2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

The 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses were held between February 1 and June 7, 2016. Sanctioned by the Republican Party, this series of elections selected the 2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention, which selected the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States.

2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

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2,472 delegates to the Republican National Convention 1,237 delegate votes needed to win
Candidate Donald Trump Ted Cruz Home state  New York  Texas Delegate count 1,441[1] 551[1] Contests won 41 11 Popular vote 14,015,993[1] 7,822,100[1] Percentage 44.9% 25.1%   Candidate Marco Rubio John Kasich Home state  Florida  Ohio Delegate count 173[1] 161[1] Contests won 3 1 Popular vote 3,515,576[1] 4,290,448[1] Percentage 11.3% 13.8%
First place by first-instance vote   Donald Trump   Ted Cruz   Uncommitted   Marco Rubio   John Kasich   Tie
Previous Republican nominee Mitt Romney Republican nominee Donald Trump

On May 4, 2016, Donald Trump of New York became the presumptive nominee after his remaining challengers Ted Cruz of Texas and John Kasich of Ohio dropped out.^[2][3]

Nominee

Nominee

Republican Party (United States) 2016 Republican Party ticket
Donald Trump	Mike Pence
for President	for Vice President
Chairman of The Trump Organization (1971-2017)	Governor of Indiana (2013-2017)
Campaign

Candidates

On March 23, 2015, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas formally announced his candidacy at Liberty University, and in the following months, sixteen more candidates (bringing the total to 17) entered the race: Former Governor Jeb Bush of Florida, neurosurgeon Ben Carson of Florida, Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, businesswoman Carly Fiorina of Virginia, Former Governor Jim Gilmore of Virginia, Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Former Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Governor John Kasich of Ohio, Former Governor George Pataki of New York, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, Former Governor Rick Perry of Texas, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, Former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania, businessman Donald Trump of New York, and Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin.

The total of 17 candidates makes it the 2nd largest presidential candidate field for any single political party in American history.^[4]

Before the Iowa caucuses on February 1, candidates Perry, Walker, Jindal, Graham, and Pataki withdrew due to low polling numbers. While leading many polls entering the Iowa caucuses, Trump came in second behind Senator Cruz. Carson dropped out after Super Tuesday on March 4, 2016.

Money raised

This is an overview of the money used in the campaign as it is reported to Federal Election Committee and released on February 22, 2016. Outside groups are Independent expenditure only committees also called PACs and SuperPACs. Several such groups normally support each candidate but the numbers in the tablet are a total of all of them. This means that a group of committees can be shown as technical insolvent (shown in red) even though it is not the case of all of them.

The Campaign Committees debt are shown in red if the campaign is technical insolvent. The source of all the numbers is Center for Responsive Politics.^[5] Jim Gilmore's information is not currently available.

Candidate	Campaign committee (as of January 31)				Outside groups (as of February 22)			Total spent	Suspended campaign
	Money Raised	Money spent	Cash on hand	Debt	Money Raised	Money spent	Cash on hand
Donald Trump	$25,526,319	$23,941,598	$1,584,721	$17,534,058∗	$1,894,509	$1,798,720	$95,789	$25,740,318	Active
Ted Cruz	$54,661,506	$41,016,086	$13,645,419	$0	$46,726,605	$21,280,797	$25,445,808	$62,296,883	May 3, 2016
John Kasich	$8,648,890	$7,172,247	$1,476,642	$0	$6,729,311	$10,958,007	$-4,228,696	$18,130,254	May 4, 2016
Marco Rubio	$34,652,654	$32,935,702	$5,055,407	$98,000	$34,313,903	$28,334,553	$5,979,350	$61,270,255	March 15, 2016
Ben Carson	$57,860,505	$53,713,834	$4,146,671	$0	$13,807,549	$13,985,768	$-178,219	$67,699,602	March 4, 2016
Jeb Bush	$33,512,524	$30,632,058	$2,880,466	$59,136	$118,740,817	$94,262,809	$24,478,008	$124,894,867	February 20, 2016
Chris Christie	$7,995,895	$7,254,221	$741,674	$72,579	$23,156,157	$21,849,465	$1,306,692	$29,103,686	February 10, 2016
Carly Fiorina	$11,848,450	$8,490,693	$3,357,756	$0	$14,184,857	$11,768,162	$2,416,695	$20,258,855	February 10, 2016
Rick Santorum	$1,426,163	$1,403,380	$41,966	$899,356	$642,416	$1,032,603	$-390,187	$2,435,983	February 3, 2016
Rand Paul	$12,158,052	$11,303,910	$854,142	$292,311	$10,591,125	$8,160,980	$2,430,145	$19,464,891	February 3, 2016
Mike Huckabee	$4,114,116	$4,075,073	$39,044	$55,384	$5,862,475	$5,820,361	$42,115	$9,895,434	February 1, 2016
George Pataki	$544,183	$524,850	$19,332	$20,000∗	$1,547,674	$1,510,759	$36,915	$2,035,609	December 29, 2015
Lindsey Graham	$5,629,463	$5,329,046	$300,417	$57,041	$4,388,304	$4,279,062	$109,242	$9,608,108	December 21, 2015
Bobby Jindal	$1,442,464	$1,442,464	$0	$0	$4,517,207	$4,517,874	$-666	$5,960,337	November 17, 2015
Scott Walker	$8,076,155	$7,996,958	$79,197	$1,078,876	$24,436,318	$24,393,632	$42,686	$32,390,590	September 21, 2015
Rick Perry	$1,427,133	$1,766,819	$2,403	$0	$15,231,068	$15,356,117	$-125,050	$17,122,936	September 11, 2015
Active campaigns highlighted in this color

Notes

^∗This is mainly a personal loan from the candidate to the campaign as part of the candidate's self-financing.

Results

Main article: Results of the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016

  Donald Trump

  Ted Cruz

  Marco Rubio

  John Kasich

  Ben Carson

  Tie

After the Iowa primaries, candidates Huckabee, Paul and Santorum withdrew due to poor performance at the ballot box. Following the New Hampshire primary, which was a sizable victory for Trump, candidates Christie, Fiorina and Gilmore withdrew. After the conclusion of the South Carolina primary, Bush withdrew from the race following a second win for Trump. Ben Carson dropped out on March 4, 2016. Marco Rubio dropped out on March 15, 2016 after losing to Trump in his home state of Florida. Ted Cruz dropped out on May 3, 2016 after losing to Trump in Indiana.