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See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016

This page includes information on Republican delegates from Ohio to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Ohio sent 66 delegates to the national convention. All 66 delegates from Ohio were pledged to support John Kasich at the convention.

2016 Delegates

John Kasich delegates

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 Ohio were Don Thibaut and Jo Ann Davidson.

Delegate rules

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

Each presidential candidate was required to submit a slate of at-large and district-level delegates to the Republican Party of Ohio. The candidate who received the most votes in the statewide primary had his or her slate of delegates elected to represent Ohio at the 2016 Republican National Convention. According to Brittany Warner, communications director for the state party, delegates from Ohio were bound on the first ballot at the national convention to support the winner of the statewide primary.[1]

Ohio primary results

See also: Presidential election in Ohio, 2016
Ohio Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Jeb Bush 0.3% 5,398 0
Ben Carson 0.7% 14,351 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 2,430 0
Ted Cruz 13.3% 264,640 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 2,112 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 4,941 0
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Kasich 47% 933,886 66
Marco Rubio 2.3% 46,478 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% 1,320 0
Donald Trump 35.9% 713,404 0
Totals 1,988,960 66
Source: The New York Times and Ohio Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Ohio had 66 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 48 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 16 congressional districts). Ohio's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[2][3]

Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. Ohio's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary 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.[2][3]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conservative Review, "Upon Exiting Race, Kasich's Ohio Delegates are Not Bound to Trump," March 24, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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