2024 California Republican presidential primary

The 2024 California Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 169 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis.^[3] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.

2024 California Republican presidential primary

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169 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Home state Florida South Carolina Delegate count 169 0 Popular vote 1,962,905 431,876 Percentage 79.25%[1] 17.44%[2]
County results Congressional district results Trump   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%

Background

Procedure

If a candidate gets over 50% of the total statewide vote, they are awarded all of the state's delegates. Otherwise, the delegates are allocated proportionally.

Candidates

The following candidates were certified:^[4]

• Nikki Haley
• David Stuckenberg
• Rachel Swift
• Donald Trump
• Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)
• Chris Christie (withdrawn)^[5]
• Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)
• Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)
• Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)

Campaign

Events

On June 19, 2023, Ron DeSantis held a private breakfast event at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California, hosting business leaders in the region to raise funds for his campaign. It was his first campaign stop in California since his administration in Florida transported migrants from the border with Mexico to Sacramento. The event was attended by state legislators Joe Patterson and Tom Lackey, who endorsed DeSantis after the event.^[6]

The California Republican Party held its annual fall convention from September 29 to October 1, 2023, in Anaheim. Featured speakers included DeSantis, Donald Trump, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy.^[7] Trump's speech included calling on police to enact violent retribution on criminals, stating he will "immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft."^[8]

Debate

Further information: 2024 Republican Party presidential debates and forums § September 27, 2023 – Simi Valley, California

The second Republican primary debate was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023. It was hosted by Fox Business, Rumble, and Univision, and moderated by Stuart Varney, Dana Perino, and Ilia Calderón. Seven of the eight candidates who attended the first debate were present: Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott.^[9]

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

U.S. Representatives

• Frank Riggs, CA-01 (1991–1993, 1995–1999)^[10]
• Tom McClintock, CA-04 (2009–2023), CA-05 (2023–present)^[11][12]

State assemblymen

• Joe Patterson, District 5 (2022–present)^[6]
• Tom Lackey, District 34 (2014–present)^[13]

Donald Trump

U.S. Representatives

• Connie Conway, CA-22 (2022–2023)^[14][15]
• Darrell Issa, CA-48 (2023–present, 2001–2003), CA-50 (2021–2023) and CA-49 (2003–2019)^[16]
• Doug LaMalfa, CA-01 (2013–present)^[16]
• Kevin McCarthy, CA-22 (2007–2013), CA-23 (2013–2023), CA-20 (2023), and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2023)^[17]
• Jay Obernolte, CA-23 (2023–present) and CA-8 (2021–2023)^[16]
• Michelle Steel, CA-45 (2023–present) and CA-48 (2021–2023)^[16]

Notable individuals

• Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert^[18]
• Robert Davi, actor^[19]
• John Dolmayan, System of a Down drummer^[20]
• Dinesh D'Souza, author and filmmaker^[21]
• Larry Elder, political commentator, candidate for governor in 2021 and withdrawn candidate for president in 2024^[22]
• Caitlyn Jenner, transgender Olympic gold medalist in the decathlon^[23]
• Antonio Sabàto Jr., actor^[19]
• Jon Voight, actor^[19]

Nikki Haley

• John H. Cox, Businessman, candidate for governor in 2018^[24]

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Nikki Haley	Donald Trump	Other/ Undecided[a]	Margin
FiveThirtyEight[25]	through February 4, 2024	February 10, 2024	19.0%	73.1%	7.9%	Trump +54.1

