Carla Sands
Carla Sands (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Pennsylvania. She lost in the Republican primary on May 17, 2022.
Sands was a a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from California. All 172 delegates from California 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.
Elections
2022
See also: United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman (D) | 51.2 | 2,751,012 | |
| Mehmet Oz (R) | 46.3 | 2,487,260 | ||
| Erik Chase Gerhardt (L) | 1.4 | 72,887 | ||
| Richard Weiss (G) | 0.6 | 30,434 | ||
| Daniel Wassmer (Keystone Party of Pennsylvania) | 0.5 | 26,428 | ||
| Quincy Magee (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Johnson (Constitution Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 5,368,021 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Everett Stern (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
John Fetterman defeated Conor Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta, and Alexandria Khalil in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Fetterman | 58.6 | 753,557 | |
| Conor Lamb | 26.3 | 337,498 | ||
| Malcolm Kenyatta | 10.8 | 139,393 | ||
| Alexandria Khalil | 4.2 | 54,460 | ||
| Total votes: 1,284,908 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Walter Sluzynsky (D)
- John McGuigan (D)
- Kyle Norton (D)
- Alan Shank (D)
- Larry Johnson (D)
- Kevin Baumlin (D)
- Sharif Street (D)
- Valerie Arkoosh (D)
- Lew Tapera (D)
- Eric Orts (D)
- Kael Dougherty (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Pennsylvania on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mehmet Oz | 31.2 | 420,168 | |
| David McCormick | 31.1 | 419,218 | ||
| Kathy Barnette | 24.7 | 331,903 | ||
| Carla Sands | 5.4 | 73,360 | ||
| Jeff Bartos | 5.0 | 66,684 | ||
| Sean Gale | 1.5 | 20,266 | ||
| George Bochetto | 1.1 | 14,492 | ||
| Total votes: 1,346,091 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Debellis (R)
- Max Richardson (R)
- John Eichenberg (R)
- Vince Fusca (R)
- Martin Rosenfeld (R)
- Bobby Jeffries (R)
- Richard Mulholland (R)
- Sean Parnell (R)
- Ronald Johnson (R)
- Craig Snyder (R)
- David Xu (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Carla Sands did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Republican National Convention
Delegate rules
Republican presidential candidates were responsible for selecting their own delegates from California to the national convention. California state law required delegates to support the winner of the California Republican primary election unless that candidate received less than 10 percent of the vote at the convention in the first round of voting; or if the candidate released them; or if voting at the convention proceeded to a third round.
California primary results
| California Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Donald Trump |
74.7% | 1,582,099 | 172 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.5% | 201,441 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 11.4% | 242,073 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.7% | 14,938 | 0 | |
| Jim Gilmore | 3.7% | 77,417 | 0 | |
| Totals | 2,117,968 | 172 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and California Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
California had 172 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 159 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 53 congressional districts). California's district delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner in a given congressional district won all of that district's delegates.[2][3]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. California'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.[2][3]
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from California, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
2022 Elections
External links
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