2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses

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2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
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Candidate Donald Trump
Home state New York
Delegate count9

The 2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses took place on March 22 in the U.S. territory of American Samoa as one of the Republican Party's primaries ahead of the 2016 presidential election.

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On the same day, the Republican Party held a primary in Arizona and caucuses in Utah, while the Democratic Party held primaries and caucuses in three states. The Democratic Party's own Democratic Samoa caucus has already been held on March 1, 2016.

Results

American Samoa Republican territorial caucus, March 22, 2016
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 099
Ted Cruz 000
Unprojected delegates:000
Total:099
Source: The Green Papers

The delegates were originally elected as unbound but all 9 delegates declared their support for Trump after Trump became the presumptive nominee.

Delegates

  1. Utu Abe Malae (Republican Party Chairman) (automatically a delegate)
  2. Su’a Carl Schuster (National Committeeman) (automatically a delegate)
  3. Congresswoman Aumua Amata (National Committeewoman) (automatically a delegate)
  4. Vice Chairman John Raynar (Trump's local campaign chair)
  5. Taulapapa William Sword
  6. Charles Warren (Cruz's local campaign chairman)
  7. Party Treasurer Tina Ioane
  8. Ann Longnecker
  9. Joan Galea'i Holland

Alternates

  1. Jim Longnecker
  2. Salote Schuster
  3. Atonio Ioane
  4. Lucia Bartley
  5. John Laumatia
  6. Roy Hall

References