Republican delegates from Nebraska, 2016

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See also: Republican delegates by state, 2016

This page includes information on Republican delegates from Nebraska to the 2016 Republican National Convention. Nebraska sent 36 delegates to the national convention. All 36 delegates from Nebraska were pledged to support Donald Trump at the convention.

2016 Delegates

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RNC Rules Committee members

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 Nebraska were Joyce Simmons and J.L. Spray.

Delegate rules

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

Delegates from Nebraska to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Donald Trump won all 36 Nebraska delegates in the state primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates from Nebraska were bound for the first two ballots at the national convention unless the candidate to whom they were pledged released them or received less than 35 percent of the vote on the first ballot.

Nebraska primary results

See also: Presidential election in Nebraska, 2016
Nebraska Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 61.5% 122,327 36
Ted Cruz 18.4% 36,703 0
John Kasich 11.4% 22,709 0
Marco Rubio 3.6% 7,233 0
Ben Carson 5% 10,016 0
Totals 198,988 36
Source: The New York Times and Nebraska Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also:2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Nebraska had 36 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts). Nebraska's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's district delegates.[1][2]

Of the remaining 27 delegates, 24 served at large. Nebraska's 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 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 required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[1][2]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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