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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 22 March 2016
County and Legislative District Meetings: Saturday 26 March - Saturday 9 April 2016 (presumably)
State Convention and Congressional District Caucus: Saturday 30 April 2016 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John, Sr.58 100.00%58 100.00%
Total58 100.00%58 100.00%

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Source: 2016 Election Information from azsos.gov.

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


Results from
2016 Election Information from the Arizona Secretary of State.
AP Statewide
Politico.


   

Only voters who are registered in the Republican Party are eligible to vote in the Republican Presidential Primary.

Tuesday 22 March 2016: Arizona Primary. Hours 6:00a-7:00p MST (1300-0200 UTC). Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Arizona Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 6 April 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump, Sr.286,74345.95%
Rafael Edward "Ted" Cruz172,29427.61%
Marco A. Rubio72,30411.59%
John Richard Kasich65,96510.57%
Benjamin Solomon "Ben" Carson, Sr.14,9402.39%
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush4,3930.70%
Randal H. "Rand" Paul2,2690.36%
Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee1,3000.21%
Carleton Sneed "Carly" Fiorina1,2700.20%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie9880.16%
Richard John "Rick" Santorum5230.08%
Lindsey Olin Graham4980.08%
George E. Pataki3090.05%
Timothy "Tim" Cook2430.04%
Total624,039100.00%
 

Tuesday 22 March 2016: All of 58 of Arizona's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in today's Arizona Presidential Primary.

 

Saturday 26 March - Saturday 9 April 2016 (presumably): The Arizona Legislative District and County Conventions elect delegates to the State Convention and Congressional District caucuses.

 

Saturday 30 April 2016 (presumably): The Arizona State Convention convenes. Delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

  • 27 district delegates to the Republican National Convention are chosen with 3 delegates selected in each of the 9 congressional districts.
  • The State Convention chooses 28 at-large delegates from Arizona to the Republican National Convention.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Arizona's Republican Party, will attend the convention as bound delegates by virtue of their position.

... each delegate to the national convention shall vote for the party's presidential nominee candidate who received the greatest number of votes in the presidential preference election ..., until the candidate releases the delegate from the delegate's obligation, until a candidate withdraws from the race or until one convention nominating ballot has been taken. After a candidate is nominated, withdraws from the race, delegates are released or one ballot is taken, each delegate is free to vote as the delegate chooses .... [Arizona Revised Statutes 16-243]

 

 

4 January 2013: State Representative Phil Lovas (Republican-Peoria) introduces HB 2017 which would set the date for the 2016 Arizona Presidential Preference Primary to the same day as the Iowa Caucuses,

On 16 April 2014, Governor Janice K. "Jan" Brewer (Republican) signed HB2107. The bill changes the Presidential primary from the 4th Tuesday in February to the Tuesday immediately following 15 March.

6 January 2015: Phil Lovas (Republican) prefiles HB 2015 which would Arizona’s presidential primary to the "same date on which the Presidential Caucuses are held in Iowa."
3 April 2015: HB 2015 died when the state legislature adjourned sine die.

 

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

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Arizona Constitution
  http://www.azleg.state.az.us/const/const.htm
Election Authority
  Arizona Secretary of State
  Citizens Clean Elections Commission
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Arizona House of Representatives
  Arizona State Senate
Republican
  Arizona Republican Party
  Traditional Republicans United
Media & others
  Arizona Capitol Times - Phoenix
  Arizona Daily Star - Tucson
  Arizona Daily Sun - Flagstaff
  Blog For Arizona
  East Valley Tribune - Mesa
  KGUN TV - ABC - Tucson
  Kingman Daily Miner
  KOLD TV - CBS - Tucson
  Payson Roundup
  Politics1.com - Arizona
  Prescott Newspapers Online
  Sedona Red Rock News
  Sierra Vista Herald
  The Daily Dispatch - Douglas
  The Flagstaff Navajo-Hopi Observer
  The Navajo Times - Window Rock
  The Sun - Yuma
  Today's News-Herald - Lake Havasu City
  Tucson Citizen
 


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