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See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016

This page includes information on Republican delegates from Texas to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Texas sent 155 delegates to the national convention. A total of 104 delegates from Texas were pledged to Ted Cruz; 48 were pledged to Donald Trump; and three delegates were pledged to Marco Rubio.

2016 Delegates

Ted Cruz delegates

See also: What happens to Ted Cruz's delegates?

Donald Trump delegates

See also: What happens to Ted Cruz's delegates?

Marco Rubio 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 Texas were Steve Munisteri and Toni Anne Dashiell.

Delegate rules

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

At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.

Texas primary results

See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016
Texas Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Jeb Bush 1.2% 35,420 0
Ben Carson 4.2% 117,969 0
Chris Christie 0.1% 3,448 0
Green check mark transparent.pngTed Cruz 43.8% 1,241,118 104
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 3,247 0
Lindsey Graham 0.1% 1,706 0
Elizabeth Gray 0.2% 5,449 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% 6,226 0
John Kasich 4.2% 120,473 0
Rand Paul 0.3% 8,000 0
Marco Rubio 17.7% 503,055 3
Rick Santorum 0.1% 2,006 0
Donald Trump 26.8% 758,762 48
Other 1% 29,609 0
Totals 2,836,488 155
Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.[1][2]

Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 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 of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide 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

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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