Results of the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

February 1 – June 7, 2016

Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio Home state New York Texas Florida Delegate count 17 11 10 States carried 1 1 – Popular vote 145,835 84,855 73,260 Percentage 30.96% 18.01% 15.55%   Candidate John Kasich Jeb Bush Ben Carson Home state Ohio Florida Maryland Delegate count 5 4 3 States carried – – – Popular vote 48,383 36,548 23,903 Percentage 10.27% 7.76% 5.07%

First place by popular vote and plurality of delegates   Ted Cruz (1)   Donald Trump (1)

Previous nominee before election Mitt Romney Nominee TBD

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This article contains the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries and caucuses, which is the selection processes by which the Republican Party selects delegates to attend the 2016 Republican National Convention from July 18–21. The series of primaries, caucuses, and state conventions will culminate in the national convention, where the delegates will cast their votes to formally select a candidate. A simple majority (1,144) of the total delegate votes (2,286) is required to become the party's nominee.

The process began on March 23, 2015 when Texas Senator Ted Cruz became the first presidential candidate to announce his intentions to seek the office of United States President. That summer, 17 major candidates were recognized by national, state, and local polls making it the largest presidential candidate field for any single political party in American history.^[1]

When voting began in the 2016 Iowa caucuses, twelve major candidates were actively campaigning. Following poor results from the first-in-the-nation caucus, Mike Huckabee was the first candidate to drop out.^[2] Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum also ended his campaign after a poor performance in Iowa.^[3] Kentucky Senator Rand Paul withdrew from the race after placing fifth in Iowa, and subsequently polling poorly leading into the New Hampshire primary.^[3] New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who put nearly all of his campaign's resources into the critical state of New Hampshire, withdrew on February 10, 2016 after finishing sixth in the state.^[4] Following Christie's announcement, businesswoman and former Hewlett Packard executive Carly Fiorina suspended her campaign, which was unable to gain traction. Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore, who severely lacked funding, campaign infrastructure, and support, surprised many political pundits by staying in the race as far as he did; he dropped out shortly after the New Hampshire primary.^[5]

As of February 14, 2016, six major candidates remain in the primary, including business mogul Donald Trump, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson, and Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

Overview of results

• The delegate totals given by Politico and other sites such as this one and other major news outlets are a projection and have not been officially pledged yet. This applies to a delegate from a non-binding primary or caucus election, as in Iowa, Colorado, Minnesota, Maine, and Washington. These are awarded officially at Congressional and State Conventions on a later date.
• Unprojected delegates included in Total for each State.
• Winner-take-all states begin with the March 15, 2016 primaries.

2016 Republican primary results by county and the primary schedule

Legend

Donald Trump      Ted Cruz      Marco Rubio      Tie

Major candidates

Candidates

Donald Trump

Ted Cruz

Marco Rubio

John Kasich

Jeb Bush

Ben Carson

Jim Gilmore

Chris Christie

Carly Fiorina

Rand Paul

Mike Huckabee

Rick Santorum

Totals

Total delegates (Projection)[6] (Total: 2,472, Unprojected: 2,419)

17 (0.69%)

11 (0.44%)

10 (0.40%)

5 (0.20%)

4 (0.16%)

3 (0.12%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.04%)

1 (0.04%)

1 (0.04%)

0 (0.0%)

53 (2.14%)

Superdelegates (Pledged)[6] (Total: 189, Unprojected: 189)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

189 (100.0%)

Projected delegates[7] (Total: 2,283, Unprojected: 2,230)

17 (0.74%)

11 (0.48%)

10 (0.44%)

5 (0.22%)

4 (0.18%)

3 (0.13%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.04%)

1 (0.04%)

1 (0.04%)

0 (0.0%)

53 (2.32%)

Popular vote totalsa

145,835 (30.96%)

84,855 (18.01%)

73,260 (15.55%)

48,383 (10.27%)

36,548 (7.76%)

23,903 (5.07%)

145 (0.03%)

24,343 (5.17%)

15,191 (3.22%)

10,381 (2.20%)

3,560 (0.76%)

1,934 (0.41%)

468,338 (471,073)

Feb. 1

Iowa[8] Binding Precinct Caucuses

24% (7 delegates) (45,429 votes)

28% (8 delegates) (51,666 votes)

23% (7 delegates) (43,228 votes)

2% (1 delegate) (3,474 votes)

