Iowa will send a total of 30 delegates to the national convention — the 12 selected on Saturday, 15 “at-large” delegates elected as a slate at next month’s state convention and three statewide party leaders.
Cruz supporters may be poised to secure even more of those slots after packing the party committee that will choose the slate of 15 at-large delegates. Across the four conventions, Cruz backers won five seats on the eight-member nominating committee, giving them a strong voice in filling out Iowa’s Cleveland delegation.
The remaining three members of the committee are not explicitly aligned with Trump or Kasich and stressed their neutrality in the race.
The Cruz campaign demonstrated a strong organization from the outset of Saturday’s contests, peppering convention attendees with pro-Cruz text messages throughout the day and handing out half-sheets of paper at all four convention sites identifying slates of Cruz-aligned candidates for national convention delegate, national convention alternate and the nominating committee.
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