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Dean Cavaretta
Dean Cavaretta (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District. Cavaretta did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Cavaretta was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Massachusetts. Cavaretta was one of 22 delegates from Massachusetts bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the national convention.[1] 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.
Cavaretta was Trump's state director leading up to the the state's primary election on March 1, 2016.[2]
In 2012, Cavaretta was a Republican candidate for District Middlesex and Worcester District of the Massachusetts State Senate.
Delegate rules
District-level delegates from Massachusetts were elected at congressional district caucuses, while at-large delegates were elected by the Massachusetts Republican State Committee. At-large delegate candidates were required to "express a commitment to a qualifying Presidential candidate" prior to their election as delegates. Massachusetts delegates stipulated bound to the candidate to whom they pledged their support through the first round of voting at the national convention. State party bylaws in 2016 stipulated that if a presidential candidate "dies, withdraws, or changes his party registration" prior to the convention, his or her delegates "shall go to the convention unpledged."
Massachusetts primary results
| Massachusetts Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
49% | 312,425 | 22 | |
| Marco Rubio | 17.7% | 113,170 | 8 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 60,592 | 4 | |
| John Kasich | 17.9% | 114,434 | 8 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.6% | 16,360 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1% | 6,559 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.3% | 1,906 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 1,864 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,153 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 0.1% | 753 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.1% | 709 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0.1% | 500 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 293 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.4% | 2,325 | 0 | |
| No preference | 0.5% | 3,220 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 0.2% | 1,440 | 0 | |
| Totals | 637,703 | 42 | ||
| Source: Massachusetts Elections Division and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Massachusetts had 42 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 27 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's nine congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 5 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's district delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 15 delegates, 12 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to at least 5 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to win any 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.[3][4]
Elections
2022
See also: Pennsylvania's 17th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Chris Deluzio defeated Jeremy Shaffer and Walter Sluzynsky in the general election for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris Deluzio (D)  | 53.4 | 193,615 |
 | Jeremy Shaffer (R) | 46.6 | 169,013 | |
| Walter Sluzynsky (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 362,628 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Chris Deluzio defeated Sean Meloy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Deluzio | 63.6 | 62,389 |
 | Sean Meloy | 36.4 | 35,638 | |
| Total votes: 98,027 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Murray (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17
Jeremy Shaffer defeated Jason Killmeyer and Kathleen Coder in the Republican primary for U.S. House Pennsylvania District 17 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeremy Shaffer | 58.7 | 40,965 |
 | Jason Killmeyer | 24.1 | 16,801 | |
 | Kathleen Coder | 17.3 | 12,079 | |
| Total votes: 69,845 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Samuel DeMarco III (R)
- Tricia Staible (R)
- James Tomshay (R)
- Dean Cavaretta (R)
2012
Cavaretta ran in the 2012 election for Massachusetts State Senate District Middlesex and Worcester District. He ran unopposed in the Republican primary on September 6 and was defeated by incumbent James B. Eldridge (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James Eldridge Incumbent |
64.8% | 52,922 | |
| Republican | Dean Cavaretta | 35.2% | 28,797 | |
| Total Votes | 81,719 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dean Cavaretta did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Cavaretta's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[7]
Education
- Excerpt: "Dean will advocate for the implementation of a MCAS exam for U.S. History because learning about America's Founders and Constitution should remain a core subject."
Economy
- Excerpt: "Dean has introduced an Economic Plan that lowers taxes, closes loopholes, and preserves Local Aid. His bill is called an "Act to Make MA Competitive for New Jobs." It sets as a goal the elimination of ALL special tax breaks and giveaways to lower rates for everyone else."
Save Medicare for Seniors
- Excerpt: "Lower premiums by allowing health insurers to compete across state lines, and improve choice and affordability with differently tailored plans for small businesses and individuals."
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Massachusetts GOP, "MassGOP caucuses," April 30, 2016
- ↑ Email correspondence with Dean Cavaretta on July 15, 2016.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ 2012 State Primary Candidate List, "Massachusetts Secretary of State," accessed June 26, 2012
- ↑ 2012 Massachusetts Secretary of State, Official 2012 Primary Results
- ↑ "deancavaretta," Official Campaign Website
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