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May 10, 2016 Nebraska and West Virginia Primaries
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70 Delegates
Summary: These are the first contests since Trump became
the presumptive nominee. He issued a statement:
"It is a great honor to have won both West Virginia and Nebraska,
especially by such massive margins. My time spent in both states was a
wonderful and enlightening experience for me. I learned a lot, and that
knowledge will be put to good use towards the creation of businesses,
jobs, and the strengthening and revival of their economies. I look
forward to returning to West Virginia and Nebraska soon, and hope to
win both states in the general election. Likewise, my time spent last
week with the great people of Oregon will hopefully lead to another
victory next
Tuesday."
NEBRASKA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (36 delegates)
TRUMP | (CRUZ) |
(KASICH) |
(CARSON) |
(RUBIO) |
TOTAL |
122,327 (61.43%) |
36,703 (18.45%) |
22,709 (11.41%) |
10,016 (5.08%) |
7,233 (3.63%) |
198,988 |
Republican
registration: 564,718. Total Republicans voting: 208,954.
Organization:
BUSH
| CRUZ
|
FIORINA
|
RUBIO
|
TRUMP
OVERVIEW
Sen. Ben Sasse's Feb. 28 open letter
to Trump supporters
attracted a fair bit of attention.
Trump rallied at Werner Enterprises Hanger in Omaha on the afternoon of May 6, then headed on to Eugene, OR for a rally there.
On primary day May 10, The Hill
newspaper ran an article describing a far-fetched scenario, "Cruz
floats restarting campaign if he wins
Nebraska primary."
Democrats held their
presidential caucuses on March 5.
DELEGATES
36 Total
Delegates: 24 At-Large, 9 Congressional District
and 3 RNC.
Allocation of all delegates is winner-take-all based on the
statewide vote.
National delegate
allocation: Trump 36.
County Conventions:
April 1-10, 2016
State Convention: May 14, 2016
WEST VIRGINIA PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (34 delegates)
TRUMP |
(CRUZ) | (KASICH) |
(CARSON) |
(MORE
-
7) |
TOTAL |
157,238 (77.05%) |
18,301 (8.97%) |
13,721 (6.72%) |
4,421 (2.17%) |
10,380 (5.09%) |
204,061 |
Christie 727 (0.36%), Fiorina 659 (0.32%), D.Hall 203 (0.10%)
Organization:
CRUZ
| KASICH
|
RUBIO
|
TRUMP
OVERVIEW
Trump rallied at Charleston Civic Center in Charleston on the evening
of May 5; the audience included a fair sprinkling of coal miners in
their work clothes, some waving "Trump Digs Coal" signs. He
received the endorsement of the West
Virginia Coal Association and at one point donned a hard hat.
REACTION
West Virginia Republican Party
Statement on Presidential Primary Result
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Upon
the news of multiple national
news outlets calling the presidential primary in West Virginia for
Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, West Virginia Republican Party
Chairman Conrad Lucas released the following statement:
"West Virginia has
spoken. Voters in the Mountain State
are tired of Barack Obama's policies and they are excited for change in
the White House. Donald Trump has enjoyed overwhelming support in
West
Virginia and today voters were able to cast their ballots to officially
support him in our primary.
Donald Trump filled a
stadium last week in Charleston and
today his support was felt statewide. West Virginians understand
that
Donald Trump is the man to Make America Great Again and put coal miners
back to work. We are proud to send this message to Washington and
to
the world.
As for the Democrats,
today was yet another blow to liberal Joe Manchin and his anti-coal
agenda.
Crooked Hillary Clinton
cannot be trusted. Joe Manchin's
tireless support of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will come back to
haunt him if he ever seeks election in West Virginia again."
DELEGATES
34 Total
Delegates: 22 At-Large, 9 Congressional District
and 3 RNC.
"Delegates are elected on the primary ballot and may specify their
intention to be committed to a candidate."
National delegate
allocation: