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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Petition deadline for candidates not generally recognized by the Secretary of State: Monday 6 November - Friday 15 December 2023
Generally Recognized candidates must substantiate with the Secretary of State: Tuesday 28 November 2023
Primary: Tuesday 5 March 2024
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
Trump, Donald John169 100.00% 169 100.00%169 100.00%
Total169 100.00% 169 100.00%169 100.00%

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


2024 California Presidential Primary from the California Secretary of State.

Certified List of Candidates from the California Secretary of State.


Standing Rules and Bylaws of the California Republican Party as amended 12 March 2023.

29 July 2023: Tensions flare as California GOP gives Trump a boost by overhauling state primary rules from the Los Angeles Times. The executive committee approved the plan 53-16. The adopted rules allocate all delegates statewide. If one candidate receives 50% of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all the delegates. Otherwise, delegates are allocated proportionally.

8 August 2023: Schaefer v USA and Donald John Trump, 3:23-CV-01451-JLS-BLM. Federal lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot in 2024.

Returns from the California Secretary of State. Certification on 12 April 2024.

Results from a media source.


   

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

Under California law, voters must be registered as Republicans to request a Republicans primary ballot.

Tuesday 5 March 2024: California Primary. Hours 7:00a-8:00p PST (1500-0400 UTC). Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Included in Nationwide vote.
As of 18 March 2024 15:28 EST.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump1,910,15079.18%
Nimarata Randhaw "Nikki" Haley422,23617.50%
Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis34,8721.45%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie19,8100.82%
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy10,7740.45%
Rachel Hannah "Mohawk" Swift4,1290.17%
David James Stuckenberg3,8080.16%
Ryan L. Binkley3,4970.14%
William Asa "Asa" Hutchinson, II3,2560.13%
Total2,412,532100.00%
 

All 169 of California's delegates to the Republican National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders in today's California Presidential Primary.

  • If a presidential candidate receives a majority (50% plus 1) of the ... statewide vote, that candidate shall be awarded all of California's delegates.... [Article VI. Section 6.01 (A)(2)]
  • If no candidate receives a majority of the ... statewide vote, then delegates ... shall be awarded proportionally. Starting with the candidate who received the most votes statewide, compute (candidate's statewide vote) × (total number of at-large delegates) ÷ (total vote statewide) and round up to the next highest integer. Continue with the next highest vote getter until all delegates are assigned. It is not clear if the 3 RNC delegates are included in this category. The presidential candidate's representatives name their delegates.... [Standing Rules and Bylaws of the California Republican Party. Article VI. Section 6.01 (A)(2), (B)(1)]

Primary
As of 18 March 2024 15:28 EST.

ContestTrumpHaley
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
Statewide2,412,5322,412,5321691,910,15079.176%169422,23617.502% 
Total
Delegates
  169  169   

Trump, having received in excees of 50% of the statewide vote, wins all 169 delegates.

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

Each delegate to the Republican National Convention shall use his or her best efforts at the convention for the party's presidential nominee candidate from California to whom the delegate has pledged support until the person is nominated for the office of President of the United States by the convention, receives less than 10 percent of the votes for nomination by the convention, releases the delegate from his or her obligation, or until two convention nominating ballots have been taken. Thereafter, each delegate shall be free to vote as he or she chooses.... [California Elections Code Section 6461.(c)]

 

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.

 

Links Links to other web sites

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  California Voter Foundation
  Calraaces.com - Insider Commentary on California Politics
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  Smart Voter - League of Women Voters
  Sonoma Index-Tribune
  The Bakersfield Californian
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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
  Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties  
  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
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