3% (1 delegate) (5,238 votes)

9% (3 delegates) (17,394 votes)

0% (0 delegates) (12 votes)

2% (0 delegates) (3,284 votes)

2% (1 delegate) (3,485 votes)

5% (1 delegate) (8,481 votes)

2% (1 delegate) (3,345 votes)

1% (0 delegates) (1,779 votes)

30 (186,743 votes)

Feb. 9

New Hampshire[9] Binding Primary

35% (10 delegates) (100,406 votes)

12% (3 delegates) (33,189 votes)

11% (3 delegates) (30,032 votes)

16% (4 delegates) (44,909 votes)

11% (3 delegates) (31,310 votes)

2% (0 delegates) (6,509 votes)

0% (0 delegates) (133 votes)

7% (0 delegates) (21,069 votes)

4% (0 delegates) (11,706 votes)

1% (0 delegates) (1,904 votes)

0% (0 delegates) (219 votes)

0% (0 delegates) (156 votes)

23 (284,141 votes)

Feb. 20

South Carolina Binding Primary

Feb. 23

Nevada Binding Precinct Caucuses

Mar. 1

Alabama Binding Primary

Alaska Binding Legislative District Conventions

Arkansas Binding Primary

Colorado District Conventions

Georgia Binding Primary

Massachusetts Binding Primary

Minnesota Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses

North Dakota Binding Legislative District Caucuses

Oklahoma Binding Primary

Tennessee Binding Primary

Texas Binding Primary

Vermont Binding Primary

Virginia Binding Primary

Wyoming Nonbinding Precinct Caucuses

Mar. 5

Maine Nonbinding Municipal Caucuses

Kansas Binding Precinct Caucuses

Kentucky Nonbinding Caucuses

Louisiana Binding Primary

Mar. 8

Hawaii Binding Precinct Caucuses

Idaho Binding Territorial Caucuses

Mississippi Binding Primary

Michigan Binding Primary

Mar. 12

District of Columbia Binding Primary

Guam Territorial Caucuses

Mar. 13

Puerto Rico Binding Primary

Mar. 15

Ohio Binding Primary

Florida Binding Primary

Illinois Binding Primary

Missouri Nonbinding Primary

North Carolina Binding Primary

Northern Marianas Binding Primary

Mar. 19

Virgin Islands Territorial Caucus

Mar. 22

American Somoa Territorial Caucus

Arizona Binding Primary

Utah Binding Primary

Apr. 5

Wisconsin Binding Primary

Apr. 19

New York Binding Primary

Apr. 26

Connecticut Binding Primary

Delaware Binding Primary

Maryland Binding Primary

Pennsylvania Binding Primary

Rhode Island Binding Primary

May 3

Indiana Binding Primary

May 10

Nebraska Nonbinding Primary

West Virginia Binding Primary

May 17

Oregon Binding Primary

May 24

Washington Nonbinding Primary

Jun. 7

California Binding Primary

Montana Nonbinding Primary

New Jersey Binding Primary

New Mexico Binding Primary

South Dakota Binding Primary

Withdrawal date

February 12, 2016

February 10, 2016

February 10, 2016

February 3, 2016

February 1, 2016

February 1, 2016

Notes

^a   Vote totals (except for percentages) don't consider votes for minor candidates, as well as votes for "uncommitted", "no preference", "write-ins" or other options.

Other candidates

Prior to the Iowa caucuses, five major candidates, who had been invited to the debates, had withdrawn from the race after states began to certify candidates for ballot spots: Rick Perry, Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal, Lindsey Graham, and George Pataki. Other candidates, nearly 15 in New Hampshire alone, were able to make it on the ballot in individual states. Some votes for minor candidates are unavailable, because in many states (territories) they can be listed as Others or Write-ins. Since the beginning of the primary season, none of these other candidates have been awarded any delegates.

Results

Primary and caucuses can be binding or nonbinding in allocating delegates to the respective state delegations to the National convention. But the actual election of the delegates can be at a later date. Delegates are (1) elected at conventions, (2) from slates submitted by the candidates, (3) selected by the state chairman or (4) at committee meetings or (5) elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.
Until the delegates are actually elected the delegate numbers are by nature projections, but it is only in the nonbinding caucus states where they are not allocated at the primary or caucus date.

Early states

Four states (153 delegates) voted or will vote from February 1 to February 23. Out of 135 delegates, 50 have thus far been allocated.

