2016 Republican National Convention

Date July 18-21, 2016 Location Cleveland, Ohio

Candidates President Donald Trump Vice President Mike Pence

Delegates

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From July 18 to July 21, 2016,2,472 delegates from all fifty states, the five insular territories, andWashington, D.C., met inCleveland, Ohio, for the forty-firstRepublican National Convention, where they formally nominatedDonald Trump for President andMike Pence for Vice President of the United States.

For most delegates, their path to the convention was complicated. Not just anyone gets be a delegate. Many first had to win elections or caucuses in their state or congressional district; others had to win over the support of state party activists and/or state party leaders; and, at least in some cases, delegate-hopefuls needed to gain the trust of the candidates themselves. Once at the convention, the complexities continued: delegates were required to navigate not onlythe bylaws and guidelines of their state or territorial parties but also theconvention’s own unique set of rules, which were established in the week leading up to convention. On top of this came a media frenzy, the national spotlight, and public scrutiny, all of which was intensified bywell-publicized divisions within the GOP and the rise ofTrump as the party's nominee.

So who were these people who in July 2016 waded through the chaos in order to take on the responsibility of selecting the Republican Party's nominee? Members of Congress, governors, lieutenant governors, attorneys general, secretaries of state, state legislators, city councilors, school board members, party activists, business owners, current and past candidates for public office, donors, nonprofit executives, and political newcomers, the delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention represented a cross-section of the Republican Party with representatives from the federal, state, and local levels.

To paint a more vivid picture of the delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia set out to build profiles for all 2,472 of them. They can be accessed by clicking the links below.

How was this list compiled?

To compile our lists and profiles of the delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia primarily relied upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties. In cases where we could not obtain official lists, we used unofficial lists provided by local media outlets. If you think we have made an error in identifying delegates or if you are aware of changes to a certain list or to a specific delegate's status, please send an email toeditor@ballotpedia.org.

Republican delegates by state

Washington, D.C., and the territories

• American Samoa
• Northern Marianas Islands
• Guam
• Puerto Rico
• U.S. Virgin Islands
• Washington, D.C.

Rules Committee members

See also:RNC Rules Committee, 2016

In addition to our list of delegates to the 2016 national convention, Ballotpedia also compiled a list of members of the2016 Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for setting the rules that governed the convention's proceedings. Each state and territorial delegation elected one male and female delegate to serve on the committee.

• Enid Mickelsen(Chair)
• Ron Kaufman(Co-chair)

See also

• Republican National Convention, 2016
• 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
• Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
• Presidential election, 2016
• Presidential candidates, 2016

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