Republican presidential nomination, 2016

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2016 Presidential Election
Date: November 8, 2016

Candidates
Winner: Donald Trump (R)
Hillary Clinton (D) • Jill Stein (G) • Gary Johnson (L) • Vice presidential candidates

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Possible and declared candidates

See also: Republican presidential candidates, 2016
Republicans

Winner
Donald Trump Approveda

Dropped out
Jeb Bush
Ben Carson
Chris Christie
Ted Cruz
Carly Fiorina
Jim Gilmore
Lindsey Graham
Mike Huckabee
Bobby Jindal
John Kasich
George Pataki
Rand Paul
Rick Perry
Marco Rubio
Rick Santorum
Scott Walker

Declined to run
Kelly Ayotte
Nikki Haley
Peter King
Susana Martinez
Mike Pence
Mitt Romney
Paul Ryan
Brian Sandoval


Primary dates

See also: Important dates in the 2016 presidential race

State caucus and primary dates

See also: Ballot access for presidential candidates

The maps below detail the election dates and candidate filing deadlines for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries and caucuses for the 2016 elections. The states that have earlier deadlines are shaded in darker colors. A table listing the same information can be found below the maps.


Polling

See also: Presidential election, 2016/Polls

The following polls measure public favorability of each of the top potential Republican Party candidates.

Note: "0%" results are representative of the candidate not being included in the poll.

Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016

The 2016 Republican National Convention took place July 18-21, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio. On July 8, 2014, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus announced Cleveland as the winner and issued a statement regarding the committee's decision. He stated, "I will say it was a business decision, when it came down to hotels, the venue, the arena, it was unbelievable."[1] Priebus later explained that part of the decision was based on Ohio's reputation as a swing state. Ohio has a unique presidential election history in that, as of the 2012 presidential election, Ohio had voted with the winner of every presidential election since 1960.[2] Priebus remarked, "In the end, as well, it’s Cleveland, Ohio, and as goes Ohio, so goes the presidential race."[1] Cleveland and Dallas, Texas, were the top two cities under consideration.

Recent news

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named city
  2. CNN, "Presidential politics: Why Ohio is the 'big one'," accessed December 29, 2014