Sue Cleveland

Sue Cleveland was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Texas. Cleveland was one of 104 delegates from Texas bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.^[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.

Delegate rules[edit]

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Texas, 2016 and Republican delegates from Texas, 2016

At-large delegates from Texas to the national convention were selected by a state nominations committee and approved by the Texas State GOP Convention in May 2016. District-level delegates were elected by congressional districts at the state convention and then approved by the convention as a whole. At the national convention, all delegates were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate withdrew from the race or released his or her delegates. A delegate remained bound on the second ballot if his or her candidate received at least 20 percent of the total vote on the first ballot. On the third and subsequent ballots, all delegates were to become unbound.

Texas primary results[edit]

See also: Presidential election in Texas, 2016

Texas Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Jeb Bush	1.2%	35,420	0
Ben Carson	4.2%	117,969	0
Chris Christie	0.1%	3,448	0
Ted Cruz	43.8%	1,241,118	104
Carly Fiorina	0.1%	3,247	0
Lindsey Graham	0.1%	1,706	0
Elizabeth Gray	0.2%	5,449	0
Mike Huckabee	0.2%	6,226	0
John Kasich	4.2%	120,473	0
Rand Paul	0.3%	8,000	0
Marco Rubio	17.7%	503,055	3
Rick Santorum	0.1%	2,006	0
Donald Trump	26.8%	758,762	48
Other	1%	29,609	0
Totals		2,836,488	155
Source: Texas Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation[edit]

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016 and 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Texas had 155 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 108 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 36 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the primary vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates. If only one candidate met the 20 percent threshold in a district, he or she won all of the district's delegates. If two candidates met this threshold, the first place finisher received two of the district's delegates; the second place finisher received the remaining delegate. If no candidate won 20 percent of the vote, the top three finishers in a district each received one of the district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a district, he or she received all of the district's delegates.^[2][3]

Of the remaining 47 delegates, 44 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide primary vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If only one candidate broke the 20 percent threshold, the second place finisher still received a portion of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all 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.^[2][3]

See also[edit]

• Republican National Convention, 2016
• 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
• RNC delegate guidelines from Texas, 2016
• Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
• Presidential election, 2016
• Presidential candidates, 2016

Footnotes[edit]

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