2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary

The 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 39 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis.^[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.

2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary

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39 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Home state Florida South Carolina Delegate count 27 12 Popular vote 232,846 97,182 Percentage 68.94% 28.77%
Results by county Results by congressional district Results by State House district Results by voting precinct Trump   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   80 – 90%   >90% Haley   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90% DeSantis   100% Tie/no votes   40 – 50%   50%   No votes

Trump won more than two thirds of the popular vote and swept every county in the state. Conversely, Haley performed best in the Hennepin and Ramsey counties, where the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are respectively located.

Candidates

The following candidates were on the ballot.^[2] A write-in option was available.

• Chris Christie
• Ron DeSantis
• Nikki Haley
• Vivek Ramaswamy
• Donald Trump

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Donald Trump

U.S. representatives

• Tom Emmer, MN-06 (2015–present) and House Majority Whip (2023-present)^[3]
• Brad Finstad, MN-01 (2022–present)^[3]
• Michelle Fischbach, MN-07 (2021–present)^[3]
• Jason Lewis, MN-02 (2017–2019)^[4]
• Pete Stauber, MN-08 (2019–present)^[3]

State senators

• Nathan Wesenberg, state senator for District 10^[5]

State representatives

• Ben Davis, state representative for District 6A^[6]

Individuals

• Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO^[7]
• Royce White, former professional basketball player and Republican candidate for U.S. senator from Minnesota in 2024^[8]

Results

Minnesota Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[9][10]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	232,846	68.94%	27	0	27
Nikki Haley	97,182	28.77%	12	0	12
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	4,085	1.21%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	1,470	0.44%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,431	0.42%	0	0	0
Write-ins	720	0.21%	0	0	0
Total:	337,014	100.00%	39	0	39

Results by congressional district

Trump won seven of eight congressional districts.

District	Trump	Haley
1st	71.7%	25.8%
2nd	66.8%	31.0%
3rd	58.2%	39.6%
4th	55.5%	41.9%
5th	47.1%	50.0%
6th	73.2%	24.7%
7th	78.2%	19.5%
8th	76.9%	20.9%
Source: "Summary Level Results by Congressional District". Retrieved March 14, 2024.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Doug Burgum	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Vivek Ramaswamy	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Embold Research/MinnPost[11]	November 14–17, 2023	1,519 (LV)	± 2.6%	1%	1%	17%	12%	4%	60%	–	5%

See also

• 2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary
• 2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

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