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==In Republican National Conventions== In the Republican Party, as in the Democratic Party, members of the party's national committee automatically become delegates. There are three [[Republican National Committee]] delegates (the national committeeman, national committeewoman, and party chair) for each state, territory, and Washington, D.C..<ref name="RNC2008">{{cite web| last = Republican National Committee| author-link = Republican National Committee| title = "Call for the 2008 Republican National Convention" (Rule 13(2))| date = November 9, 2007| url = http://www.gop.com/images/2008_Call_FINAL.pdf| access-date = May 17, 2008| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071204165509/http://www.gop.com/images/2008_Call_FINAL.pdf| archive-date = December 4, 2007}}</ref>{{efn|Although the term ''superdelegate'' was originally coined to describe a type of Democratic delegate, the term has become widely used to describe these delegates in both parties.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Marcus | first = Ruth | title = Looking Beyond Tsunami Tuesday | work = [[The Sacramento Bee]] | date = January 17, 2008 | url = http://www.sacbee.com/110/v-print/story/640529.html | archive-url = https://archive.today/20080610145850/http://www.sacbee.com/110/v-print/story/640529.html | archive-date = June 10, 2008 }}</ref>}} At the [[2012 Republican National Convention]], convention rules were amended to obligate unpledged RNC members (the "superdelegates") to vote according to the result of the primaries held in their states.<ref name="WashingtonExaminer20160210">{{Cite web|title = Can GOP 'superdelegates' stop Trump?|url = https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/can-gop-superdelegates-stop-trump|website = Washington Examiner|access-date = February 10, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Millstein>Seth Millstein, [https://www.bustle.com/articles/143094-how-would-superdelegates-affect-a-contested-convention-the-gop-rules-are-really-really-complicated How Would A Contested Convention Affect The GOP?], ''Bustle'' (February 20, 2016).</ref> Pledged delegates selected by Republican primaries are assigned either on a proportional or a "winner-take-all" basis.<ref name=Millstein/> However, if a candidate does not win the party's nomination on the first ballot (''i.e.'', by securing a majority—more than 50%), then some delegates become "unbound" free agents, depending on rules specific to state parties.<ref name=Millstein/> For most states, delegates are "unbound" as soon as a first ballot concludes without a nominee being selected; for other states (including [[Texas]]) delegates are not unbound until a second ballot also fails to produce a majority for a candidate; and delegates from some other states (including [[Kansas]] and [[Alabama]]) remain bound to their candidate until the candidate releases them.<ref name=Millstein/> These rules apply to both pledged delegates and superdelegates, meaning that superdelegates would play a role in selecting the nominee at a contested convention.<ref name=Millstein/> Superdelegates make up about 7% of all delegates to Republican national conventions.<ref>Seth Millstein, [https://www.bustle.com/articles/141611-does-the-gop-have-superdelegates-the-republican-partys-nomination-rules-are-different-this-year The GOP's Superdelegate Rules Are Different Now], ''Bustle'' (February 12, 2016).</ref> In the [[2008 Republican National Convention]], 123 RNC delegates among the 2,380 total delegates were not pledged to any candidate.<ref name="cnnpolitics">{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/delegates.explainer/ |title=Superdelegates: Why they matter |work=CNN }}</ref> In the 2016 Republican National Convention, 168 delegates among the 2,472 total delegates were "super" (unbound).<ref name=Millstein/>
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