March 12, 2016 DC, GU and WY Conventions

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57 Delegates
SummaryCruz, Rubio and Kasich could each claim some success. 

DC PRESIDENTIAL SELECTION AND DELEGATE SELECTION CONVENTION 
(19 delegates)

DC Republican Party  |  Delegate Candidates Delegate Selection Ballot [PDF] FAQ
RUBIO
KASICH TRUMP
CRUZ TOTAL
37.30%
35.54% 13.77%
12.36% 2,839
Bush, Carson and Paul were also on the presidential selection ballot; each received less than 1-percent.


Organization:  KASICH  |  RUBIO

OVERVIEW
DC does have Republicans; indeed it has more Republican delegates than Delaware and as many as Hawaii and Rhode Island.  The DC primary is scheduled for June 14, less than 45 days before the convention in Cleveland, violating RNC rules (+).  To avoid being penalized, DC Republicans held a presidential preference and delegate selection convention at the Loews Madison Hotel in downtown DC on Saturday March 12. 

For much of the day, Republican voters waited patiently in long lines that stretched down  15th Street and even around the corner to Vermont Ave. (+).  Activists supporting the four candidates as well as various delegate slates worked their way down the line talking up their choices and handing out flyers, leaflets and stickers; near the hotel entrance people waved signs.  When voters finally made it inside the hotel and up the stairs they found a crowded and energetic scene where lines for voting wound hither and yon and delegate candidates made their pitches as people waited.  The campaigns also had tables where voters could get signs, bumper stickers, leaflets and candy.

Voting took place in two steps.  First, voters cast a presidential preference ballot to determine how the delegates would be allocated among the candidates; allocation is proportional with a minimum threshhold of 15-percent.  Then they voted for delegates.  Each of the four campaigns had an official delegate slate, but there were also other states such as Log Cabin Republicans and Young Republicans.  Additionally there were delegate candidates who backed candidates who have since dropped out.  The ballot had 160 names on it; indeed DC GOP executive director Patrick Mara said it took weeks to find voting machines that could handle a ballot with that many candidates.  Voters could select up to 32 people (16 delegates and 16 alternates; the three national committeepeople are delegates as well for a total of 19 delegates).  In many cases people voted for the delegate slate of the candidate they supported and added on a few people they knew personally.

Rubio and Kasich split DC's delegates, 10 for Rubio and 9 for Kasich, Cruz and Trump having failed to meet the 15-percent threshhold (+).  Cruz's showing may be explained by the fact that he is running against Washington.  Trump had won the presidential straw poll held on March 2 at the DC GOP's Lincoln Douglass Dinner, but that did not translate when actual votes were cast.


DELEGATES
National Delegate allocation:  Rubio 10, Kasich 9.

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GUAM (9 delegates)



Organization:  CRUZ  |  KASICH  |  RUBIO  |  TRUMP

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WYOMING COUNTY CONVENTIONS (29 delegates)

CRUZ
RUBIO TRUMP
KASICH
UNDECL. TOTAL
1,128
231
112
42
75
1,590


Organization:  CRUZ  |  PAUL  |  RUBIO


DELEGATES
Three automatic delegates.

Twelve delegates elected at county conventions on March 12, 2016.
Cruz - 9
Rubio - 1
Trump - 1
Undeclared -1

Fourteen more delegates elected at State Convention
on April 14-16, 2016 at the Parkway Plaza Hotel & Convention Centre in Casper.
Cruz - 14


National Delegate Allocation:  Cruz 23, Trump 1, Rubio 1, Undeclared 1.

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