2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary
The 2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place on March 1, 2016. This was the fifth primary held in the 2016 Republican Primary. Donald Trump won the primary handily. The election was also held on Super Tuesday. Donald Trump eventually won the Republican Primary. He was elected President of the United States on November 8, 2016 against Hillary Clinton.
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Mr. Trump had the high-profile endorsement of Senator Jeff Sessions[1], who would later join his Justice Department as Attorney General. Trump rallied with Sessions ahead of the Super Tuesday contest, as Sessions was Trump's first endorsement in the U.S. Senate.
Candidates
Results
Donald Trump had won the previous three primaries easily. Ted Cruz had only won the 2016 Iowa Republican caucuses.
| Alabama Republican primary, March 1, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 373,721 | 43.42% | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Ted Cruz | 181,479 | 21.09% | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Marco Rubio | 160,606 | 18.66% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Carson | 88,094 | 10.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 38,119 | 4.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 7,953 | 0.92% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 3,974 | 0.46% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 2,539 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 1,895 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 858 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 617 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 544 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) | 253 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 860,652 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
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References
- Stokols, Eli. "Sen. Jeff Sessions endorses Trump". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
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