Aaron Miller (Minnesota)
Aaron Miller was a 2014 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota.[1] Miller lost to Jim Hagedorn in the Republican primary on August 12, 2014.[2]
Elections
2014
Miller ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 1st District. Miller sought the Republican nomination in the primary on August 12, 2014, but was defeated by Jim Hagedorn.[2]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jim Hagedorn |
54% | 12,748 | ||
| Aaron Miller | 46% | 10,870 | ||
| Total Votes | 23,618 | |||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State |
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2014 Primary
On April 5, 2014, the Republican Party in the 1st District of Minnesota held a convention in which delegates voted to endorse Aaron Miller rather than his primary opponents, Mike Benson or Jim Hagedorn. All three candidates had agreed prior to the convention to step down if they did not win the nomination, so Miller was expected to run unopposed in the primary and receive the Republican nomination.[3] However, Hagedorn later decided to re-enter the race. Although Miller had the advantage of the GOP endorsement, he lost the primary to Hagedorn.
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Miller was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Minnesota.[4] In the Minnesota Republican caucuses on March 1, 2016, Marco Rubio won 17 delegates, Ted Cruz won 13, and Donald Trump won eight. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Miller was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Minnesota’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[5]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Minnesota to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in May 2016. Delegates from Minnesota were bound to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate "withdrew" from the race prior to the convention.
Minnesota caucus results
- See also: Presidential election in Minnesota, 2016
| Minnesota Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Donald Trump | 21.4% | 24,473 | 8 | |
| Marco Rubio |
36.2% | 41,397 | 17 | |
| Ted Cruz | 29% | 33,181 | 13 | |
| John Kasich | 5.7% | 6,565 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 7.4% | 8,422 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.2% | 207 | 0 | |
| Totals | 114,245 | 38 | ||
| Source: Minnesota Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Minnesota had 38 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the vote in a district in order to be eligible to receive any of that district's delegates.[6][7]
Of the remaining 14 delegates, 11 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 10 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 85 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large and district-level delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[6][7]
Recent news
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See also
- United States House of Representatives
- Minnesota's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014
- Minnesota's 1st Congressional District
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The State.com, "Political newcomer joins GOP 1st District race," accessed August 19, 2013
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Associated Press, "Minnesota - 2014 Primary Results," accessed August 12, 2014
- ↑ Star Tribune, "GOP delegates select businessman Miller to oppose Rep. Tim Walz after 2 challengers step aside," accessed April 8, 2014
- ↑ MN GOP, "National Delegates and Alternates," accessed June 20, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
