The 2016 Washington Republican presidential primary was held on May 24 in the U.S. state of
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
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as one of the
Republican Party's primaries ahead of the
2016 presidential election
This national electoral calendar for 2016 lists the national/ federal elections held in 2016 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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. The only candidate on the ballot who had not withdrawn was
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
.
The
Democratic Party held their
Washington caucuses on March 26, and a non-binding primary in Washington on the same day as the Republican primary. No other primaries were scheduled for that day. Following Trump's victory in Washington and a surge in his support from unbound North Dakota delegates, the
Associated Press
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(on May 26) announced that Trump had passed the threshold of 1,237 delegates required to guarantee his nomination.
List of delegates
The
Washington Republican State Convention was held May 19–21, 2016 in Pasco, WA. Delegates to the
Republican National Convention were elected from among the approximately 3,000 delegates and alternates who had been elected to the Washington Republican State Convention.
Opinion polling
Results
See also
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2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2016 Washington Democratic presidential caucuses were held on March 26, 2016, in the U.S. state of Washington as one of the Democratic Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
On the same day, Democratic caucuses were h ...
References
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
Republican primary
Washington (state) Republican caucuses
May 2016 events in the United States