Roger Meyer
Roger Meyer (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Dakota State Senate to represent District 18. He lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Meyer was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Dakota. All 29 delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Elections
2018
General election
General election for South Dakota State Senate District 18
Incumbent Craig Kennedy defeated Roger Meyer in the general election for South Dakota State Senate District 18 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Craig Kennedy (D) | 52.7 | 4,518 |
 | Roger Meyer (R) | 47.3 | 4,061 | |
| Total votes: 8,579 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 18
Incumbent Craig Kennedy advanced from the Democratic primary for South Dakota State Senate District 18 on June 5, 2018.
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| ✔ | | Craig Kennedy |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 18
Roger Meyer advanced from the Republican primary for South Dakota State Senate District 18 on June 5, 2018.
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Delegate rules
Delegates from South Dakota to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in March 2016 and allocated after the South Dakota presidential primary election on June 7, 2016. All delegates from South Dakota were bound by state party rules on the first ballot at the national convention to support the candidate to whom they were allocated.
South Dakota primary results
| South Dakota Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
67.1% | 44,867 | 29 | |
| Ted Cruz | 17% | 11,352 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 15.9% | 10,660 | 0 | |
| Totals | 66,879 | 29 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and South Dakota Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Dakota had 29 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (representing the state's single congressional district) and 23 served as at-large delegates. South Dakota's district and at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district and at-large delegates.[2][3]
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
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from South Dakota, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
- State legislative elections, 2018
- South Dakota State Senate elections, 2018
- South Dakota State Senate
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Dakota GOP, "SDGOP elects Delegates and Alternates for the Republican National Convention," March 21, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
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