Carol Lynne Ryan

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Carol Lynne Ryan (Republican Party) ran for election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to represent District 9. Ryan lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Ryan was also a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania.^[1] All 54 district-level delegates from Pennsylvania were elected directly by voters in the state primary election as unpledged delegates, meaning they were not bound to vote for any specific candidate at the national convention. Pennsylvania’s 14 at-large delegates and its three RNC delegates, however, were bound by the results of the state primary election to support Donald Trump. As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.

Elections

2020

See also: Pennsylvania House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Sainato defeated Carol Lynne Ryan and Darryl Audia in the general election for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Sainato (D)	50.3	15,180
		Carol Lynne Ryan (R)	39.9	12,030
		Darryl Audia (Independent)	9.8	2,940

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9

Incumbent Chris Sainato advanced from the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chris Sainato	100.0	5,659

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9

Carol Lynne Ryan advanced from the Republican primary for Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 9 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carol Lynne Ryan	100.0	4,677

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Campaign themes

2020

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Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Pennsylvania, 2016 and Republican delegates from Pennsylvania, 2016

At-large delegates from Pennsylvania were selected at the summer meeting of the State Committee on May 21, 2016. They were allocated to the statewide winner of the state primary election. Pennsylvania's 54 congressional district delegates were directly elected on the primary ballot as unbound delegates. They were not required to disclose which candidate they supported at the time of their election.

Pennsylvania primary results

See also: Presidential election in Pennsylvania, 2016

Pennsylvania Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Delegates
Donald Trump	56.6%	902,593	17
Ted Cruz	21.7%	345,506	0
John Kasich	19.4%	310,003	0
Jeb Bush	0.6%	9,577	0
Marco Rubio	0.7%	11,954	0
Ben Carson	0.9%	14,842	0
Totals		1,594,475	17
Source: The New York Times and Pennsylvania Secretary of State

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

Pennsylvania had 71 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Pennsylvania's district delegates were "elected on the primary ballot as officially unbound," meaning that these delegates were not required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.^[2][3]

Of the remaining 17 delegates, 14 served at large. Pennsylvania's at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the plurality winner of the state's primary received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.^[2][3]

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