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Republican delegates from Alabama, 2016

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See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016

This page includes information on Republican delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Alabama sent 50 delegates to the national convention. Thirty-six delegates from Alabama were pledged to Donald Trump; 13 were pledged to Ted Cruz; and one delegate was pledged to Marco Rubio.

2016 Delegates

Donald Trump delegates

Ted Cruz delegates

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RNC Rules Committee members

See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
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Each state and territorial delegation selected one male and one female delegate to sit on the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention's proceedings. The Rules Committee members from Alabama were Ed Henry and Laura Payne.

Alabama delegates guidelines

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Alabama, 2016 and Republican delegates from Alabama, 2016

At-large and congressional district delegates from Alabama to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election. 2016 Alabama GOP bylaws required delegates to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they pledged an oath on their qualifying form for all ballots—unless that candidate released them to vote for another candidate or two-thirds of the delegates pledged to a particular candidate voted to release themselves.

Alabama primary results

See also: Presidential election in Alabama, 2016
Alabama Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 43.4% 373,721 36
Ted Cruz 21.1% 181,479 13
Marco Rubio 18.7% 160,606 1
Ben Carson 10.2% 88,094 0
John Kasich 4.4% 38,119 0
Jeb Bush 0.5% 3,974 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 858 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 544 0
Lindsey Graham 0% 253 0
Mike Huckabee 0.3% 2,539 0
Rand Paul 0.2% 1,895 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 617 0
Other 0.9% 7,953 0
Totals 860,652 50
Source: AlabamaVotes.gov

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Alabama had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). Alabama's district-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the vote in a congressional district in order to have received any of that district's delegates. The highest vote-getter in a district was allocated two of the district's three delegates; the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If no candidate won at least 20 percent of the vote, then the 20 percent threshold was discarded. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all three of that district's delegates.[1][2]

Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate must have won 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to have received a share of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she was allocated all of Alabama'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.[1][2]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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