2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses explained

Election Name:2016 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
Country:American Samoa
Type:presidential
Previous Election:2012 American Samoa Republican caucuses
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2020 American Samoa Republican presidential caucuses
Next Year:2020
Candidate1:Donald Trump
Color1:283681
Home State1:New York
Delegate Count1:9
Map Size:200px

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.

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

See also: Results of the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016.

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