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May 3, 2016 Indiana Primary
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Dems:
IN
57 Delegates
Summary: Indiana made Donald Trump the presumptive
Republican nominee. The Hoosier state had come to be a critical,
must-win for
Ted
Cruz, who was trailing Trump by about 400 delegates. Cruz put in
an
intense effort but fell short and ended his
campaign on the evening of May 3. Kasich bowed out the next
day. Also on the Republican ballot, a high-profile U.S.
Senate primary
between U.S. Reps. Marlin
Stutzman and Todd Young attracted national attention.
INDIANA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (57 delegates)
TRUMP | CRUZ |
KASICH |
MORE (6) |
TOTAL |
590,170 (53.25%) |
406,060 (36.64%) |
83,919 (7.57%) |
28,058 (2.53%) |
1,108,207 |
Organization: BUSH |
CHRISTIE |
CRUZ
|
FIORINA
| KASICH |
RUBIO
|
TRUMP
OVERVIEW
Traiing badly in the delegate count, the Cruz campaign pulled all stops
in Indiana. On April 24 the Cruz and Kasich campaigns announced
that the Cruz campaign would "focus
its time and resources in Indiana and in turn clear the path for Gov.
Kasich to compete in Oregon and New Mexico (+)."
It
is unclear whether this agreement, and its announcement, ultimately
helped or hurt the two campaigns.
On April 27 Cruz announced former HP CEO Carly Fiorina would be his running mate. On April 29 Gov. Mike Pence announced he would vote for Cruz (what Politico described as an almost endorsement). In addition to the Cruz campaign's efforts, the pro-Cruz Trusted Leadership PAC said it would spend close to $2 million on advertising in Indiana. Anti-Trump forces were also playing in Indiana; the Club for Growth announced an ad buy of about $1.5 million against Trump to start April 22. Trump meanwhile received the endorsement of Indiana University basketball coach Bobby Knight at a rally in Indianapolis on April 27.
Indiana Republican Party
leaders selected the delegates in advance of
the primary, but the delegates are bound by results of the May 3
primary.
Early on Marco Rubio, now
long gone from the race, secured endorsements of U.S. Reps. Todd Rokita
and Larry Bucshon, and then of U.S. Sen. Dan Coats.
Trump carried all but five
counties; Cruz won four counties around Fort Wayne, and Elkhart County
in the north along the
Michigan border.
See:
Kyle Cheney. "Trump's getting trounced in Indiana." Politico, April 9, 2016.
Tom LoBianco. "Indiana GOP releases delegate names after threats
to party leaders." CNN.
April
14,
2016.
DELEGATES
57 Total
Delegates: 27 At-Large, 27 Congressional District
and 3 RNC.
Allocation of at-large delegates is winner-take-all based on the
statewide vote.
Allocation of CD delegates is winner-take-all based on the CD
vote.
Indiana's delegates were chosen
by party leaders before the May
3, 2016 primary:
National delegate
allocation: Trump 57.