RNC - Today's Election Highlights

Today’s race for the nomination takes us to Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, where all polls close at 8PM EDT. The next state to vote will be Indiana on May 3rd.

• Delaware has 16 delegates. 
• Delegates are awarded on a winner-take-all basis and are bound.
• The statewide plurality winner will receive all At-large and Congressional District delegates.
• Grassroots activists will select the people who will serve as delegates at the Delaware GOP State Convention. 
• Rhode Island has 19 delegates.
• Rhode Island’s Delegates are elected directly on the ballot in the primary election and are bound. 
• At-large Delegates are awarded proportionally to candidates who receive at least 10% of the statewide vote.
• Congressional District Delegates are awarded proportionally to candidates who receive at least 10% of the vote in each of the state’s two congressional districts.
• Connecticut has 28 delegates.
• Delegates are awarded on an at-large and congressional district basis and are bound. 
• At-large Delegates are awarded proportionally for all candidates who receive at least 20% of the statewide vote, unless candidate reaches a majority, in which he’ll receive all at-large delegates.
• All Congressional District Delegates are awarded to the candidate who gets a plurality in each of the states’ five congressional district. 
• Delegates are selected when candidates who were awarded delegates submit a list of names to the state and district committees for approval.
• Maryland has 38 delegates.
• Delegates are awarded on an at-large and congressional district basis and are bound.
• At-large Delegates are winner-take-all based on on the statewide vote.
• Congressional District Delegates are awarded to the the candidate who wins a plurality in each of the eight respective congressional districts.
• Grassroots activists will select the people who will serve as At-Large Delegates at the Maryland GOP State Convention which gives a voice through organizing.
• Congressional District Delegates are voted for directly on the primary election ballot, which gives activists a voice through voting. 
• Pennsylvania has 71 delegates.
• Delegates are awarded on an at-large and congressional district basis.
• At-large Delegates are winner-take-all based on the statewide vote. 
• Three Congressional District Delegates will be elected on the the primary ballot from each of the state’s 18 congressional districts.
• Congressional District Delegates are technically unbound. 
• Grassroots activists will elect the 14 people who will serve as At-Large Delegates at the PAGOP State Committee meeting on May 21.  

Hillary Clinton was supposed to have this primary wrapped up by the end of March. Instead, heading into May she has still failed to capture her party’s nomination. 

• The Clinton Machine is on the warpath against Republicans because they’re desperate to hide all of the flaws in her candidacy. Look at what she’s doing to Bernie Sanders--Republicans will need to be prepared for how they’re going to throw everything including the kitchen sink at our candidates up and down the ballot because it’s her only hope for victory.
• Bernie Sanders has already done irreparable damage to Hillary Clinton as she’s tried to run to his left on many issues. In November, voters will remember that Hillary Clinton is a dishonest creature of Washington who will say and do anything to get elected.  
• 55% of voters have voted for Republican candidates this year. 
• GOP turnout is up in 30 of 35 states/territories, but Democrat turnout is down in 29 of 34 states/territories.
• More than 8.7 million more Republicans have voted in 2016 compared with the 2012 primaries and caucuses. 

The rules for how Republicans chose a nominee have been transparent and effective for decades—this year is no different. The rules say a candidate has to have a simple majority, 1,237 delegates, to be our nominee.

• Fairness and transparency will be the hallmarks of the Republican convention. The whole world will be watching our democratic process at work, and they’ll see Republicans standing side by side with one another and a party that is stronger than ever before.
• Our party is the party of the open door, of liberty, of equality, of opportunity for all and favoritism for none. We will live up to these principles as we prepare for a fair, democratic, and transparent Convention.
• Having a committee write a set of rules that govern the body isn’t unique to the Republican National Convention—it’s true for the Boy Scouts, the Rotary Club, or any other group that has organizational structure. It only makes sense that the 2016 Convention is governed by rules written by 2016 delegates.

Finally please watch and share these RNC videos out this morning that explain the process in Delaware, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland, and Pennsylvania and continue to visit ConventionFacts.GOP for information about the upcoming 2016 GOP Convention.