2024 Nevada Republican presidential nominating contests

The 2024 Nevada Republican presidential primary and caucus were held on February 6 and 8, 2024, respectively, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 26 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a proportional basis in the caucus.^[3] They were held following the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.^[4]

2024 Nevada Republican presidential primary and caucus

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Presidential primary (non-binding)
February 6, 2024
No Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Nikki Haley[a] None of These Candidates Home state South Carolina – Popular vote 24,583 50,763 Percentage 30.63% 63.26%
Results by county None of These Candidates   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%
Presidential caucuses
February 8, 2024
26 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Ryan Binkley Home state Florida Texas Delegate count 26 0 Popular vote 59,982 536 Percentage 99.11% 0.89%
Trump   >90%

On August 14, 2023, Republicans in Nevada announced that they would boycott and ignore the non-binding, state-organized primary following a controversy over the selection of a primary process over the traditional caucus format in the state's presidential preference contests. The state-run primary was held on February 6, while the Nevada Republican Party held its own caucus on February 8.

Nikki Haley lost the popular vote in the non-binding Nevada primary to None of These Candidates.^[5] Although None of These Candidates received more votes, Haley was the official winner of the primary.^[1] Trump won the party-organized caucus.

Background

Controversy

The Democratic-controlled Nevada Legislature, supported by former senator Harry Reid, moved to establish a presidential primary in 2021 for the Republican and Democratic parties, following the "havoc" of the 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses.^[6] Previously, party-organized caucuses were used to determine delegates in presidential elections. In May 2023, the Republican Party sued the state of Nevada, because they preferred to keep using the caucuses to determine their delegate allocation.^[7][8]

The Republican primary required more than one Republican candidate to file by October 16, 2023. Nevada Republicans have said that they will instead hold a party-organized caucus on February 8, 2024. To participate in the caucus, Republican candidates needed to register their candidacy with the Nevada Republican Party in a filing window from September 1, 2023, to October 15, 2023.^[7][9]

Additionally, Haley, the only remaining major candidate on the primary ballot by the time of the election, refused to spend funds or campaign in the Nevada primaries due to not being allowed to enter the caucuses.^[10] This led to early speculation "None of the Above" would win the primaries instead.^{[citation needed]}

Procedure

Delegates are proportionally allocated to candidates who receive at least 3.85% of the votes in the caucus on February 8, 2024. Votes in the primary on February 6, 2024, will not be included in determining delegate allocation.

Candidates

The filing deadline for the Nevada primary was on October 16, 2023. The office of the Secretary of State of Nevada published the list of qualified candidates on October 20.^[11] The filing window for the Nevada caucus was between September 1 and October 15. The party published their own list of candidates and did not allow those who filed for the state-run primary to participate.^[12]

The state of Nevada, per a law enacted in 1975, will also allow voters in the primary to cast a vote for "None of these Candidates."^[13] Local news outlets in Nevada reported that it was plausible that Nikki Haley could face a competitive race against "None of these candidates" because Nevada voters, including those who wished to support Trump in the caucus but couldn't vote for him in the primary, were allowed to participate in both the primary and the caucus.^[2]

Primary candidates

• John Anthony Castro
• Heath V. Fulkerson
• Nikki Haley
• Donald Kjornes
• Mike Pence (withdrawn)^[14]
• Tim Scott (withdrawn)^[15]
• Hirsh V. Singh (withdrawn)^[16]
• None of these Candidates

Caucus candidates^[b]

• Ryan Binkley
• Donald Trump

Campaign

In March 2023, it was reported that Trump hosted a range of Nevada Republican Party officials at Mar-a-Lago as part of his campaign's "aggressive outreach to state and local party officials in the early primary states."^[17]

The two contests have led to some confusion among voters, where they have questioned why Trump is not listed on the primary ballot, with thousands of them calling in to request clarification.^[18]

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Primary

None of These Candidates

Statewide executive officials

• Joe Lombardo, Governor of Nevada (2023–present)^[19]
• Stavros Anthony, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (2023–present)^[19]

