Robert Cramer
Robert Cramer was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Iowa.[1][2] Cramer was defeated by David Young for the nomination in the Republican convention on June 21, 2014.[3]
Elections
2014
Cramer ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Iowa's 3rd District.[2] Shaw was defeated by David Young for the nomination in the Republican convention on June 21, 2014.[3]
The Republican nomination was decided by a convention after none of the six candidates reached the 35 percent threshold in the primary election required to make the general election ballot.[4]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Zaun | 24.8% | 10,522 | ||
| Robert Cramer | 21.3% | 9,032 | ||
| Matt Schultz | 19.9% | 8,464 | ||
| Monte Shaw | 17% | 7,220 | ||
| David Young | 15.5% | 6,604 | ||
| Joe Grandanette | 1.6% | 661 | ||
| Total Votes | 42,503 | |||
| Source: Iowa Secretary of State |
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Cramer was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Iowa.[5]
In Iowa's Republican caucuses on February 1, 2016, Ted Cruz won eight delegates, Donald Trump and Marco Rubio won seven delegates each, Ben Carson won three delegates, while five candidates—Rand Paul, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, John Kasich, and Mike Huckabee—all won one delegate each.
Ballotpedia was not able to identify to which candidate Cramer was allocated based on the results of the Iowa caucuses or which candidate Cramer was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Iowa’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
On June 1, 2016, Eric Rosenthal, the chairman of the Iowa Republican State Convention Nominating Committee, wrote in The Gazette that all 30 delegates from Iowa would support Trump at the convention. "Mr. Trump will be the only candidate nominated [at the convention], therefore, all 30 delegate votes will be voted for him," said Rosenthal.[7]
Delegate rules
Iowa's district-level delegates were elected at district conventions, while at-large delegates were selected by a nominating committee and approved by delegates to the state convention. Iowa GOP bylaws in 2016 stipulated that delegates to the national convention were to be bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting "regardless of whether any such candidate has withdrawn from the race or otherwise does not have his or her name placed in nomination." Iowa GOP bylaws also stated, however, that if there was only one candidate on the nominating ballot at the convention and if that candidate "received votes in the Iowa Caucuses," then all Iowa delegates were bound to vote for that candidate through the first round of voting.
Iowa caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Iowa, 2016
| Iowa Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Ted Cruz |
27.7% | 51,666 | 8 | |
| Donald Trump | 24.3% | 45,427 | 7 | |
| Marco Rubio | 23.1% | 43,165 | 7 | |
| Ben Carson | 9.3% | 17,395 | 3 | |
| Rand Paul | 4.5% | 8,481 | 1 | |
| Jeb Bush | 2.8% | 5,238 | 1 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 1.9% | 3,485 | 1 | |
| John Kasich | 1.9% | 3,474 | 1 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 1.8% | 3,345 | 1 | |
| Chris Christie | 1.8% | 3,284 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 1% | 1,783 | 0 | |
| Totals | 186,743 | 30 | ||
| Source: The Des Moines Register, "Iowa Caucus Results" | ||||
Delegate allocation
Iowa had 30 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; each candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote in Iowa's caucuses received a share of the state's district-level delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 18 delegates, 15 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally based on the statewide vote; any candidate who won a percentage of the statewide vote was entitled to receive a share of Iowa'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.[8][9]
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014
- Iowa's 3rd Congressional District
Footnotes
- ↑ Iowa Republican, "Robert Cramer Announces his Candidacy for Congress," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Des Moines Register, "GOP’s Robert Cramer jumps into Des Moines-area U.S. House race," accessed February 3, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Iowa Republican, "Shocker: David Young wins GOP Nomination on Fifth Ballot (VIDEO ADDED)," accessed June 23, 2014
- ↑ Quad City Times, "Iowa 3rd District GOP race will go to convention," accessed June 3, 2014
- ↑ Caffeinated Thoughts, "Iowa GOP State Convention Live Blog," May 21, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ The Gazette, "All Iowa Republican National Delegates will vote for Donald Trump," June 1, 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
