2024 California Republican presidential primary
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The 2024 California Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 169 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[3] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.
Procedure
If a candidate gets over 50% of the total statewide vote, they are awarded all of the state's delegates. Otherwise, the delegates are allocated proportionally.
Candidates
The following candidates were certified:[4]
- Nikki Haley
- David Stuckenberg
- Rachel Swift
- Donald Trump
- Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)
- Chris Christie (withdrawn)[5]
- Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)
- Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)
- Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)
Campaign
Events
On June 19, 2023, Ron DeSantis held a private breakfast event at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California, hosting business leaders in the region to raise funds for his campaign. It was his first campaign stop in California since his administration in Florida transported migrants from the border with Mexico to Sacramento. The event was attended by state legislators Joe Patterson and Tom Lackey, who endorsed DeSantis after the event.[6]
The California Republican Party held its annual fall convention from September 29 to October 1, 2023, in Anaheim. Featured speakers included DeSantis, Donald Trump, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy.[7] Trump's speech included calling on police to enact violent retribution on criminals, stating he will "immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft."[8]
Debate
The second Republican primary debate was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023. It was hosted by Fox Business, Rumble, and Univision, and moderated by Stuart Varney, Dana Perino, and Ilia Calderón. Seven of the eight candidates who attended the first debate were present: Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott.[9]
Endorsements
U.S. Representatives
- Frank Riggs, CA-01 (1991–1993, 1995–1999)[10]
- Tom McClintock, CA-04 (2009–2023), CA-05 (2023–present)[11][12]
State assemblymen
- Joe Patterson, District 5 (2022–present)[6]
- Tom Lackey, District 34 (2014–present)[13]
U.S. Representatives
- Connie Conway, CA-22 (2022–2023)[14][15]
- Darrell Issa, CA-48 (2023–present, 2001–2003), CA-50 (2021–2023) and CA-49 (2003–2019)[16]
- Doug LaMalfa, CA-01 (2013–present)[16]
- Kevin McCarthy, CA-22 (2007–2013), CA-23 (2013–2023), CA-20 (2023), and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2023)[17]
- Jay Obernolte, CA-23 (2023–present) and CA-8 (2021–2023)[16]
- Michelle Steel, CA-45 (2023–present) and CA-48 (2021–2023)[16]
Notable individuals
- Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert[18]
- Robert Davi, actor[19]
- John Dolmayan, System of a Down drummer[20]
- Dinesh D'Souza, author and filmmaker[21]
- Larry Elder, political commentator, candidate for governor in 2021 and withdrawn candidate for president in 2024[22]
- Caitlyn Jenner, transgender Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon[23]
- Antonio Sabàto Jr., actor[19]
- Jon Voight, actor[19]
- John H. Cox, Businessman, candidate for governor in 2018[24]
Polling
Aggregate polls
| Source of poll aggregation |
Dates administered |
Dates updated |
Nikki Haley |
Donald Trump |
Other/ Undecided[a] |
Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FiveThirtyEight[25] | through February 4, 2024 | February 10, 2024 | 19.0% | 73.1% | 7.9% | Trump +54.1 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[b] |
Margin of error |
Chris Christie |
Ron DeSantis |
Larry Elder |
Nikki Haley |
Asa Hutchinson |
Mike Pence |
Vivek Ramaswamy |
Tim Scott |
Donald Trump |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Consult[26] | Nov 1–30, 2023 | 2,347 (LV) | – | 2% | 10% | – | 8% | 0% | – | 7% | – | 71% | 1%[c] | – |
| Public Policy Institute of California[27] | Nov 9–16, 2023 | 276 (LV) | – | 5% | 12% | – | 13% | 0% | – | 2% | 2% | 56% | 1%[d] | 9% |
| Emerson College[28] | Nov 11–14, 2023 | 331 (LV) | – | 4% | 11% | - | 5% | 2% | – | 3% | - | 63% | 1%[e] | 11% |
| UC Berkeley IGS[29] | Oct 24–30, 2023 | 1,234 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 9% | – | – | 3% | 1% | 57% | 5% | 11% |
| Public Policy Institute of California[30] | Oct 3–19, 2023 | 316 (LV) | – | 4% | 12% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 53% | 5%[f] | 1% |
| Data Viewpoint[31] | October 1, 2023 | 533 (RV) | ± 4.3% | 5.5% | 17.5% | – | 15.2% | <1% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 49.8% | 1.7%[g] | – |
| Public Policy Institute of California[32] | Aug 25 – Sep 5, 2023 | 294 (LV) | – | – | 14% | – | 7% | – | 7% | – | – | 48% | 21%[h] | 1% |
| California's Choice[33] | Aug 27–29, 2023 | 750 (LV) | – | 4.8% | 21.6% | – | 15.6% | 0.5% | 4.4% | 9.6% | 0.8% | 43.4% | 2.6% | – |
| UC Berkeley IGS[34] | Aug 24–29, 2023 | 1,175 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 3% | 16% | 1% | 7% | – | 3% | 4% | 2% | 55% | – | 9% |
| Public Policy Institute of California[35] | Jun 7–29, 2023 | 267 (LV) | – | 3% | 24% | – | 3% | – | 6% | 1% | 5% | 50% | 7%[i] | 1% |
| Emerson College[36] | Jun 4–7, 2023 | 329 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 2% | 19% | – | 6% | – | 10% | 2% | 4% | 53% | 7%[j] | – |
| Public Policy Institute of California[37] | May 17–24, 2023 | 295 (LV) | ± 7% | 1% | 21% | – | 3% | – | 10% | 1% | 2% | 50% | 11%[k] | 2% |
| UC Berkeley IGS[38] | May 17–22, 2023 | 1,835 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 1% | 26% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 44% | 6%[l] | 13% |
| UC Berkeley IGS[39] | Feb 14–20, 2023 | 1,755 (RV) | ± 3.5% | – | 37% | – | 7% | – | 3% | – | 1% | 29% | 8%[m] | 10% |
| – | 50% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33% | 6%[n] | 11% | ||||
| UC Berkeley IGS[40] | Aug 9–15, 2022 | 9,254 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 0% | 27% | – | 3% | – | 7% | – | 0% | 38% | 10%[o] | 14% |
| 0% | 53% | – | 4% | – | 9% | – | 1% | – | 15%[p] | 17% |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 1,962,905 | 79.25% | 169 | 0 | 169 |
| Nikki Haley | 431,876 | 17.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) | 35,717 | 1.44% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 20,210 | 0.82% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 11,113 | 0.45% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rachel Swift | 4,253 | 0.17% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Stuckenberg | 3,909 | 0.16% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) | 3,577 | 0.14% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn) | 3,336 | 0.13% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 2,476,896 | 100.00% | 169 | 0 | 169 |