Iowa

Nonbinding Caucus: February 1, 2016
State Convention: June 2016
National delegates: 30

Results of the Iowa Republican caucus, 2016

  Ted Cruz

  Donald Trump

  Marco Rubio

  Tie

Iowa Republican caucuses, February 1, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Ted Cruz	51,666	27.6%	0	8	8
Donald Trump	45,427	24.3%	0	7	7
Marco Rubio	43,165	23.1%	0	7	7
Ben Carson	17,395	9.3%	0	3	3
Rand Paul	8,481	4.5%	0	1	1
Jeb Bush	5,238	2.8%	0	1	1
Carly Fiorina	3,485	1.9%	0	1	1
John Kasich	3,474	1.9%	0	1	1
Mike Huckabee	3,345	1.8%	0	1	1
Chris Christie	3,284	1.8%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum	1,783	1.0%	0	0	0
Other	119	0.1%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore	12	0.00%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	186,874	100.00%	0	30	30

New Hampshire

Primary date: February 9, 2016
National delegates: 23

Results of the New Hampshire Primary, 2016

  Donald Trump

New Hampshire Republican primary, February 9, 2016
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	100,406	35.3%	0	10	10
John Kasich	44,910	15.8%	0	4	4
Ted Cruz	33,190	11.7%	0	3	3
Jeb Bush	31,312	11.0%	0	3	3
Marco Rubio	30,034	10.6%	0	3	3
Chris Christie	21,070	7.4%	0	0	0
Carly Fiorina	11,704	4.1%	0	0	0
Ben Carson	6,510	2.9%	0	0	0
Rand Paul (withdrawn)	1,904	0.7%	0	0	0
Other Write-ins	1,772	0.6%	0	0	0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn)	219	0.5%	0	0	0
Andy Martin	168	0.0%	0	0	0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn)	156	0.0%	0	0	0
Jim Gilmore	130	0.0%	0	0	0
Richard Witz	102	0.0%	0	0	0
George Pataki (withdrawn)	84	0.0%	0	0	0
Timothy Cook	78	0.0%	0	0	0
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn)	67	0.0%	0	0	0
Bobby Jindal (withdrawn)	66	0.0%	0	0	0
Brooks Andrews	55	0.0%	0	0	0
Frank Lynch	47	0.0%	0	0	0
Joe Robinson (write-in)	46	0.0%	0	0	0
Stephen Bradley Comley (write-in)	32	0.0%	0	0	0
Chomi Prag (write-in)	18	0.0%	0	0	0
Jacob Daniel Dyas (write-in)	14	0.0%	0	0	0
Walter Iwachiw (write-in)	12	0.0%	0	0	0
Kevin Glenn Huey (write-in)	11	0.0%	0	0	0
Stephen John McCarthy (write-in)	11	0.0%	0	0	0
Matt Drozd (write-in)	5	0.0%	0	0	0
Robert Lawrence Mann (write-in)	4	0.0%	0	0	0
Peter Messina (write-in)	4	0.0%	0	0	0
Unprojected delegates:			0	0	0
Total:	284,141	100.00%	0	23	23

South Carolina

Primary date: February 20, 2016
District conventions: April 2016
State convention: May 7, 2016
National delegates: 50

Nevada

Precinct caucus: February 23, 2016
County Conventions: March 21, 2016 - April 2, 2016
State Convention: May 7–8, 2016
National delegates: 30

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is the name for March 1, 2016, the day on which the largest simultaneous number of state presidential primary elections will held in the United States. It will include Republican primaries in fourteen states and caucuses in three states, totaling 642 delegates (28.3% of the total). The 2016 schedule has been dubbed the "SEC Primary", since many of the participating states are represented in the U.S. collegiate Southeastern Conference.^[10][11]

The participating states include Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado caucuses, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota caucuses, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Wyoming Republican caucuses.^[11]

Super Tuesday map

Alabama

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Alaska

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Arkansas

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Colorado

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Georgia

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Massachusetts

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Minnesotta

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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North Dakota

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Oklahoma

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Tennessee

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Texas

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Vermont

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Virginia

Primary date: March 1, 2016
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Wyoming

Primary date: March 1, 2016
National delegates:

See also

• Republican Party presidential primaries
• Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
• Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
• 2016 Republican National Convention
• Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2016 presidential primaries
• Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
• Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

References

External links

• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• 2016 Presidential primaries, electionprojection.com