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| Tony Perkins | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large |
| State: | Louisiana |
| Bound to: | Ted Cruz |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview •Types of delegates •Delegate rules by state •State election law and delegates •Delegates by state | |
Tony Perkins wasan at-large delegate to the2016 Republican National Convention fromLouisiana. Perkins was one of 18 delegates from Louisiana bound by state party rules to supportTed Cruz at the convention.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, seethis page.
Perkins was a member of theRNC Platform Committee.
Biography
Perkins is the head of theFamily Research Council.[2]
Delegate rules
At-large and congressional district delegates from Louisiana to the2016 Republican National Convention were elected at the Louisiana Republican Party State Convention. 2016 Louisiana GOP bylaws required district-level and at-large delegates to support the candidate to whom they were allocatedthrough the first round of voting at the national convention. The rules stated that if a candidate "ends or suspends" his or her campaign, the delegates allocated to him or her are no longer bound. Because of Louisiana GOP allocation rules, two at-large delegates were allowed to be elected as uncommitted delegates.
Louisiana Primary results
| Louisiana Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.7% | 2,145 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.5% | 4,544 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 401 | 0 | |
| Tim Cook | 0.1% | 219 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 37.8% | 113,968 | 18 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 243 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0.1% | 152 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 645 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.4% | 19,359 | 0 | |
| Peter Messina | 0% | 48 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 670 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 11.2% | 33,813 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 180 | 0 | |
 Donald Trump | 41.4% | 124,854 | 25 | |
| Totals | 301,241 | 43 | ||
| Source:Louisiana Secretary of State andThe New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Louisiana had 46 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 18 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's six congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally in accordance with the vote in a given district.[3][4]
Of the remaining 29 delegates, 25 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were not required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[3][4][5]
Presidential preference
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Perkins endorsedTed Cruz for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S.presidential election.[6]
- See also:Endorsements for Ted Cruz
See also
- Republican National Convention, 2016
- 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
- RNC delegate guidelines from Louisiana, 2016
- Republican delegate rules by state, 2016
- Presidential election, 2016
- Presidential candidates, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑LA GOP, "Louisiana Republicans Elect National Convention Delegates," March 14, 2016
- ↑Bayou Buzz, " Tony Perkins Considers Run for Congress," accessed October 15, 2013
- ↑3.03.1Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑4.04.1CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑Louisiana GOP, "Rules for convening of the state convention to elect delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention," accessed April 26, 2016
- ↑The Huffington Post, "Ted Cruz Gets Another High-Profile Conservative Endorsement," January 26, 2016
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