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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Deadline for political parties to certify participation in primary: Tuesday 12 December 2023
Wisconsin Elections Commission and party certify generally recognized candidates: Tuesday 2 January 2024
Filing for candidates not generally recognized: Tuesday 2 January - Tuesday 30 January 2024
District Caucuses: Monday 1 April - Wednesday 1 May 2024 (presumably)
Primary: Tuesday 2 April 2024
State Convention / State Executive Committee Meeting: Friday 17 May - Sunday 19 May 2024
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John41 100.00%41 100.00%
Total41 100.00%41 100.00%

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Wisconsin Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
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Constitution of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Upcoming Events, Required documents, Presidential Preference Vote 2024, and Candidates from the Wisconsin Elections Commission.


   

Monday 1 April - Wednesday 1 May 2024 (presumably): District Caucuses. National Convention District Delegates are selected according to the results of the primary.

 

Wisconsin does not have voter registration by party. Voters can register to vote at the polls on election day. Voters may request the ballot of any party but for one party only.

"Uncommitted" appears on the ballot under the choice labeled "Uninstructed Delegation". Write-in candidates are allowed.

Tuesday 2 April 2024: Wisconsin Primary. Hours 7:00a-8:00p CDT (1200-0100 UTC). Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.
Estimate updated 10 April 2024 12:15a EDT.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump476,85079.26%
Nimarata Randhaw "Nikki" Haley76,73412.75%
Ronald Dion "Ron" DeSantis20,1503.35%
Uninstructed Delegate12,9132.15%
Christopher James "Chris" Christie9,7601.62%
Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy5,2210.87%
Total601,628100.00%
 

All 41 of Wisconsin's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Wisconsin Presidential Primary.

  • 24 district delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the 8 congressional districts: each congressional district is assigned 3 National Convention delegates and the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in that district will receive all 3 of that district's National Convention delegates. [Republican Party of Wisconsin Constitution Article X Section 3.]
  • 17 at-large delegates (10 base at-large delegates plus 4 bonus delegates plus 3 RNC delegates) are to be bound to the presidential contender receiving the greatest number of votes in the primary statewide. [Republican Party of Wisconsin Constitution Article X Section 4.]

Primary (preliminary)
Estimate updated 10 April 2024 12:15a EDT.

ContestTrumpHaley
 Pop
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
CD168,856355,27780.279%38,32612.092% 
CD244,953331,03969.048%38,97119.956% 
CD373,390358,67079.943%38,75311.927% 
CD437,422327,56073.647%36,25216.707% 
CD5111,240387,85778.980%314,69813.213% 
CD685,016367,52779.429%310,92112.846% 
CD797,043380,57683.031%39,5229.812% 
CD883,184367,87081.590%39,31811.202% 
Statewide601,10417476,37679.250%1776,76112.770% 
Total
Delegates
 41  41   
 

Prior to the Presidential Primary ... each District Chairman, in consultation with his or her District Executive Committee shall establish a list of ... District delegates ... to the national convention and shall submit that list to the Republican Party of Wisconsin. Within 7 days of the Presidential Primary, the committee of the candidate winning a plurality of the vote in each Congressional District shall notify the Republican Party of Wisconsin which 3 from each District list they wish to designate as delegates ... [Republican Party of Wisconsin Constitution Article X Section 5.]

At-Large delegates ... shall be selected by the committee of the candidate receiving a plurality of the statewide votes ... and ... said delegates ... shall be ratified by the State Executive Committee. It shall be understood that the candidate’s committee shall have final approval ... [Republican Party of Wisconsin Constitution Article X Section 5.]

A candidate ... is entitled to control all the delegates ... on all votes for nomination for President of the United States and Vice-President of the United States, unless the delegates ... are released by the candidate or the candidate fails to receive at least 1/3 of the total votes cast in any vote for nomination. [Article X Sections 4. and 5.]

 

Friday 17 May - Sunday 19 May 2024: State Convention / State Executive Committee Meeting. The statewide delegates are selected by the candidate receiving a plurality of the statewide votes and ratified by the State Executive Committee.

 

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.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html
Election Authority
  Wisconsin Elections Commission
  Wisconsin Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Wisconsin Assembly Democrats
  Wisconsin Senate Democrats
  Wisconsin State Legislature
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Republican
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Media & others
  Greater Milwaukee Today
  LaCrosse Tribune
  Leader-Telegram - Eau Claire
  Politics1.com - Wisconsin
  The Capital Times, Wisconsin State Journal - Madison
  The Chippewa Herald
  The Daily Press - Ashland
  The Janesville Gazette
  The Journal Times - Racine
  The Kenosha News
  The Wheeler Report - Madison
  Watertown Daily Times
  WISC TV - IBS - Madison
  Wisconsin Radio Network - Madison
  Wisconsin Vote - University of Wisconsin
  WisPolitics.com
  WKOW TV - ABC - Madison
 


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Documentation
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  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
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