Adrain Arnett wasa district-level delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromNorth Carolina.^[1] In theNorth Carolina Republican primary election on March 15, 2016,Donald Trump won 29 delegates,Ted Cruz won 27 delegates,John Kasich won nine, andMarco Rubio won six. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Arnett was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how North Carolina’s Republican delegates were allocated, please emaileditor@ballotpedia.org.^[2]

Delegate rules

See also:RNC delegate guidelines from North Carolina, 2016 andRepublican delegates from North Carolina, 2016

Delegates from North Carolina to theRepublican National Convention were elected at congressional district conventions and the state convention in May. Delegates from North Carolina were required by state party rules to declare themselves in public "as a representative of a Candidate on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot" prior to their election as a delegate. At-large delegates were required to list their top three presidential candidates in order of preference and indicate whether they would be willing to commit to a candidate whom they do not personally favor.

North Carolina primary results

See also:Presidential election in North Carolina, 2016

North Carolina Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	40.2%	462,413	29
Ted Cruz	36.8%	422,621	27
John Kasich	12.7%	145,659	9
Marco Rubio	7.7%	88,907	6
Ben Carson	1%	11,019	1
Jeb Bush	0.3%	3,893	0
Mike Huckabee	0.3%	3,071	0
Rand Paul	0.2%	2,753	0
Chris Christie	0.1%	1,256	0
Carly Fiorina	0.1%	929	0
Rick Santorum	0.1%	663	0
Jim Gilmore	0%	265	0
Other	0.5%	6,081	0
Totals		1,149,530	72
Source:The New York Times andNorth Carolina Board of Elections

Delegate allocation

See also:2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

North Carolina had 72 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 39 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 13 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally according to the statewide vote.^[3][4]

Of the remaining 33 delegates, 30 served at large. North Carolina's at-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis according to the statewide primary vote. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.^[3][4]

See also

• Republican National Convention, 2016
• 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
• RNC delegate guidelines from North Carolina, 2016
• Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
• Presidential election, 2016
• Presidential candidates, 2016

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