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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Candidate filing deadline: Friday 5 January 2024
County Meetings: Friday 1 March - Saturday 30 March 2024
District Conventions: Monday 1 April - Tuesday 30 April 2024
State Convention: Saturday 18 May 2024
Primary: Tuesday 21 May 2024
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John46 100.00%46 100.00%
Total46 100.00%46 100.00%

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RPK Rules from the Republican Party of Kentucky.

3 October 2023: The dates of the meetings and conventions will be set in January 2024.

5 January 2024: Presidential candidate filing deadline. The Kentucky Board of Elections will meet on 18 December 2023 for the purpose of nominating those candidates who have qualified for matching federal campaign funds.

2024 Primary Election returns from the Kentucky State Board of Elections.


   

Friday 1 March - Saturday 30 March 2024: Kentucky County Meetings. The County Meetings elect delegates to the District and State Conventions. [Republican Party of Kentucky Rules 7.02]

 

Monday 1 April - Tuesday 30 April 2024: Congressional District Conventions. 3 National Convention District Delegates are elected in each of the state's 6 Congressional Districts.

  • CD 1: 20 April.
  • CD 2: 20 April.
  • CD 3: 13 April.
  • CD 4: 27 April.
  • CD 5: 13 April.
  • CD 6: 20 April.
 

Saturday 18 May 2024: State Convention. Hours reportedly begin at 2:00p EDT (1800 UTC). The 25 At-Large National Convention Delegates are according to the results of the Presidential Primary.

The 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Kentucky's Republican Party, will attend the convention as bound delegates by virtue of their position.

 

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Kentucky holds closed party primaries. Voters must identify party preference at the time of registration (at least 29 days before the election) to be eligible to vote in the primary election.

... No candidate's name shall appear on any voting machine or absentee ballot more than once, except that a candidate's name may appear twice if he is a candidate for a primary or a regular election and also a candidate to fill a vacancy in the same office required .... [Kentucky Revised Statutes 118.405]

Tuesday 21 May 2024: Kentucky Primary. Hours reportedly 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Delegate Selection: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.
Estimate updated 22 May 2024 10:00a EDT.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump215,61784.91%
Nimarata Randhaw "Nikki" Haley16,3056.42%
Uncommitted9,0773.57%
Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis7,8363.09%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie2,4820.98%
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy1,6550.65%
Ryan L. Binkley9500.37%
Total253,922100.00%
 

All 46 of Kentucky's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Kentucky Primary.

  • 46 delegates to the National Convention are to be allocated proportionally among those candidates receiving 15% or more of the statewide Primary vote [Kentucky Revised Statutes 118.641(1)(a)].
    • The proportional delegate allocation shall be rounded to the nearest whole delegate. In the event that a delegate is unallocated due to mathematical rounding, the unallocated delegate vote shall be cast in favor of the candidate closest to the rounding threshold. In the event that delegates are over-allocated due to mathematical rounding, the over-allocated delegate shall be removed from the candidate furthest from the rounding threshold. [Official Rules of the Republican Party of Kentucky 9.03(a)]

Primary (preliminary)
Estimate updated 22 May 2024 10:00a EDT.

ContestTrumpHaley
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
Statewide253,922215,61746215,617100.000%4616,305  
Total
Delegates
  46  46   

Trump: 46 delegates × 215,617 ÷ 215,617 = 46.000 delegates. Round to 46.

Delegates to the national convention are bound for the first ballot. If a candidate dies or withdraws, any delegates bound to that candidate become uncommitted. "Withdrawal shall mean notice in writing by the candidate to the chairman of the Kentucky delegation prior to the first ballot." [KRS 118.641(2)]

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

 

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