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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Party submits list of candidates to Secretary of State: Thursday 30 November 2023
Secretary of State publishes list of candidates: Tuesday 12 December 2023
Primary: Tuesday 19 March 2024
State Executive Committee Meeting: Tuesday 26 March - Friday 31 May 2024 (presumably)
Congressional District Conventions: Thursday 28 March - Saturday 27 April 2024
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Soft
Pledged
Soft
Unpledged
Soft
Total
Hard Total
(available)125 100.00%125 100.00%125 100.00%
Total125 100.00%125 100.00%125 100.00%

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Florida Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Florida State and Local Government

 
 

Election Dates, Qualifying Information, and Candidate Tracking from the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.

Lawsuit to keep former President Donald Trump of the ballot, Castro v Trump, 23-12111, has been filed.

22 November 2023: Presidential Preference Primary Ballot from the Republican Party of Florida.


Uncontested races do not appear on the ballot.


   

"If ... a political party has only one presidential candidate, neither the name of the candidate nor the names of the candidate's delegates shall be printed on the ballot." [Florida Statute 103.101, paragraph 4]

Participation in Florida's delegate selection process is open to registered Republicans.

Tuesday 19 March 2024: Florida Primary. Hours reportedly 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Ryan L. Binkley  
Christopher James "Chris" Christie  
Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis  
Nimarata Randhaw "Nikki" Haley  
William Asa "Asa" Hutchinson, II  
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy  
Donald John Trump  
Total 100.00%
 

All 125 of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated in today's Florida Presidential Primary. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B. and D]

  • The Republican presidential candidate receiving the highest number of statewide votes at the Florida Presidential Preference Primary shall be awarded all delegates (including the 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Florida's Republican Party) to the Republican National Convention.

Within one week after the Presidential Preference Primary, each Republican presidential candidate whose name appeared on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot shall submit to the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida a list of proposed delegates ... who shall be considered as candidates ... to be elected as delegates.... The names ... of the proposed candidate's supporters shall be distributed ... to the various ... electing bodies prior to the holding of any elections for the purpose of electing delegates .... [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 C.]

National Convention Delegates are bound through the 3rd ballot unless the candidate withdraws or releases his/her delegates. "The Chairman ... shall be bound to ... cast all Delegate at Large votes ... during the first three convention ballots .... If the candidate... releases the delegates or withdraws his or her candidacy, then said delegate votes will not be bound to any candidate. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B.]

 

Tuesday 26 March - Friday 31 May 2024 (presumably): Florida State Executive Committee Meeting. Statewide delegates are selected, according to the results of the primary, from a list of provided by the Presidential candidates.

 

Thursday 28 March - Saturday 27 April 2024: Florida Congressional District Conventions. Congressional District delegates are selected, from a list of provided by the Presidential candidates, according to the results of the primary.

 

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

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
Election Authority
  Florida Department of State - Division of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Florida House of Representatives
  Florida Senate
  The Florida Monitor Weekly Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Republican
  Republican Party of Florida
Media & others
  Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte Harbor
  Citrus County Chronicle - Crystal River
  El Nueve Herald - Miami
  Florida News Center
  Florida Politics (blog)
  Gadsden County Times
  Gulfshore Business
  KeysNews.com - The Florida Keys
  Lake City Reporter
  Miami Herald
  New Times - Broward-Palm Beach
  News Leader - Fernandina Beach
  News-Sun - Avon Park - Lake Placid - Sebring
  Orlando Sentinel
  Palatka Daily News
  Politics1.com - Florida
  Sayfie Review
  South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Broward - Palm Beach - Miami-Dade
  St. Petersburg Times
  Tampa Bay Times - St. Petersburg
  The Apalachicola Times
  The Beaches Leader - Jacksonville
  The Herald - Manatee - Brandenton - Sarasota
  The Miami Herald
  The Westside Gazette - BlackPressUSA - Broward County
  WBBH TV - NBC - Fort Myers
  WCJB TV - ABC - Gainesville - Lake City - Ocala
  WCTV - CBS - Tallahassee
  WEAR TV - ABC - Pensacola
  WESH TV - NBC - Winter Park
  WFOR TV - CBS - Miami - Fort Lauderdale
  WFTS TV - ABC - Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota
  WFTV TV - ABC - Orlando
  WINK TV - CBS - Fort Myers
  WINZ AM - CC - Miami
  WJHG TV - NBC - Panama City
  WJXT TV - Jacksonville
  WJXX TV - ABC and WTLV TV - NBC - Jacksonville
  WKMG TV - CBS - Orlando
  WPBF TV - IBS - West Palm Beach
  WPTV TV - NBC - West Palm Beach
  WSCV-TV - Telemundo 51 - Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
  WSVN TV - FOX - Miami
  WTSP TV - CBS - Tampa
  WTVJ TV - NBC - Miramar
  WTVT TV - FOX - Tampa Bay
  WTXL TV - ABC - Tallahassee
 


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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
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Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound
 
Delegate Allocation
  Democratic Quick Reference   --   Republican Quick Reference  
  The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation   --   The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation  
  Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses   --   Republican Timing Penalties  
 
  Democratic Delegate Pledging and Voter Eligibility   --   Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
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  Estimating the Delegate Count  
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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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