Only Voters registered as Republican are eligible to participate.

A decision concerning an alternative to the primary will be made at the Summer Meeting on 23-24 June 2023.

Circa March 2024 (date not set): Idaho Primary (cancelled by legislation Mar 2023). Delegate Binding: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary (cancelled by legislation Mar 2023) (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

All 32 of Idaho's National Convention delegates are pledged to Presidential contenders based on the vote in today's Presidential Primary.

• If one candidate wins more than 50% of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all the National Convention Delegates. [Idaho Republican Party State Rules. Idaho Rules for Selection of Delegates to the National Convention and State Convention. Article VI. Section 3.(c)]
• Otherwise, if at least 1 candidate receives 20% or more of the statewide vote, the National Conventions delegates are allocated proportionally to those candidates receiving 20% or more of the statewide vote. [Idaho Republican Party State Rules. Idaho Rules for Selection of Delegates to the National Convention and State Convention. Article VI. Section 3.(b)]
• Otherwise, National Conventions delegates are allocated proportionally. [Idaho Republican Party State Rules. Idaho Rules for Selection of Delegates to the National Convention and State Convention. Article VI. Section 3.(b)]

A NOTE re: Rounding: All rounding will be done to the nearest whole number. Any rounding and/or over/under allocated delegates will be handled by the Nominating Committee.

Primary (cancelled by legislation Mar 2023) (preliminary)

Circa May 2024 (date not set): Idaho Precinct Conventions.

Circa May - June 2024 (date not set): Idaho County and Re-organization Conventions.

Circa June 2024 (date not set): The Idaho State Republican Convention convenes.

No later than 30 days before the State Convention, each Presidential candidate prepares a list of proposed National Convention delegates. National Convention delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

... Delegates ... shall be obliged on the first ballot taken at the Republican National Convention to vote for the candidate who nominated them, provided any Delegates selected as representing the "uncommitted" choice shall be free to cast their vote for any candidate whose name has been placed in nomination before the Republican National Convention. In the event of death or withdrawal ... or release of Delegates by a candidate prior to the first ballot ... Delegates committed to such a candidate ... become uncommitted [Rule Article VI Sections 8 & 9].