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Kevin Marks
| Kevin Marks | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large Delegate |
| State: | Washington |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Kevin Marks was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Washington.[1] In Washington’s primary election on May 24, 2016, Donald Trump won 41 of Washington’s 44 Republican delegates, including all 30 district-level delegates and 11 of the state’s 14 at-large and RNC delegates. A total of three at-large and RNC delegates were allocated as unbound delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify whether Marks was allocated to Trump or was one of Washington's three unbound delegates. If you have information on how Washington's at-large and RNC delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[2]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Washington to the Republican National Convention were elected at the state convention in May 2016. Delegates were bound by the statewide primary results for the first round of voting at the national convention.
Washington primary results
| Washington Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
75.5% | 455,023 | 41 | |
| Ted Cruz | 10.8% | 65,172 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 9.8% | 58,954 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4% | 23,849 | 0 | |
| Totals | 602,998 | 41 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Washington Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Washington had 44 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 30 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 10 congressional districts). Washington's district delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote within a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the district vote, he or she received all of that district's delegates. If only one candidates broke the 20 percent threshold, that candidate received all of the district's delegates. If two candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates, and the second place finisher received one. If three candidates each received more than 20 percent of the district vote, each candidate received one of the district's delegates. If four candidates each won more than 20 percent of the district vote, the top three finishers each received one delegate.[3][4]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. Washington's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. However, the at-large delegates were allocated in proportion to all candidates who were on the ballot, meaning, if only one candidate surpassed the 20 percent threshold and there were multiple candidates on the ballot, then some delegates could be allocated as unbound 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]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Washington, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ Pasco2016.com, "Washington State Republican Party 2016 Electors for Delegates/Alternates/Electors," accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 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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