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David Pinkleton

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David Pinkleton

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David Pinkleton was a Republican candidate for District 20 of the Alabama House of Representatives. The primary election was on June 1, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010.[1]

Pinkleton was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. He was one of 13 delegates from Alabama bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[2] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.

Elections

2010

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2010

Pinkleton ran in the 2010 election for Alabama House of Representatives District 20. Pinkleton was defeated by Howard Sanderford in the Republican primary election on June 1, 2010.[3]

2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Pinkleton was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Alabama. He was bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Alabama, 2016 and Republican delegates from Alabama, 2016

At-large and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying form for all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.

Alabama primary results

See also: Presidential election in Alabama, 2016
Alabama Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 43.4% 373,721 36
Ted Cruz 21.1% 181,479 13
Marco Rubio 18.7% 160,606 1
Ben Carson 10.2% 88,094 0
John Kasich 4.4% 38,119 0
Jeb Bush 0.5% 3,974 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 858 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 544 0
Lindsey Graham 0% 253 0
Mike Huckabee 0.3% 2,539 0
Rand Paul 0.2% 1,895 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 617 0
Other 0.9% 7,953 0
Totals 860,652 50
Source: AlabamaVotes.gov

Delegate allocation

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Alabama had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[4][5]

Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama'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.[4][5]

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Current members of the Alabama House of Representatives
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