaries
The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Turner paid his congressional staff a total of $218,386 in 2011. Overall, New York ranked 28th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[14]
Staff bonuses
According to an analysis by CNN, Turner was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in 2012. Turner's staff was given an apparent $20,400.00 in bonus money.[15]
Net worth
2011
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Turner's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $5,301,319 to $5,479,316. That averages to $5,390,317, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican House members in 2011 of $7,859,232.[16]
2010
Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Turner's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $0 which is lower than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[17]
Voting with party
November 2011
Bob Turner voted with the Republican Party 98.2 percent of the time, which ranked 3rd among the 242 House Republican members as of December 2011.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Bob Turner | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | District-level delegate |
| Congressional district: | 5 |
| State: | New York |
| 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 | |
Turner was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from New York. Turner was one of 89 delegates from New York bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[18] 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.
Delegate rules
At-large delegates from New York to the Republican National Convention were selected by the New York Republican State Committee and were awarded to presidential candidates based on the results of the New York Republican primary election on April 19, 2016. District-level delegates were elected in the state primary election. All New York delegates were bound on the first round of voting at the convention.
New York primary results
- See also: Presidential election in New York, 2016
| New York Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
59.2% | 554,522 | 89 | |
| John Kasich | 24.7% | 231,166 | 6 | |
| Ted Cruz | 14.5% | 136,083 | 0 | |
| Blank or void | 1.6% | 14,756 | 0 | |
| Totals | 936,527 | 95 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and New York State Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
New York had 95 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 81 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 27 congressional districts). New York's district delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive a share of that district's delegates. The first place finisher in a district received two of that district's delegates and the second place finisher received one delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of that district's delegates.[19][20]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 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 receive a share of the state'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.[19][20]
Personal
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Turner is a lifelong resident of the 9th District of New York. He was raised in Woodhaven as the eldest of three sons, and raised his own family, with Peggy, his wife of 46 years, in Richmond Hill.
Recent news
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 NYTimes blog, "His District Likely to Be Cut, Congressman Eyes Gillibrand’s Senate Seat," March 13, 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "nyt" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ GovTrack, "Robert Turner" accessed April 20, 2012
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, "TURNER, Robert L., (1941 - )"
- ↑ Congressman Robert Turner, Representing the 9th District of New York, "Full Biography"
- ↑ Congressman Robert Turner, Representing the 9th District of New York, "Committees and Caucuses"
- ↑ Committee on Homeland Security, Chairman Peter T. King, "Subcommittees"
- ↑ Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, "Subcommittees"
- ↑ House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Proudly Serving America's Veterans, "Subcommittees"
- ↑ U.S. House, "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff," accessed January 4, 2013
- ↑ New York Board of Elections, "List of Filings for June 26, 2012 Federal Primary," April 23, 2012
- ↑ WNYC "Long, Turner and Maragos: The Race to Replace Gillibrand," June 15, 2012
- ↑ Watertown Daily Times, "In north country stop, Maragos touts conservatism, visits to region," June 24, 2012
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2012 SENATE RACE RATINGS," May 31, 2012
- ↑ LegiStorm, "Robert L. Turner," accessed October 2, 2012
- ↑ CNN Politics, "Congressional bonuses in a time of cuts," accessed March 8, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Robert L. Turner (R-NY), 2011," accessed February 21, 2013
- ↑ OpenSecrets, "Robert L. Turner (R-NY), 2010," accessed October 2, 2012
- ↑ Newsday, "Here are the New York State GOP delegates," May 20, 2016
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Anthony Weiner |
U.S. House of Representatives - New York, District 9 2011–2013 |
Succeeded by Yvette D. Clarke |
