What is an "At Large Delegate"

[GopBlackList]

title says it all. My friend (RP supporter) got appointed as an at large delegate, so what does it mean? and does it benefit the RP campaign?

[truthspeaker]

In Texas, not really. We're running as ourselves. Their vote is the same as any other SD delegate.

[LostNFoundNTx]

When talking about delegates to the state convention, the overall allocation is 1 state delegate allowed per 12 people allowed at the SD/county convention. Some large precincts are allowed more than 12 delegates to the SD/county convention, which means they could be allowed to directly send 1 or more delegates to the state convention (presumably from their precinct). After delegates (if any) are selected in this manner, the remaining allocation to the state convention is chosen by the SD/county convention as a whole - those are referred to as at-large delegates. Some (perhaps most) SD/county conventions do not provide for precincts to directly elect state delegates, and in those cases all state delegates would be at-large.

When talking about delegates to the national convention, Texas is allowed to send 155 delegates. Each of the 36 congressional districts are allowed to directly elect 3 delegates and 3 alternates from within that CD. A few other slots are reserved for people based on offices held within the Republican Party, and the rest are elected by the state convention as a whole (at-large).

[MikeStanart]

Yesterday, a lot of "Alternate" delegates got bumped to "At Large" because of the minimal showing at the convention.

Simply put, there were plenty of delegate spots but not enough people to fill them; so they made a majority of the "not so important" delegate spots into "important" ones.

So it's good your friend got bumped. My friend (Who couldn't make it yesterday) was an alternate who got bumped into an At-Large delegate

I found this rather humorous.

[austin4paul]

To give you a fuller explanation, just so you know - there are two ways you can become a delegate - either as an at-large or in some places, senate districts caucus by precincts within the district and the precincts are allowed to select their own delegates. When that happens, the precinct delegates must be chosen from that particular precinct vs. at-large delegates (chosen from the body at-large, i.e. any precinct). If your friend is a delegate, they have a vote. That's the important part.