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March 5, 2016 Contests in Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine
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March 5 Dems: KS, LA,
NE
155 Delegates
Summary:
Trump
and Cruz each claimed a couple of wins, while Rubio finished well back
in all four contests.
KANSAS PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE CAUCUS (40 delegates)
CRUZ |
TRUMP |
RUBIO | KASICH | OTHERS (3) |
UNCOMM. | TOTAL |
37,510 (47.49%) |
18,443 (23.35%) |
13,295 (16.83%) |
8,741 (11.07%) |
708 |
279 |
78,978 |
As of March 18, absentee and provisional ballots are still being checked and recorded.
Organization: CRUZ
|
FIORINA
|
PAUL
|
RUBIO
|
TRUMP
OVERVIEW
The caucus resulted in Cruz's strongest showing to date. He had
the backing of Rep. Tim Huelskamp and 18 state legislators.
Secretary of State Chris Koback endorsed Trump. As with other
states, Rubio had some big name endorsements--Gov. Sam Brownback, Sen
Pat Roberts, Rep. Mike Pompeo and Treasurer Ron Estes, but it did not
help.
DELEGATES
National delegate
allocation:
Cruz 24,
Trump 9, Rubio 6, Kasich 1.
Conventions to pick delegates:
CD1: Apr 16
CD2: Mar 26
CD3: Mar 28
CD4: Apr 6
State: May 14, 2016 at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Topeka.
KENTUCKY PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE CAUCUS (46 delegates)
TRUMP |
CRUZ | RUBIO |
KASICH |
UNCOMM. | MORE
(7) |
TOTAL |
82,493 (35.92%) |
72,503 (31.57%) |
37,579 (16.36%) |
33,134 (14.43%) |
496 (0.22%) |
3,462 (1.51%) |
229,667 |
Organization:
CRUZ
|
PAUL
| KASICH
|
RUBIO
|
TRUMP
OVERVIEW
A
year
before
the
presidential
caucus,
then
likely
candidate
Sen.
Rand
Paul
persuaded
the
Republican Party of
Kentucky's executive committee to hold a presidential caucus in March
instead of the presidential preference primary in May (+). However by
the time the caucus took place, Paul had dropped out of the race.
The Republican Party of Kentucky reported, "Total
statewide turnout in the caucus was 18.0%, easilly exceeding the 15.7%
of voters who cast ballots in the 2012 presidential primary."
DELEGATES
National delegate
allocation: Trump 17, Cruz 15, Rubio 7, Kasich
7.
County Mass Meetings:
Congressional District Conventions:
State Convention: April
23, 2016 at the Lexington Convention Center in Lexington, KY.
For example:
"The Boyle County Republican Party will hold a County Mass Meeting on
Thursday, March 10th, at 6:30 pm at Inter-County RECC on 1009
Hustonville Road for the purpose of electing 5 delegates and 5
alternates to attend the Second Congressional District (April 16th in
Bowling Green) and State Conventions (April 23rd in Lexington)."
See also: Scott Wartman. "GOP rift widens as Ky.
chooses delegates." Cincinnati.com,
Mar.
30,
2016.
LOUISIANA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (46 delegates)
TRUMP | CRUZ | RUBIO | KASICH | (CARSON) | MORE
(9) |
TOTAL |
124,854 (41.45%) |
113,968 (37.83%) |
33,813 (11.22%) |
19,359 (6.43%) |
4,544 (1.51%) |
4,703 (1.56%) |
301,241 |
Turnout: 35.6%
OVERVIEW
Trump carried 47 parishes to 17 for Cruz.
REACTION
Louisiana
Republican Party
LAGOP Congratulates Donald Trump on Louisiana Victory
Republican
Party
of
Louisiana
Chairman
Roger
F.
Villere,
Jr.
tonight
congratulated
Donald
Trump
on
his
victory in the Louisiana Republican
Presidential Primary.
"On behalf of Louisiana Republicans, I congratulate Mr. Trump and wish
him well on the campaign trail in Michigan and Mississippi next week,"
Villere said."More than 100,000 Louisiana voters made their voices
heard tonight by sending a clear message that they are fed up with the
political establishment and want to see real change in Washington by
electing Donald Trump as President. Louisiana Trump supporters are
extremely patriotic and enthusiastic citizens. They have our thanks and
congratulations, also.”
According to the Louisiana Secretary of State, 36.3 percent of
Louisiana Republicans cast their vote for their preferred Republican
presidential candidate while only 23.3 percent of Democrat voters went
to the polls. A record 301,169 Republicans voted in today’s
Presidential Preference Primary compared to 161,169 in 2008 and 186,410
in 2012.
“Our candidates have energized our base and attracted thousands of new
voters to the fold,” Villere said. “Louisiana’s voters showed they are
ready for change after eight years of President Obama’s failed policies
and turned out in record numbers today. Democrat voters clearly are not
thrilled to choose between scandal-plagued Hillary Clinton and
Socialist Bernie Sanders, who are promising more of the same."
Trump received 124,818 votes, or 41.4%, this evening. Senator Ted Cruz
received 113,949 votes, or 37.8%. No other candidate received more than
20% of the votes statewide. Therefore, complete but unofficial returns
indicate that Trump will be allocated 12 at-large delegates, Cruz will
receive 11 and five delegates will be unbound.
Each of Louisiana's six congressional districts will receive three
delegates to the Republican National Convention. Complete but
unofficial returns indicate that Trump, Cruz and Senator Marco Rubio
will each receive one delegate in each district except for the Fourth
District, where Cruz will receive two delegates and Trump one.
DELEGATES
from LAGOP website...
"According to the complete, but unofficial results: Trump Received 18
(12 At-Large and 6 CD) Cruz Received 18 (11 At-Large and 7 CD) Rubio
Received 5 (All CD) 5 will be Unallocated (All At-Large) In the end,
Trump received 41.44 percent of the vote and 39.13 percent of the
delegates. Cruz received 37.84 percent of the vote and received 39.13
percent of the delegates. Rubio received 11.22 percent of the vote
10.86 percent of the delegates. All other candidates received a total
of 9.5 percent of the vote and 10.86 percent of the delegates are
unallocated."
National delegate allocation: Trump 18, Cruz 18, Rubio 5, Unallocated 5.
Subsequently...
On March 12 attendees of the 2016 Louisiana Republican State
Convention in Baton Rouge elected delegates
and
alternates to the national convention.
tweet
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump 5:11 PM - 27 Mar 2016
Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won
the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz-Lawsuit coming
MAINE PRESIDENTIAL CAUCUS (23 delegates)
CRUZ | TRUMP | KASICH |
RUBIO |
MORE
(5) |
TOTAL |
8,550 (45.84%) |
6,070 (32.55%) |
2,270 (12.17%) |
1,492 (8.00%) |
245 (1.44%) |
18,627 |
OVERVIEW
Ted Cruz carried all counties except for Knox, which Trump won.
DELEGATES
National delegate
allocation: Cruz 12, Trump 9, Kasich 2.
State Convention: April 22-23 at the Cross Insurance Center in
Bangor,
ME. +