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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 15 March 2016 (presumably)
Congression District Caucuses and Executive Board Meeting: Tuesday 22 March - Friday 3 June 2016 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John, Sr.99 100.00%99 100.00%
Total99 100.00%99 100.00%

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Source: Instructive Materials for Potential Delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Source: The Official Guide to the 2016 Republican Nominating Process.

Sample ballot.


Results from
AP Statewide
Politico.
2016 Presidential Preference Primary from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.


   

"If ... a political party has only one presidential candidate, neither the name of the candidate nor the names of the candidate's delegates shall be printed on the ballot." [Florida Statute 103.101, paragraph 4]

Tuesday 15 March 2016 (presumably): Florida Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CST and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated EST. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 13 April 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump, Sr.1,079,87045.72%
Marco A. Rubio638,66127.04%
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz404,89117.14%
John Richard Kasich159,9766.77%
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush43,5111.84%
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr.21,2070.90%
Randal H. "Rand" Paul4,4500.19%
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee2,6240.11%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie2,4930.11%
Carleton Sneed "Carly" Fiorina1,8990.08%
Richard John "Rick" Santorum1,2110.05%
Lindsey Olin Graham6930.03%
James Stuart "Jim" Gilmore, III3190.01%
Total2,361,805100.00%
 

Tuesday 15 March 2016 (presumably) Primary: All 99 of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated in today's Florida Presidential Primary. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B. and D]

  • The Republican presidential candidate receiving the highest number of statewide votes at the Florida Presidential Preference Primary shall be awarded all delegates (including the 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Florida's Republican Party) to the Republican National Convention.

National Convention Delegates are bound through the 3rd ballot unless the candidate withdraws or releases his/her delegates. "The Chairman ... shall be bound to ... cast all Delegate at Large votes ... during the first three convention ballots .... If the candidate... releases the delegates or withdraws his or her candidacy, then said delegate votes will not be bound to any candidate. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B.]

 

Tuesday 22 March - Friday 3 June 2016 (presumably): Congressional District Caucuses meets to elect the National Convention District delegates, 3 per CD, according to the results of the primary. Executive Board Meeting meets to elect the At-Large delegates according to the results of the primary.

Within one week after the Presidential Preference Primary, each Republican presidential candidate whose name appeared on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot shall submit to the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida a list of proposed delegates ... who shall be considered as candidates ... to be elected as delegates.... The names ... of the proposed candidate's supporters shall be distributed ... to the various ... electing bodies prior to the holding of any elections for the purpose of electing delegates .... [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 C.]