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Larry Elder	Nikki Haley	Asa Hutchinson	Mike Pence	Vivek Ramaswamy	Tim Scott	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Morning Consult[26]	Nov 1–30, 2023	2,347 (LV)	–	2%	10%	–	8%	0%	–	7%	–	71%	1%[c]	–
Public Policy Institute of California[27]	Nov 9–16, 2023	276 (LV)	–	5%	12%	–	13%	0%	–	2%	2%	56%	1%[d]	9%
Emerson College[28]	Nov 11–14, 2023	331 (LV)	–	4%	11%	-	5%	2%	–	3%	-	63%	1%[e]	11%
UC Berkeley IGS[29]	Oct 24–30, 2023	1,234 (LV)	± 4.0%	2%	12%	1%	9%	–	–	3%	1%	57%	5%	11%
Public Policy Institute of California[30]	Oct 3–19, 2023	316 (LV)	–	4%	12%	0%	9%	0%	6%	5%	3%	53%	5%[f]	1%
Data Viewpoint[31]	October 1, 2023	533 (RV)	± 4.3%	5.5%	17.5%	–	15.2%	<1%	3.0%	3.6%	2.9%	49.8%	1.7%[g]	–
California's Choice[32]	Aug 27–29, 2023	750 (LV)	–	4.8%	21.6%	–	15.6%	0.5%	4.4%	9.6%	0.8%	43.4%	2.6%	–
UC Berkeley IGS[33]	Aug 24–29, 2023	1,175 (LV)	± 4.0%	3%	16%	1%	7%	–	3%	4%	2%	55%	–	9%
Public Policy Institute of California[34]	Jun 7–29, 2023	267 (LV)	–	3%	24%	–	3%	–	6%	1%	5%	50%	7%[h]	1%
Emerson College[35]	Jun 4–7, 2023	329 (LV)	± 2.9%	2%	19%	–	6%	–	10%	2%	4%	53%	7%[i]	–
Public Policy Institute of California[36]	May 17–24, 2023	295 (LV)	± 7%	1%	21%	–	3%	–	10%	1%	2%	50%	11%[j]	2%
UC Berkeley IGS[37]	May 17–22, 2023	1,835 (RV)	± 3.5%	1%	26%	0%	3%	0%	4%	2%	1%	44%	6%[k]	13%
UC Berkeley IGS[38]	Feb 14–20, 2023	1,755 (RV)	± 3.5%	–	37%	–	7%	–	3%	–	1%	29%	8%[l]	10%
				–	50%	–	–	–	–	–	–	33%	6%[m]	11%
UC Berkeley IGS[39]	Aug 9–15, 2022	9,254 (RV)	± 3.0%	0%	27%	–	3%	–	7%	–	0%	38%	10%[n]	14%
				0%	53%	–	4%	–	9%	–	1%	–	15%[o]	17%

Results

California Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[40][41][42]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	1,962,905	79.25%	169	0	169
Nikki Haley	431,876	17.44%	0	0	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	35,717	1.44%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	20,210	0.82%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	11,113	0.45%	0	0	0
Rachel Swift	4,253	0.17%	0	0	0
David Stuckenberg	3,909	0.16%	0	0	0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	3,577	0.14%	0	0	0
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)	3,336	0.13%	0	0	0
Total:	2,476,896	100.00%	169	0	169

See also

• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 California Democratic presidential primary
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in California
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
3. Burgum at 1%
4. Kristi Noem at 1%; Perry Johnson at 0% and Glenn Youngkin at 0%
5. Doug Burgum with 1%
6. "Someone else" with 4%; Glenn Youngkin with 1%; Doug Burgum, Will Hurd, Perry Johnson, Kristi Noem & "Would not vote" with 0%
7. Doug Burgum with 1.7%; Glenn Youngkin with <1%
8. Liz Cheney with 3%; Kristi Noem and "Someone else" with 2%
9. Doug Burgum and Chris Sununu with 1%
10. Liz Cheney with 7%; Kristi Noem with 2%; Chris Sununu with 1%
11. Liz Cheney with 4%; Kristi Noem, Chris Sununu with 1%; Perry Johnson and John Bolton with 0%
12. Liz Cheney with 4%; Kristi Noem and Mike Pompeo with 2%; Ted Cruz with 1%; Chris Sununu and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
13. Neither with 6%
14. Ted Cruz and Mike Pompeo with 2%; Marco Rubio and Larry Hogan with 1%; Tom Cotton, and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
15. Mike Pompeo with 4%; Ted Cruz with 3%; Marco Rubio with 2%; Larry Hogan with 1%; Tom Cotton and Glenn Youngkin with 0%