Pennsylvania is a rather odd primary system. There are 71 total delegates available, however only 17 of those are bound to the winner of the overall state primary vote. The remaining 54 delegates are voted for on the ballot itself, and are considered ‘unbound’ delegates able to vote for their preferred candidate.
18 congressional districts x 3 delegates per district = 54 delegates.
That said, many of the unbound delegates have committed to either vote for the winner of their congressional district, or stated they will vote for the state winner. All of the delegates had to submit their name for candidacy prior to February 16th, 2016.
According to a spreadsheet put together by Phil Kerpen, there are also 26 (electable) self-proclaimed Cruz delegates and 34 (electable) self-proclaimed Trump delegates.
There are 27 delegates who are not committed to any specific candidate, 59 who expressed their commitment to the district winner, and 5 who say they’ll support the state winner.
Interactive Map of Pennsylvania Congressional Districts – click here
Of the 34 potential Cruz delegates 7 of them are in one district (PA-11) and there are only 3 possible slots (that makes four unelectable). The net result of this type of overlap is there’s only 26 maximum Cruz delegates in the election. [There are four Trump friendly delegates running in the same district PA-11 (only one is therefore unelectable)].
If Trump wins the state, which is likely, he will pick up the 17 state delegates. And if Trump supporters will vote only for Trump delegates in the 18 districts, there is a strong possibility for him to pick up 34 more – obviously that’s best case scenario.
According to Phil Kerpen’s analysis these are the best Trump candidates by District:
1st District
•There are only 3 candidates and it is assumed that they will all be elected. We will still try to obtain information on these candidates. There were 2 delegates challenged here; hopefully, they were not Trump supporters.
2nd District – Note: There are only 4 delegate candidates and 2 are NOT supporting Trump on the first ballot. These are the remaining 2
•#1 – Calvin Tucker – Uncommitted
•#3 – Elizabeth Havey – District Winner
3rd District
•#3 – Lynne Ryan
•#9 – James Keffalas
•#11 – Daniel Vete
4th District
•#10 – Matthew Jansen* – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015 (view pledge)
•#14 – Marc Scaringi
•#15 – Joseph Sacco – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015
5th District
•#6 – James Klein* – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015 (view pledge)
•#7 – Ash Khare – Will go with the district voting Trump
•#9 – Arnold McClure
6th District
•#5 – Wayne Buckwalter
•#8 – Vicki Lightcap – Winner of the district ; provided by Trump Campaign
7th District
•#2 – Ralph Wike
•#5 – Jan Ting – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015
8th District
•#1 – Barry Casper
•#3 – Samuel James Worthington
•#5 – Sean Shute
9th District
•#3 – Debra Taylor
•#5 – Cody Knotts*
•#8 – Joseph Lamantia – District Winner on First Ballot and then Trump on subsequent ballots
10th District
•#1 – Ryan Belz – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015
•#4 – John Wells* – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015 (view pledge)
•#5 – Mark Stoicheff – Supports Trump (Still needs to be properly vetted)
11th District
•#4 – Richard Morelli
•#8 – David McElwee
•#9 – Marlene Loose (view pledge)
•#14 – Andrew Shecktor (view pledge)
12th District
•#4 – Gabriel Keller* – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015 (view pledge, CNN Interview, Trump HQ Opening Speech)
•#8 – Christopher Fromme
•#11 – Joseph Matthew Sernell (view pledge)
13th District
•#5 – Lauren Casper* – Supports Trump, but will respect the district vote
14th District
•There are only 3 candidates and it is assumed that they will all be elected. We will still try to obtain information on these candidates. There were 4 delegates challenged here; hopefully, they were not Trump supporters.
15th District
•#1 – Scott Uehlinger* – District Winner on First Ballot and then Trump on subsequent ballots
•#3 – John Reber
•#5 – Patrick Kerwin
16th District
•#4 – Marc Lemon (view pledge)
•#5 – Terry Christopher – Supports Trump, but district vote on the first ballot (Still needs to be properly vetted)
17th District Note: Due to limited Cruz / Kasich delegate support in this district, more than 3 names are listed
•#2 – T. Lynette Villano*
•#7 – Gloria “Lee” Snover
•#8 – George Blauer (view pledge)
•#9 – Carolyn Bonkoski (view pledge)
•#10 – Theresa Gaffney (view pledge)
18th District
•#1 – Justin DePlato* – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015 (view pledge)
•#6 – John Petrarca – recruited by the Trump campaign in December of 2015
•#11 – Tom Uram
(Source Link)
Spreadsheet Available HERE