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Terry Hardesty
Terry Hardesty (Republican Party) ran for election to the South Carolina House of Representatives to represent District 102. Hardesty lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Hardesty was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Carolina. All 50 delegates from South Carolina were bound to support Donald Trump for one ballot at the convention.[1][2] 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 Carolina House of Representatives District 102
Incumbent Joseph Jefferson Jr. defeated Terry Hardesty in the general election for South Carolina House of Representatives District 102 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joseph Jefferson Jr. (D) | 60.9 | 7,480 |
| Terry Hardesty (R) | 39.0 | 4,788 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 12,279 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 102
Incumbent Joseph Jefferson Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 102 on June 12, 2018.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 102
Terry Hardesty advanced from the Republican primary for South Carolina House of Representatives District 102 on June 12, 2018.
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2016
Hardesty was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from South Carolina.
Delegate rules
In South Carolina, national delegates were selected at congressional district conventions and the South Carolina Republican State Convention. State party rules allocated each congressional district's three delegates to the presidential candidate who received the most votes in that district. At-large delegates were allocated to the winner of the statewide primary. All delegates were bound for the first ballot at the Republican National Convention.
South Carolina primary results
| South Carolina Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
32.5% | 240,882 | 50 | |
| Marco Rubio | 22.5% | 166,565 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 22.3% | 165,417 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 7.8% | 58,056 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 7.6% | 56,410 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.2% | 53,551 | 0 | |
| Totals | 740,881 | 50 | ||
| Source: South Carolina State Election Commission | ||||
Delegate allocation
South Carolina had 50 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 21 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's seven congressional districts). South Carolina's district-level delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the plurality of the vote in a given congressional district was allocated all three of that district's delegates.[3][4]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 26 served at large. South Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won the greatest number of votes statewide received all 26 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. The RNC delegates were pledged to support the candidate who won the South Carolina primary.[3][4]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- South Carolina House of Representatives elections, 2018
- South Carolina House of Representatives
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from South Carolina, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ South Carolina Republican Party, "2016 National Convention Delegate/Alternate Election Results," May 7, 2016
- ↑ The Post and Courier, "No single candidate may end up with all of South Carolina’s delegates," February 19, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
