Arizona, Utah and the American Samoa head to primaries or caucus sites Tuesday to have their say in the Republican presidential primary process. Combined, the three contests will award 9 percent of the delegates needed to win the GOP nomination. Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of how the delegates will be allocated once the votes are counted. (All times are Eastern.)
Arizona
Polls close: 10 p.m.
Total delegates: 58. Winner take all. Whichever candidate wins the statewide vote wins all 58 delegates. They do not need to get a majority of the votes.
Utah
Caucuses begin at 9 p.m.
Total delegates: 40. Proportional distribution. But if a candidate gets more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he gets all 40 delegates.
American Samoa
Total delegates: 9. Delegates are unbound to candidates at the convention no matter what happens. The national convention delegates are selected at a territorial caucus and are chosen in a way that, in theory, should reflect the preference of caucus participants.
In every state and territory, three of the total delegates are RNC delegates: the national committeeman, the national committeewoman, and the chairman of the state party. These delegates are tied to a specific candidate, they are not allowed to choose whomever they want like superdelegates can on the Democratic side.
Jason Russell is a commentary writer for the Washington Examiner.
