Republican delegates from Tennessee, 2016
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- See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016
This page includes information on Republican delegates from Tennessee to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Tennessee sent 58 delegates to the national convention. Thirty-three delegates from Tennessee were pledged to Donald Trump; 16 were pledged to Ted Cruz; and nine delegates were pledged to Marco Rubio.
2016 Delegates
Donald Trump delegates
- Peggy Lambert
- John Ryder
- Mae Beavers
- Karen Bennett (Tennessee)
- Charlotte Bergmann
- Robert Duvall
- Tim Hutchinson
- Ron McDow
- Chris Hughes (Tennessee)
- Doris Arnold
- William Beavers
- Jerry Beavers
- Chad Blackburn
- Julie Brockman
- Linda Buckles
- Nichole Bufalino
- Betty Cannon
- Larry Cooper
- Jospeh Coury
- James Eaton (Tennessee)
- Melissa Gay
- Ken Gross
- Kent Harris
- Connie Hunter
- Betty Jo Kern
- Sam Maynard
- Jeff Peach
- David Riden
- Terry Roland
- Larry Sims
- Richard Sneed
- Kay White
- Bill Ketron
Ted Cruz delegates
- See also: What happens to Ted Cruz's delegates?
- Laura Baigert
- Joe Carr
- Lynn Moss
- Lee Douglas (Tennessee)
- Scott Carey
- Charlie Cato
- Paul Chapman
- Claire Crouch
- Debbie Deaver
- Chris Devaney
- Ed Phillips
- Sara Sellers
- Stephen Siao
- Sharon Strange
- Mick Wright
- Steve Gill
Marco Rubio delegates
- Ryan Haynes
- Gerald McCormick
- Bill Haslam
- Sammie Arnold (Tennessee)
- Victor Ashe
- Beth Campbell
- Luke Elliot
- Randy Fairbanks
- Michael Hensley
RNC Rules Committee members
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
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 Tennessee were Betty Cannon and John Ryder. |
Delegate rules
Delegates from Tennessee to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected directly by voters in the state primary election in March and approved by the State Executive Committee of the Tennessee Republican Party in April. Delegates from Tennessee to the national convention were bound for up to four ballots. All Tennessee delegates were bound on the first two ballots. On the third ballot, a presidential candidate needed to receive at least 20 percent of the total vote for his or her delegates to remain bound on the fourth ballot. Delegates were to be unbound after the fourth ballot.
Tennessee primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Tennessee, 2016
Tennessee Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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38.9% | 332,823 | 33 | |
Ted Cruz | 24.7% | 211,234 | 16 | |
Marco Rubio | 21.2% | 181,059 | 9 | |
Ben Carson | 7.6% | 64,855 | 0 | |
John Kasich | 5.3% | 45,258 | 0 | |
Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 9,548 | 0 | |
Mike Huckabee | 0.3% | 2,418 | 0 | |
Rand Paul | 0.3% | 2,349 | 0 | |
Other | 0.2% | 1,849 | 0 | |
Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,254 | 0 | |
Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 717 | 0 | |
Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 713 | 0 | |
Jim Gilmore | 0% | 269 | 0 | |
Lindsey Graham | 0% | 257 | 0 | |
George Pataki | 0% | 189 | 0 | |
Totals | 854,792 | 58 | ||
Source: Tennessee Secretary of State and CNN |
Delegate allocation
Tennessee 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). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the district vote in order to be eligible to receive any of a district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 66 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates. If the winning candidate in a district won between 20 and 66 percent of the district vote, he or she received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate (if the second place finisher did not meet the 20 percent threshold, all three delegates were allocated to the first place finisher). If no candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, the top three finishers each received one of the district's delegates.[1][2]
Of the remaining 31 delegates, 28 served at large. 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 at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 66 percent of the statewide primary vote, he or she 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.[1][2]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- Republican delegates by state, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Tennessee, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
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