2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary
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Election results by county.
Donald Trump |
Elections in Alabama |
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The 2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 1, 2016. This was the fifth primary held in the 2016 Republican primary. Donald Trump won the primary handily. The election was also held on Super Tuesday. Trump eventually won the Republican primary. He was elected President of the United States on November 8, 2016, against Hillary Clinton.
Trump had the high-profile endorsement of Senator Jeff Sessions,[1] who would later join his Department of Justice as Attorney General. Trump rallied with Sessions ahead of the Super Tuesday contest, as Sessions was Trump's first endorsement in the U.S. Senate.
Candidates[]
- Donald Trump
- Ted Cruz
- Marco Rubio
- John Kasich
- Ben Carson
Results[]
Donald Trump had won the previous three primaries easily. Ted Cruz had only won the 2016 Iowa Republican caucuses.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 373,721 | 43.42% | 36 | 0 | 36 |
Ted Cruz | 181,479 | 21.09% | 13 | 0 | 13 |
Marco Rubio | 160,606 | 18.66% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Ben Carson | 88,094 | 10.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
John Kasich | 38,119 | 4.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 7,953 | 0.92% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 3,974 | 0.46% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,539 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 1,895 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 858 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 617 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 544 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 253 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 860,652 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
Source: The Green Papers |
References[]
- ^ Stokols, Eli. "Sen. Jeff Sessions endorses Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
Categories:
- 2016 United States Republican presidential primaries by state
- 2016 Alabama elections
- Alabama Republican primaries
- March 2016 events in the United States