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2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 1 March 2016 (presumably)1
Precinct/County/Senatorial District Conventions: Saturday 19 March 2016 (presumably)
State Convention: Thursday 16 June - Saturday 18 June 2016 (presumably)
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham147  58.57%179  71.31%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"75  29.88%72  28.69%
Uncommitted29  11.55% 
Total251 100.00%251 100.00%

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Source: How to be a Delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention.


2016 March Primary Election Candidate Filings by County.


Unpledged delegate preferences as of
26 February 2016: Clinton 17.
28 February 2016: Clinton 18.
3 March 2016: Clinton 19.
21 April 2016: Clinton 20.
11 June 2016: Clinton 21.


Results from the
Texas Secretary of State.

Results from
New York Times (Presidential)
AP (Presidential and state).


   

Participation is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Voter registration ends 30 days before the Primary and voters affiliate with the Democratic Party by either voting in the Democratic Primary or signing an affidavit of affiliation.

Tuesday 1 March 2016 (presumably): Texas Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p CST (1300-0100 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p MST (1400-0200 UTC). Only the area around El Paso is in MST, so the vast majority of polls have closed in TX by 7 PM CST. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Texas Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Thursday 21 April 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton936,00465.19%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders476,54733.19%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra8,4290.59%
Martin Joseph O'Malley5,3640.37%
Willie L. Wilson3,2540.23%
Keith Russell Judd2,5690.18%
Calvis L. Hawes2,0170.14%
Star Locke1,7110.12%
Total1,435,895100.00%
 

Tuesday 1 March 2016 (presumably): Tier 1. 222 of 251 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Texas Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 145 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 31 Senatorial Districts. Texas has 145 district delegates apportioned among its 31 STATE SENATORIAL DISTRICTS [unlike most states- as well as the Texas Republican Party- Texas Democrats are NOT using the state's Congressional Districts as a basis of National Convention delegate allocation] as follows: (SD= "Senatorial District")].
  • 77 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 48 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 29 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Source: Texas Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Thursday 21 April 2016.

ContestClintonSanders
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
SD127,94827,462320,9352.28726,5270.7131
SD233,23032,851422,0002.679310,8511.3211
SD324,04523,398316,6682.13726,7300.8631
SD439,31438,573427,2582.827311,3151.1731
SD545,35244,873524,7942.763320,0792.2372
SD635,29534,579425,2262.91839,3531.0821
SD733,78933,575421,5862.572311,9891.4281
SD843,80043,586525,9172.973317,6692.0272
SD935,80135,572421,8102.452213,7621.5482
SD1057,02156,647639,2074.153417,4401.8472
SD1135,45335,038423,3912.670311,6471.3301
SD1237,45337,176421,2732.289215,9031.7112
SD1364,28063,716851,5686.475612,1481.5252
SD14118,493117,9661057,5794.881560,3875.1195
SD1552,46751,976637,2854.304414,6911.6962
SD1646,68646,464530,1453.244316,3191.7562
SD1746,16845,907531,4803.429314,4271.5712
SD1833,46732,886423,0212.80039,8651.2001
SD1958,16255,461539,3503.548416,1111.4521
SD2061,34259,281542,5723.591416,7091.4091
SD2174,74772,007548,5583.372323,4491.6282
SD2229,86329,511420,2122.74039,2991.2601
SD2374,69274,032858,8476.359615,1851.6412
SD2427,38727,065317,0271.887210,0381.1131
SD2559,09258,694634,2793.504424,4152.4962
SD2657,55556,873638,5544.067418,3191.9332
SD2763,00860,436443,7622.896316,6741.1041
SD2821,03620,292212,1641.19918,1280.8011
SD2957,20155,583437,5132.700318,0701.3001
SD3026,98926,669313,3201.498113,3491.5022
SD3114,42914,06828,5591.21715,5090.7831
At-Large1,435,5651,412,21748935,86031.80932476,35716.19116
PLEO1,435,5651,412,21729935,86019.21819476,3579.78210
Total
Delegates
  222  147  75
 

Saturday 19 March 2016 (presumably): Tier 2. Precinct, County, and Senatorial District Conventions select delegates to State Convention.

  • County Conventions are held in each county, however, if a county contains multiple state Senate districts, each Senate district will hold its own convention.
 

Thursday 16 June - Saturday 18 June 2016 (presumably): Tier 3. State Convention in San Antonio.

Senatorial District Caucuses meet on Friday to elect the 145 National Convention District delegates according to the results of the primary.

The State Convention meets on Saturday to choose the 77 statewide pledged delegates according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 29 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 29 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 18 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 11 Members of Congress (0 Senators and 11 Representatives).
    • 0 Governors.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 29 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".



10 February 2013: Texas state Senator Dan Patrick (Republican-Houston) has introduced SB 452. This bill would move the statewide and Presidential primaries from the 1st Tuesday in March to the 1st Tuesday in February and the run off from the 4th Tuesday in May to the 4th Tuesday in April..

26 February 2013: Texas state Representative Stephanie Klick (Republican) files HB 1911. The bill changes the general and presidential primary elections from the first Tuesday in March to the first Saturday in March. In addition, the runoff primary changes from the 4th Tuesday to the 4th Saturday in May.

9 February 2015: HB 1214 is introduced by state Representative Lyle Larson (Republican). The bill change the date of the Presidential and partisan primaries from the 1st Tuesday in March to the 4th Tuesday in January.

The state Legislature adjourned on 1 June 2015 without passing any of these bills.


Circa 26 June 2015: The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee rejected the Texas plan to allocate the state's District delegates by primary and the at-large and Pledged PLEO delegates by caucus. Texas Democratic Party revised its plan to allocate all pledged delegates via the 1 March 2016 primary.

 

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.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

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