Caucus

Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

Former federal executive official

• Nick Trutanich, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada (2019–2021)^[20]

Former U.S. Representative

• Cresent Hardy, NV-04 (2015–2017)^[21]

Former state executive officials

• Adam Laxalt, Attorney General (2015–2019); Republican nominee for U.S. Senator in 2022 and Governor in 2018^[22] (previously endorsed Donald Trump)
• Andy Matthews, Controller (2023–present)^[23]
• Patty Cafferata, State Treasurer (1983–1987)^[21]

State senators

• Carrie A. Buck, District 5 (2020–present); Assistant Minority Leader (2023–present)^[21]
• Jeff Stone, District 20 (2022–present); Western Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Labor (2019–2021); California State Senator from District 28 (2014–2019)^[24]
• Keith Pickard, District 20 (2018–2022); Nevada State Assemblyman from District 22 (2016–2018)^[21]

State representatives

• Danielle Gallant, District 23 (2022–present); Assistant Minority Floor Leader (South) (2023–present)^[21]
• Jill Dickman, District 31 (2014–2016 and 2020–present); Assistant Minority Floor Leader (North) (2023–present); Assistant Majority Whip (North) (2015–2017)^[21]
• Edwin Goedhart, District 36 (2006–2012)^[21]
• Jim Wheeler, District 39 (2012–2022); Minority Leader (2017–2019)^[21]
• Kelly Kite, District 39 (2010–2012)^[21]

Notable individuals

• Robert Bigelow, owner of Budget Suites of America and founder of Bigelow Aerospace^[25]
• Chuck Muth, political consultant; former executive director of the Nevada Republican Party^[26]

Donald Trump

Former federal official

• Steven Cheung, Special Assistant to the President (2017–2018)^[27]

Statewide executive officials

• Joe Lombardo, governor (2023–present)^[19]
• Stavros Anthony, lieutenant governor (2023–present)^[19]

Former state executive official

• Adam Laxalt, Attorney General (2015–2019)^[28] (switched endorsement to Ron DeSantis)^[29]

Former state representative

• Jim Marchant, District 37 (2016–2018); Republican nominee in the 2022 Nevada Secretary of State election^[30]

County official

• Michele Fiore, Nye County Justice of the Peace (2022–present)^[31]

Notable individual

• Wayne Allyn Root, TV and radio host^[32]

Polling

Source of poll aggregation	Dates administered	Dates updated	Donald Trump	Other/ Undecided[c]	Margin
RealClearPolling[33]	September 29, 2023 – January 8, 2024	January 21, 2024	69.0%	31.0%[d]	Trump +58.5

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[e]	Margin of error	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Asa Hutchinson	Mike Pence	Vivek Ramaswamy	Tim Scott	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
McLaughlin & Associates[34][A]	Dec 11–13, 2023	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	5%	15%	–	–	–	2%	–	75%	0%[f]	3%
SSRS/CNN[35]	Sep 29 – October 6, 2023	650 (LV)	± 5.3%	2%	13%	6%	–	3%	4%	2%	65%	4%[g]	2%
National Research[36][B]	Jun 26–28, 2023	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	3%	22%	3%	0%	2%	2%	2%	52%	–	14%[h]
National Research[37][B]	May 30 – June 1, 2023	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	–	21%	3%	0%	1%	2%	2%	53%	0%[i]	17%
Vote TXT[38]	May 15–19, 2023	112 (RV)	± 4.8%	–	21%	5%	–	2%	3%	–	51%	7%	11%
Susquehanna Polling & Research[39]	Oct 24–27, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.3%	–	34%	1%	–	7%	–	–	41%	7%[j]	10%

Results

Nikki Haley's popular vote share by county

  10-20%

  20-30%

  30-40%

  40-50%

Primary

Nevada Republican primary, February 6, 2024^[40]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage
			None of These Candidates[2]	50,763	63.26%
Nikki Haley	24,583	30.63%
Mike Pence (withdrawn)	3,091	3.85%
Tim Scott (withdrawn)	1,081	1.35%
John Anthony Castro	270	0.34%
Hirsh V. Singh (withdrawn)	200	0.25%
Donald Kjornes	166	0.21%
Heath V. Fulkerson	95	0.12%
Total:	80,249	100.00%

