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Chancellor Torbit
Chancellor Torbit was a candidate running for the office of Mayor of Baltimore in 2016. He was defeated in the Republican primary. Previously, Torbit was a 2014 Democratic write-in candidate for District 41 of the Maryland House of Delegates.[1]
Torbit was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maryland.
Elections
2016
| Baltimore Mayoral Election (2016), Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Alan Walden |
41.41% | 3,069 | |
| Republican | Larry Wardlow, Jr. | 18.46% | 1,368 | |
| Republican | Brian Charles Vaeth | 16.48% | 1,221 | |
| Republican | Armand Girard | 12.06% | 894 | |
| Republican | Chancellor Torbit | 11.59% | 859 | |
| Total Votes | 7,411 | |||
| Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Baltimore City," May 31, 2016 | ||||
2014
Elections for the Maryland House of Delegates took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 25, 2014. Incumbents Jill P. Carter, Nathaniel T. Oaks and Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg defeated Michael Pearson and Joyce J. Smith in the Democratic primary and were unopposed in the general election. Chancellor Torbit (D) ran as a write-in candidate.[3][4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jill Carter Incumbent |
35.3% | 24,038 | |
| Democratic | Samuel Rosenberg Incumbent |
32.8% | 22,284 | |
| Democratic | Nathaniel Oaks Incumbent |
31.7% | 21,551 | |
| Democratic | Chancellor Torbit (write-in) | 0.2% | 154 | |
| Total Votes | 68,027 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Jill P. Carter Incumbent |
31% | 12,081 |
| Nathaniel T. Oaks Incumbent |
26.2% | 10,226 |
| Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg Incumbent |
25.6% | 9,988 |
| Joyce J. Smith | 10.3% | 4,028 |
| Michael Pearson | 6.8% | 2,646 |
| Total Votes | 38,969 | |
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Torbit was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Maryland. All 38 delegates from Maryland were bound to Donald Trump.[6] 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
District-level delegates from Maryland to the Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election on April 26, 2016. At-large delegates were elected at the Republican state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Maryland were bound through the first two rounds of voting unless released by their candidate or their candidate failed to receive 35 percent or more of the vote in the first round of voting.
Maryland primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Maryland, 2016
| Maryland Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 2,770 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.3% | 5,946 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.3% | 1,239 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 19% | 87,093 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,012 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 837 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 23.2% | 106,614 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 1,533 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.7% | 3,201 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 478 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
54.1% | 248,343 | 38 | |
| Totals | 459,066 | 38 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Maryland Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Maryland had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Maryland's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a given district received all of that district's delegates.[7][8]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Maryland's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide 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.[7][8]
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election State Candidates List - House of Delegates," accessed May 9, 2014
- ↑ State of Maryland Board of Elections, "Baltimore City 2016 Presidential Primary Election Local Candidates List," accessed February 4, 2016
- ↑ Maryland Secretary of State, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed March 3, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2014 Gubernatorial Primary Election results for House of Delegates," accessed December 5, 2014
- ↑ Maryland State Board of Elections, "2014 Official General Election Results," accessed April 30, 2015
- ↑ Maryland State Election Board, "2016 Election Results," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
