2016 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary

2016 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary

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Candidate Marco Rubio Donald Trump Ted Cruz
Home state Florida New York Texas
Delegate count 23 0 0
Popular vote 27,485 5,052 3,340
Percentage 70.2% 13.3% 8.8%

The 2016 Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary took place on March 6 in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

While that day no other Republican primaries were held, the Democratic Party held their Maine caucuses. The Democratic Party's own Puerto Rico caucus took place on June 5.

Results

Puerto Rico Republican primary, March 6, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Marco Rubio 28,937 70.24% 23 0 23
Donald Trump 5,474 13.29% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz 3,610 8.76% 0 0 0
Other 1,540 3.74% 0 0 0
John Kasich 582 1.41% 0 0 0
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 375 0.91% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 296 0.72% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 168 0.41% 0 0 0
Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 77 0.19% 0 0 0
Rand Paul (withdrawn) 48 0.12% 0 0 0
Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 36 0.09% 0 0 0
Jim Gilmore (withdrawn) 30 0.07% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 23 0.06% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 41,196 100% 23 0 23
Source: The Green Papers

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