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Kathy Petsas
Kathy Petsas (Republican Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 28. She lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Petsas was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Arizona. All 58 delegates from Arizona were bound by state law to support the winner of the statewide primary, Donald Trump, for one ballot at the convention.[1][2] 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
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Kelli Butler and Aaron Lieberman defeated incumbent Maria Syms and Kathy Petsas in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Kelli Butler (D) | 27.9 | 48,003 |
| ✔ |  | Aaron Lieberman (D) | 25.1 | 43,196 |
| Maria Syms (R) | 23.7 | 40,798 | ||
| Kathy Petsas (R) | 23.3 | 40,064 | ||
| Total votes: 172,061 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Kelli Butler and Aaron Lieberman advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kelli Butler | 57.3 | 17,298 |
| ✔ | | Aaron Lieberman | 42.7 | 12,903 |
| Total votes: 30,201 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Maria Syms and Kathy Petsas advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on August 28, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maria Syms | 53.6 | 16,240 | |
| ✔ | Kathy Petsas | 46.4 | 14,058 | |
| Total votes: 30,298 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2016 Republican National Convention
Delegate rules
In Arizona, district-level and at-large delegates were selected at the Arizona Republican State Convention. Under state law, these delegates were required to vote on the first ballot at the Republican National Convention for the winner of the statewide primary.
Arizona primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Arizona, 2016
| Arizona Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 4,393 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.4% | 14,940 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 988 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0% | 243 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 27.6% | 172,294 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.2% | 1,270 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 498 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 1,300 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.6% | 65,965 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 309 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 2,269 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.6% | 72,304 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 523 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
45.9% | 286,743 | 58 | |
| Totals | 624,039 | 58 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Arizona Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Arizona had 58 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). Arizona's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the statewide vote received all of the state's district delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. At-large delegates were also allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the 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.[3][4]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018
- Arizona House of Representatives
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Arizona, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Arizona Republican Party, "Arizona’s Elected Delegates to Republican National Convention," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "Arizona delegates could decide for themselves at GOP convention," March 7, 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
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