Attention

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not represent our advertisers

Friday, March 18, 2016

Rubio's Delegates Up For Grabs, Could Decide Nominee

Marco Rubio ending his White House bid after Donald Trump crushed him in his home state of Florida, scrambles the delegate math for the candidates still running.

Under Republican National Committee rules, elected delegates to the GOP presidential nominating convention in Cleveland are bound to vote on the first ballot for the candidate that won the state they represent.

But that rule does not apply when a candidate drops out, party officials confirmed Tuesday evening.

That means most of Rubio's 163 delegates are free to vote for whichever candidate they want on first floor ballot at the July convention. That could prove highly significant, even decisive, if no Republican by himself reaches the 1,237 delegates needed to secure the nomination by the end of primary season in June.

More

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

They should all go to Trump. Give Trump a chance to do what he says he is going to do. If he would lock up Obama, Clinton(s), Holder, Lynch, O'Malley, Ireton, Cook, etc. He will have my love forever!

Anonymous said...

1:11pm...You forgot to mention that he will Lock up Bill Clinton and Michelle Obamooooo too!!!