Cruz has changed his focus to Pennsylvania and making a play for the State's Unbound delegates. Even if Cruz has a third place finish in Pennsylvania's Republican Primary, he'll win more than half the delegates. It's very telling that's Ted Cruz tonight is not in Brooklyn or Manhattan or any of the boroughs or state. He's in Pennsylvania. He is looking at more than 30 delegates.
Pennsylvania allots 71 delegates in the Republican Primary, of which 54 are unbound.
How Pennsylvania selects delegates:
- 54 of the Commonwealth's 71 delegates to the Republican National Convention will be directly elected, their names appear on the ballot, in a LOOPHOLE type Primary, in which delegates are elected separately from a Presidential Preference selection. Each of the 18 Congressional District is allocated 3 delegates, 54 delegates. 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.".
- 17 delegates are: 10 At-Large delegates, plus 4 bonus delegates, plus 3 RNC delegates. These 17 delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound for the 1st ballot to the candidate who receives the most votes in the Pennsylvania Presidential Primary. The delegates are released if the candidate withdraws, suspends, or terminates his/her campaign or publicly releases his/her delegates. [Rule 8.3].
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote! Michael H. Drucker
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