National Convention Delegates:
RNC Automatic Delegates: RPOF Chairman: Blaise Ingoglia, Ntl. Committeewoman: Sharon Day, Ntl. Committeeman: Peter Feaman.
At-Large Delegates: Brian Ballard, Majority Leader LizBeth Benacquisto, Robin Bernstein, Speaker-designate Richard Corcoran, Mayor Lenny Curry, Jeffrey Feingold, Adam Hasner, Belinda Keiser, Frmr. U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, Congressman Jeff Miller, Senate President Joe Negron, Speaker-DD Jose Oliva, Mike Barnett, Nancy Watkins, Susie Wiles. Alternates: Rep. Jason Brodeur, Cynthia Crowe, Ron Howse, John Falconetti, Barbara Feingold, Janet Glassman, Karen Harrington, Scott Hoppes, Julie Ingoglia, Fred Karlinsky, William Lasky, Susan Moore, Mitzi Prater, George Scarborough, Robert Wakins.
CD 1: Delegates: Martin Simmons, Charlotte Flynt, Tim Norris. Alternates: Dorothy Davis, Sam Mullins, Jeremy Evans.
CD 2: Delegates: Clint Pate, Evan Power, Thelma Rohan. Alternates: Bill Helmich, S. Curtis Kiser, James Wyckoff.
CD 3: Delegates: Layne Schultetus, Kay Durden, Sherri Ortega. Alternates: Delores Lansford, Sherrie McKnight, Sally Beach.
CD 4: Delegates: Cindy Graves, Lake Ray, Ander Crenshaw. Alternates: Danny Norton, Charles Cordes, Alexander Pantinakis.
CD 5: Delegates: Patty Redlich, Mike Cribby, Clarence Allen. Alternates: Thuy Lowe, Gloreatha Scurry-Smith, Caleb Spencer.
CD 6: Delegates: Tony Ledbetter, Bill Korach, Alan Burton. Alternates: Jospeh Fieldus, Paul Porter, Stuart Epperson.
CD 7: Delegates: Al Schwarz, Ray Valdes, Dana Dougherty. Alternates: Kathy Gibson, Wade Vose, Phil Kaprow.
CD 8: Delegates: Carlie Rogers, Barbara Davis, Lew Oliver. Alternates: Richard Lacey, Joseph Semprevivo, Carole Jean Jordan.
CD 9: Delegates: Rich Crotty, Tammy Celeste, Mark Cross. Alternates: Ruth Coberley, Bertica Cabrera-Morris, Chadwick Hardee.
CD 10: Delegates: Jim Guth, Wendy West, Mark Oxner. Alternates: Robbie Ford, Ronald Janssen, Patricia Sullivan.
CD 11: Delegates: Mike Moberley, Darilyn Dolimpio, Daniel Wright. Alternates: Sandy Balfour, Lucy Sullivan, Ana Trinque.
CD 12: Delegates: Sandy Graves, Tina Harris, Chris Sprowls.
Alternates: Steve Graves, Pam McAloon, Mary Gaulden.
CD 13: Delegates: Nancy Riley, Dan Tucker, Nick DiCeglie.
Alternates: Todd Jennings, Dorine McKinnon, Chely Hernandez-Miller.
CD 14: Delegates: Terry Castro, Marjorie Mittleman, Spencer Rogers. Alternates: James Buntyn, Tony DeSisto, Mike Mikurak.
CD 15: Delegates: Debbie Hannifan, Tina Pike, Dena DeCamp. Alternates: Tony Jackson, Judith Wise, Mark Proctor.
CD 16: Delegates: Kathy King, Joe Gruters, Christian Ziegler. Alternates: David Matthews, Donna Hayes, John Colon.
CD 17: Delegates: Bill Folchi, Jimmy Nelson, Kathy Rapp. Alternates: Jane Sturges, Allen Goldstein, Natalie Schmidt.
CD 18: Delegates: Bill Paterson, Mary Ann Russell, Don Pickard. Alternates: Darlene Fuggetta, Julie Paterson, Linda Stoch.
CD 19: Delegates: Mike Lyster, Jonathan Martin, Lisa Musial. Alternates: Rosealie Lesser, Jesse Purdon, Mike Hook.
CD 20: Delegates: Rico Petrocelli, Roger Gingerich, Daniel Diaz. Alternates: Patrick Castronovo, Terrance O'Loughlin, Camille Petrocelli.
CD 21: Delegates: Bob Sutton, Maureen Jaeger, Tami Donnally. Alternates: Marion Frank, Jay Goldfarb, Richard Eddins.
CD 22: Delegates: Cindy Tindell, Ed Pozzuoli, Gay Gaines. Alternates: Mike Barnett, Sue Snowden, Al Massey.
CD 23: Delegates: Sanjay Narang, Corey Brier, Eric Shure. Alternates: Richard DeNapoli, Kevin Cooper, Florine Goldfarb.
CD 24: Delegates: Jessica Fernandez, Kelly Mallette, Stephanie Woodard. Alternates: Uri Benhamron, Nikita Mizgirev, Steve Karski.
CD 25: Delegates: Steve Nisbet, Margie Nelson, Carlos Trujillo, Alternates: Manny Diaz, Doug Harrison, Doug Rankin.
CD 26: Delegates: Carey Goodman, Alex Trujillo, Jeanette Nunez. Alternates: Jose Felix Diaz, Harry Hoffman, Debby Goodman.
CD 27: Delegates: Nelson Diaz, Liliana Ros, Bernie Navarro. Alternates: Rey Lastre, Rudolfo Milani, Marili Cancio.
 

 

On 4 March 2013, Representative Kevin Rader (Democratic) introduced HB 1349. The bill changes the date of the Presidential primary from the "date selected by the Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee" to the 2nd Tuesday in March [8 March 2016].

The Presidential Preference Primary Date Selection Committee has until 1 October 2015 to set the date of the 2016 Presidential Primary. That date is to be no earlier than the 1st Tuesday in January (5 January 2016) and no later than the 1st Tuesday in March (1 March 2016).

On 3 May 2013, HB 7013 was passed by the state Senate (27-13) and state House (115-1).

The presidential preference primary shall be held ... on the first Tuesday that the rules of the major political parties provide for state delegations to be allocated without penalty. Any party rule directing the vote of delegates at a national nominating convention shall reasonably reflect the results of the presidential preference primary, if one is held. [reference]

HB 7035 / SB 7036, submitted for consideration by Ethics and Elections on 26 February 2015 and signed into law on 19 March 2015 by Governor Rick Scott (Republican), moves the state's Presidential Primary to the 3rd Tuesday in March (15 March 2016).


16 May 2015 Miami Herald: Florida GOP signs off on winner-take-all presidential primary. Media reports state the Republican Party of Florida voted to make their 15 March 2016 Presidential Primary winner-take-all.

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

 

Links Links to other web sites

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