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Kyle Hupfer
Kyler Hupfer was a Republican candidate for District 37 of the Indiana House of Representatives. The primary election was on May 4, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010.[1]
Hupfer was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana. All 57 delegates from Indiana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[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
2010
Hupfer ran in the 2010 election for Indiana House of Representatives District 37. Hupfer was defeated by Scott Reske in the general election which took place on November 2. Hupfer was unopposed in the Republican primary election on May 4, 2010.[3]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Hupfer was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana.
Delegate rules
In Indiana, district-level delegates were selected by congressional district committees, while at-large delegates were selected by the state committee. 2016 Indiana GOP bylaws required Indiana delegates to vote at the national convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting, unless that candidate was not on the nominating ballot.
Indiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2016
| Indiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 6,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 8,914 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,738 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 36.6% | 406,783 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,494 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 84,111 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.4% | 4,306 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.5% | 5,175 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump |
53.3% | 591,514 | 57 | |
| Totals | 1,110,543 | 57 | ||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
99 percent of precincts reporting.
Delegate allocation
Indiana had 57 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) pledged to adhere to the results of the presidential preference primary in their respective congressional districts. Indiana's pledged Republican delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in a given district won all of that district's delegates.[4][5]
Of the remaining 30 delegates, 27 served at large. These delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest share of the statewide vote in the primary was allocated all of the 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.[4][5]
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, Indiana General Election, February 8, 2011
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Indiana GOP names delegates to Republican National Convention," April 14, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, Indiana Primary Election, May 24, 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
