Nancy Neff

Nancy Neff 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.

Delegate rules[edit]

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

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[edit]

See also: Presidential election in South Dakota, 2016

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[edit]

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

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[edit]

• 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

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