Anne Brockus Dandelet
Anne Brockus Dandelet was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 17 of the West Virginia House of Delegates.[1]
Elections
2016
Elections for the West Virginia House of Delegates took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 10, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was January 30, 2016. Incumbent Douglas Reynolds (D) did not seek re-election.
Chad Lovejoy and incumbent Matthew Rohrbach defeated Joe Fincham and Anne Brockus Dandelet in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 general election.[2][3]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Chad Lovejoy |
30.16% | 5,911 | |
| Republican | Matthew Rohrbach Incumbent |
32.26% | 6,322 | |
| Democratic | Joe Fincham | 14.91% | 2,922 | |
| Republican | Anne Brockus Dandelet | 22.67% | 4,444 | |
| Total Votes | 19,599 | |||
| Source: West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Joe Fincham and Chad Lovejoy defeated Jerry Tighe in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Joe Fincham |
27.68% | 1,565 | |
| Democratic | Chad Lovejoy |
53.85% | 3,044 | |
| Democratic | Jerry Tighe | 18.47% | 1,044 | |
| Total Votes | 5,653 | |||
Anne Brockus Dandelet and incumbent Matthew Rohrbach defeated Jarred Cannon and Alex Parlock in the West Virginia House of Delegates District 17 Republican primary.[4][5]
| West Virginia House of Delegates District 17, Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Anne Brockus Dandelet |
24.34% | 1,117 | |
| Republican | Matthew Rohrbach Incumbent |
43.49% | 1,996 | |
| Republican | Jarred Cannon | 17.47% | 802 | |
| Republican | Alex Parlock | 14.71% | 675 | |
| Total Votes | 4,590 | |||
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Anne Brockus Dandelet was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from West Virginia. Dandelet was one of 30 delegates from West Virginia bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[6] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Delegate rules
District-level and at-large delegates from West Virginia were elected directly by voters in the state's primary election on May 10, 2016. Delegates were allowed to run as unpledged delegates or to designate a candidate to whom they wished to be bound at the national convention.
West Virginia primary results
| West Virginia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
77.1% | 157,238 | 30 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9% | 18,301 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 6.7% | 13,721 | 1 | |
| Ben Carson | 2.2% | 4,421 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 1.4% | 2,908 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.1% | 2,305 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.9% | 1,798 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.9% | 1,780 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.4% | 727 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 659 | 0 | |
| David Hall | 0.1% | 203 | 0 | |
| Totals | 204,061 | 31 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and West Virginia Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
West Virginia had 34 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, nine were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's three congressional districts) and 22 served as at-large delegates. According to the Republican National Committee, West Virginia's district and at-large delegates were "elected on the primary ballot and [may have specified an] intention to be committed to a candidate."[7][8]
In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[7][8]
Recent news
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See also
- West Virginia House of Delegates
- West Virginia House of Delegates District 17
- West Virginia House of Delegates elections, 2016
- West Virginia State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing By Office," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate search," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ West Virginia Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed May 3, 2017
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed January 30, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 West Virginia Secretary of State, "Statewide Results - Primary Election - May 10, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
- ↑ Charleston Gazette Mail, "West Virginia Delegates to the Republican National Convention," May 11, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
