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Ian Shetron
Ian Shetron (Republican Party) ran for election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 51. Shetron lost in the Republican primary on August 7, 2018.
Shetron was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Michigan. Shetron was one of 25 delegates from Michigan bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the 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.
Elections
2018
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 51
Mike Mueller defeated David Lossing in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Mueller (R) | 59.9 | 26,870 |
| David Lossing (D) | 40.1 | 18,012 | ||
| Total votes: 44,882 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 51
David Lossing advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 51 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Lossing | 100.0 | 8,199 | |
| Total votes: 8,199 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 51
Mike Mueller defeated Drew Shapiro, Ian Shetron, and Matthew Anderton in the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 51 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mike Mueller | 65.0 | 7,741 |
| Drew Shapiro | 17.9 | 2,134 | ||
| Ian Shetron | 10.6 | 1,262 | ||
| Matthew Anderton | 6.5 | 774 | ||
| Total votes: 11,911 | |||
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2016
Delegate rules
Delegates from Michigan to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and at the state convention in April 2016. Michigan delegates were allowed to list their preferred candidate on their presidential preference form. 2016 Michigan GOP bylaws stipulate that delegates to the national convention were bound on the first ballot. Delegates bound to a particular candidate became unbound if that candidate publicly withdrew from the race, suspended his or her campaign, endorsed another candidate, or sought the nomination of a different party for any office.
Michigan primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Michigan, 2016
| Michigan Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 10,685 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.6% | 21,349 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,116 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 326,617 | 17 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,415 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 438 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,603 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 24.3% | 321,115 | 17 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 591 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 3,774 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 9.3% | 123,587 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,722 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
36.5% | 483,753 | 25 | |
| Other | 1.7% | 22,824 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,323,589 | 59 | ||
| Source: CNN and Michigan Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Michigan had 59 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates.[2][3]
Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the statewide vote; a candidate had to win at least 15% of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive 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.[2][3]
See also
- Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Michigan, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ MLive.com, "See who Michigan Republicans are sending to support Donald Trump at the national convention," April 10, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
