There’s a bunch of primaries today, 16 to be exact with 874 delegates at stake. Delegates are awarded in a variety of different ways from winner take all, winner take most, or proportional.

Former President Donald J. Trump currently leads former South Carolina Governor and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in the overall delegate count.

Trump has 273 delegates and Haley has just 43.

Trump has won all but one of the primary contests, with the only loss being Washington DC.

A candidate needs 1,215 delegates to secure the Republican Nomination.

After tonight, Trump is expected to have close to 1,000 delegates awarded leaving little room for Haley to secure the nomination.

Outgoing GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel has already conceded that Trump will win the nomination.

Lets take a closer look at each of tonight’s primaries:

Alabama: 29 delegates will be awarded on a winner take all basis. Polls close at 8pm EST.

For Republicans, the candidate who receives a majority of the statewide vote wins 29 at-large delegates. If no one wins a majority, candidates who surpass 20% of the vote divide those 29 delegates proportionally. Each of the seven congressional districts awards three delegates, either giving all of them to the candidate who wins a majority or, if no candidate reaches 50%, dividing them proportionally among candidates who surpass 20%.

Latest Polls:

Trump: 87%

Haley: 12%

Alaska: 29 delegates will be awarded on a proportional basis. Polls close at 12:00am EST.

Presidential Candidate must receive a 13% of vote of the total statewide vote in order to receive any delegates to the National Convention. The delegates are allocated proportionally among those candidates receiving 13% or more of the vote.

Latest polls: N/A

Arkansas: 40 delegates will be awarded on a winner take all basis. Polls close at 8:30pm EST.

There are 28 statewide delegates and 12 congressional district delegates (3 per district).

For the statewide vote, candidates receiving 15% or more earn a delegate. The remaining delegates are proportional to that 15% group, unless one candidate receives a majority of the vote.

For the districts, winner take all where a candidate gets a majority. Otherwise, they are split 2-1 across the top two finishers.

Other noteworthy races: Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Womack is running for reelection against a state lawmaker Sen. Clint Penzo.

Latest polling:

Trump: 58%

DeSantis: 29%

California: 169 delegates will be awarded on a winner-take-most basis. Polls close at 9:00pm EST.

If a presidential candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the statewide vote, that candidate shall be awarded all of California’s delegates

If no candidate receives a majority of the statewide vote, then delegates … shall be awarded proportionally. Starting with the candidate who received the most votes statewide

Latest polling:

Trump: 75%

Haley: 18%

Colorado: 37 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 9:00pm EST.

Open Primary: Colorado has same-day voter registration. Unaffiliated voters may vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary election, but not both. Voters who are affiliated with a major political party may switch their affiliation no later than 29 days before the primary election

Each presidential candidate receiving 20% or more of the statewide vote shall be allocated delegates accordingly based on their percentage of the vote total of those candidates who met the 20% threshold. Round to the nearest whole number.

Latest polling: N/A

Other Important races:

Boebert: 32%

Lynch: 7%

Maine: 20 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 8:00pm EST.

The party will use the 1st round of voting to allocate delegates. If any one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, that contender receives all of Maine’s delegates

Otherwise, delegates will be allocated to candidates who receive 20% or more of the vote; if no candidate receives at least 20% of the vote, the threshold is reduced to 5% of the vote.

Latest Polling:

Trump: 77%

Haley: 19%

Massachusetts: 40 delegates will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis. Polls close at 8:00pm

If a presidential candidate receives a majority (50% or more) of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all 40 delegates.

Otherwise, apportion the 40 delegates to those candidates receiving more than 10% of the statewide vote: Each candidates receives (votes for the candidate) ÷ (total votes for candidates receiving more than 10% of the vote).

Latest polling:

Trump: 65%

Haley: 22%

Minnesota: 39 delegates will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis. Polls close at 7:00pm EST.

24 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the Primary results in each congressional district. A mandatory 20% threshold is required

15 statewide delegates (10 at-large, 2 bonus, plus the 3 party leaders [the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Republican Party of Minnesota]) are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the Primary vote statewide. If a candidate receives 80% or more of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all the At-Large delegates. Otherwise, the delegates are proportionally allocated to Presidential contenders receiving 20% or more of the vote at the statewide level.

Latest polling:

Trump: 79%

Haley: 15%

North Carolina: 42 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 7:30pm EST.

If one candidate receives more than 2/3 of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the vote in a congressional district, that candidate receives all 3 delegates.

Otherwise, the highest vote getter receives 2 delegates and the next highest vote getter receives 1 delegate. This is also in force if the rules of the RNC require proportional allocation of congressional district Delegates.

Latest polling:

Trump: 68.6%
Haley: 23.0%

Oklahoma: 43 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 8:00pm EST.

The 15 district delegates are allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 5 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates.

If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only one candidate receives 15% or more of the vote, that candidate receives 3 delegates

Otherwise, if exactly 2 candidates receive 15% or more of the vote, the candidate receiving the most votes receives 2 delegates and the candidate receiving the second most votes receives 1 delegate.

Latest polling:

Trump: 88%

Haley: 11%

Tennessee: 58 delegates will be awarded based on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 8pm EST.

If one candidate receives more than 2/3 of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the vote in a congressional district, that candidate receives all 3 delegates.

Otherwise, if 2 or more candidates receive more than 20% of the vote, the highest vote getter receives 2 delegates and the next highest vote getter receives 1 Delegate

Latest polling:

Trump: 81%

Haley: 18%

Texas: 161 delegates will be awarded based on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 9pm EST.

If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%), that candidate is allocated all 3 of the district’s delegates.

Latest polling:

Trump: 79.4%
Haley: 14.9%

Utah: 40 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 10:00pm EST.

If a candidate receives a majority of the vote (more than 50%), that candidate is allocated all 40 National Convention delegates.

Latest polling:

Trump: 49%

Haley: 22%

DeSantis: 13%

Vermont: 17 delegates will be awarded on a winner take most basis. Polls close at 7pm EST.

If one candidate receives 50% or more of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all 17 delegates.

Otherwise, the statewide delegates are proportionally bound to those candidates receiving at least 20% of the statewide vote.

Latest polling:

Trump: 61%

Haley: 31%

Virginia: 48 delegates will be awarded on a proportional basis. Polls close at 7pm EST.

If one candidate receives more than 50% of the vote or only 1 candidate receives 15% or more of the vote in a congressional district, that candidate receives all 3 delegates.

Latest polling:

Trump: 51%

Haley: 43%

American Samoa: 9 delegates are unbound unless instructed otherwise by the Territorial Caucus.

The delegates … may be instructed by resolution of the body which elected them as to the disposition of their vote on any business before the National Convention.

Latest polling:

N/A

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