Results of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

This article shows the results of the **2016 Republican Party presidential primaries**. The Republican Party presidential primary is a process of choosing delegates, or people that represent someone, to go to the 2016 Republican National Convention. People in each state will vote on who they think will be good for the presidency, and each candidate gets a certain amount of delegates based on the number of votes they receive.

The primaries began on 1 February 2016 in Iowa. On May 4 2016, Donald Trump became the only candidate left in the race. He became the official Republican nominee on July 19, 2016. Trump would later win the presidency on November 8.

## Main candidates

The following table shows all the candidates who have/had a major campaign.

|width=170|Candidate|width=250|Most recent position|width=150|Announced|width=150|Withdrew|width=150|State|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Jeb Bush|Governor|June 15, 2015|February 20, 2016|Florida||||||
|Ben Carson|Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery|May 4, 2015|March 4, 2016|Maryland||||||
|Chris Christie|Governor|June 30, 2015|February 10, 2016|New Jersey||||||
|Ted Cruz|Senator|March 23, 2015|May 3, 2016|Texas||||||
|Carly Fiorina|Chief Executive Officer|May 4, 2015|February 10, 2016|Virginia||||||
|Jim Gilmore|Governor|July 30, 2015|February 12, 2016|Virginia||||||
|Lindsey Graham|Senator|June 1, 2015|December 21, 2015|South Carolina||||||
|Mike Huckabee|Governor|May 5, 2015|February 1, 2016|Arkansas||||||
|Bobby Jindal|Governor|June 24, 2015|November 17, 2015|Louisiana||||||
|John Kasich|Governor|July 21, 2015|May 4, 2016|Ohio||||||
|George Pataki|Governor|May 28, 2015|December 29, 2015|New York||||||
|Rick Perry|Governor|June 4, 2015|September 11, 2015|Texas||||||
|Rand Paul|Senator|April 7, 2015|February 3, 2016|Kentucky||||||
|Marco Rubio|Senator|April 13, 2015|March 15, 2016|Florida||||||
|Rick Santorum|Senator|May 27, 2015|February 3, 2016|Pennsylvania||||||
|Donald Trump|Chairman|June 16, 2015|**Won**|New York||||||
|Scott Walker|Governor|July 13, 2015|September 21, 2015|Wisconsin||||||

### Top seven

|colspan="2" width="230"|Candidates|width="100"|Donald Trump|width="100"|Ted Cruz|width="100"|Marco Rubio|width="100"|John Kasich|width="100"|Ben Carson|width="100"|Jeb Bush|width="100"|Carly Fiorina|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|**1,441**|align="center"|**551**|align="center"|**173**|align="center"|**161**|align="center"|**7**|align="center"|**4**|align="center"|**1**|||
|align="center"|14,015,993|align="center"|7,822,100|align="center"|3,515,576|align="center"|4,290,448|align="center"|857,039|align="center"|286,694|align="center"|40,666|||
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**Legend**:

- <small>Only states that voted with pledged delegates are shown. The states/territories that voted for unpledged delegates are North Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming and Virgin Islands.</small>

## Related pages

- Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
- 2016 Republican National Convention
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Results of the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
- **country**: United States
- **type**: presidential
- **previous election**: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012
- **previous year**: 2012
- **next election**: Republican Party presidential primaries, 2020
- **next year**: _2020_
- **election date**: February 1 – June 7, 2016
- **votes for election**: 2,472 delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Republican National Convention
- **needed votes**: 1,237 delegates
- **party name**: no
- **image1**: Donald August 19 (cropped).jpg
- **image1 size**: x150px
- **candidate1**: Donald Trump
- **home state1**: **New York (state), New York**
- **states carried1**: **41**
- **image2**: Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 8.jpg
- **image2 size**: x150px
- **candidate2**: Ted Cruz
- **home state2**: Texas
- **states carried2**: 11
- **image4**: Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore2.jpg
- **image4 size**: x150px
- **candidate4**: Marco Rubio
- **home state4**: Florida
- **states carried4**: 3
- **image5**: Governor John Kasich (cropped2).jpg
- **image5 size**: x150px
- **candidate5**: John Kasich
- **home state5**: Ohio
- **states carried5**: 1
- **map image**: Republican Party presidential primaries results, 2016.svg
- **map size**: 300px
- **map caption**: **First place (popular vote or delegate count)**
<div style="font-size:110%;">      </div>
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- **title**: Nominee
- **before election**: Mitt Romney
- **posttitle**: Nominee
- **after election**: Donald Trump