PA For Uncommitted Delegates

How Many Delegates Does PA Have At The Conventions?

Democratic Convention, 188 Total Delegates, 30 of them officially uncommitted:

  • 103 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State’s 19 congressional districts.
    • CD 9: 3 delegates
    • CDs 5, 10, 16, 17, 19: 4 delegates each
    • CDs 3, 4, 11, 12, 15, 18: 5 delegates each
    • CDs 6: 6 delegates each
    • CDs 1, 7, 8, 13, 14: 7 delegates each
    • CD 2: 9 delegates
  • In addition, 55 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 35 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 20 Pledged PLEOs
  • 30 National Convention delegates consist of
    • 27 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
      • 13 Democratic National Committee members.
      • 12 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 11 Representatives).
      • 1 Governor.
      • 1 Distinguished Party Leader.
    • 3 Unpledged “add-on”s (selected by the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee).

GOP Convention, 74 Delegates, all of them officially uncommitted:

  • 62 of the Commonwealth’s 74 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected in a LOOPHOLE type primary, in which delegates are elected separately from a presidential preference “beauty contest”. Each of Pennsylvania’s congressional districts are assigned 3 base delegates each; in addition, the 5 “highest-ranked” (in terms of how well they have supported GOP candidates over the last four years) of the 19 congressional districts will get 1 extra delegate.
    • CD 1: 3
    • CD 2: 3
    • CD 3: 3
    • CD 4: 4
    • CD 5: 3
    • CD 6: 3
    • CD 7: 3
    • CD 8: 3
    • CD 9: 4
    • CD 10: 4
    • CD 11: 3
    • CD 12: 3
    • CD 13: 3
    • CD 14: 3
    • CD 15: 3
    • CD 16: 3
    • CD 17: 3
    • CD 18: 4
    • CD 19: 4

Rule 8.4 of the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania’s Rules states that all delegates elected by Congressional District “…shall run at large within the Districts and shall not be officially committed to any particular candidate on the ballot.”

  • 10 more at-large delegates will be chosen on June 10 at the State GOP committee meeting.
  • 3 final at-large delegates are pre-set, the national committeeman and woman, and the state GOP chair.

 [data from The Green Papers]

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