Republican delegates from Connecticut, 2016

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See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016

This page includes information on Republican delegates from Connecticut to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Connecticut sent 28 delegates to the national convention. All 28 delegates from Connecticut were pledged to support Donald Trump at the convention.

2016 Delegates[edit]

Donald Trump delegates[edit]

RNC Rules Committee members[edit]

See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
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Each state and territorial delegation selected one male and one female delegate to sit on the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention's proceedings. The Rules Committee members from Connecticut were Linda McMahon and Benjamin Proto.

Delegate rules[edit]

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

Delegates from Connecticut to the Republican National Convention were selected by the presidential candidates and approved by the state executive committee of the Connecticut Republican Party in May 2016. Delegates from Connecticut were bound to vote at the convention for the candidate to whom they were allocated based on the results of the state primary election. Delegates were allowed to vote for a different candidate after the first round of voting or if their candidate released them.

Connecticut primary results[edit]

See also: Presidential election in Connecticut, 2016
Connecticut Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 57.9% 123,484 28
John Kasich 28.4% 60,503 0
Ted Cruz 11.7% 24,978 0
Ben Carson 0.8% 1,731 0
Other 1.3% 2,676 0
Totals 213,372 28
Source: The New York Times and Connecticut Secretary of State

Delegate allocation[edit]

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Connecticut had 28 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 15 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's five congressional districts). Connecticut's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the vote in a district received all of that district's delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide primary vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[1][2]

Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 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 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.[1][2]

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