By county

County None of These Candidates Nikki Haley Others Margin Total votes % # % # % # % # Carson City 59.48% 1,763 34.14% 1,012 6.37% 189 25.34% 751 2,964 Churchill 65.80% 962 26.33% 385 7.87% 115 39.47% 577 1,462 Clark 63.75% 25,074 29.64% 11,659 6.61% 2,596 34.11% 13,415 39,329 Douglas 64.34% 3,643 31.74% 1,797 3.92% 222 32.60% 1,846 5,662 Elko 76.36% 2,255 17.30% 511 6.34% 187 59.06% 1,744 2,953 Esmeralda 74.12% 63 17.65% 15 8.23% 7 56.47% 48 85 Eureka 84.04% 158 10.11% 19 5.85% 11 73.93% 139 188 Humboldt 75.73% 774 17.42% 178 6.85% 70 58.31% 596 1,022 Lander 75.77% 269 16.62% 59 7.61% 27 59.15% 210 355 Lincoln 71.15% 296 20.67% 86 8.18% 34 50.48% 210 416 Lyon 74.93% 2,415 19.95% 643 5.12% 165 54.98% 1,772 3,223 Mineral 77.18% 230 17.45% 52 5.37% 16 59.73% 178 298 Nye 80.56% 2,171 15.10% 407 4.34% 117 65.46% 1,764 2,695 Pershing 71.79% 257 20.95% 75 7.26% 26 50.84% 182 358 Storey 70.75% 225 24.53% 78 4.72% 15 46.22% 147 318 Washoe 53.49% 9,834 40.68% 7,479 5.83% 1,072 12.81% 2,355 18,385 White Pine 69.78% 374 23.88% 128 6.34% 34 45.90% 246 536

Caucus

Nevada Republican caucus, February 8, 2024^[41]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	59,982	99.11%	25	1[k]	26
Ryan Binkley	540	0.89%	0	0	0
Total	60,522	100.00%	25	1	26

By county

County Donald Trump Ryan Binkley Margin Total votes % # % # % # Carson City 98.31% 1,918 1.69% 33 96.62% 1,885 1,951 Churchill 99.46% 1,287 0.54% 7 98.92% 1,280 1,294 Clark 99.34% 29,965 0.66% 200 98.67% 29,765 30,165 Douglas 98.45% 4,013 1.55% 63 96.91% 3,950 4,076 Elko 98.90% 2,151 1.10% 24 97.79% 2,127 2,175 Esmeralda 97.40% 75 2.60% 2 94.81% 73 77 Eureka 97.64% 124 2.36% 3 95.28% 121 127 Humboldt 99.31% 865 0.69% 6 98.62% 859 871 Lander 98.82% 417 1.18% 5 97.63% 412 422 Lincoln 99.53% 210 0.47% 1 99.05% 209 211 Lyon 99.58% 3,076 0.42% 13 99.16% 3,063 3,089 Mineral 98.11% 260 1.89% 5 96.23% 255 265 Nye 99.66% 2,035 0.34% 7 99.31% 2,028 2,042 Pershing 98.56% 342 1.44% 5 97.12% 337 347 Storey 99.76% 418 0.24% 1 99.52% 417 419 Washoe 98.70% 12,239 1.30% 161 97.40% 12,078 12,400 White Pine 99.32% 587 0.68% 4 98.65% 583 591

See also

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

Notes

1. Despite receiving fewer votes than None of These Candidates, Haley officially won the primary.^[1] Under Nevada state law, "only votes cast for the named candidates shall be counted” for the purposes of declaring the winner of an election.^[2]
2. Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy were originally on the ballot, but have been removed since they all suspended their campaigns.
3. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
4. Ron DeSantis 10.5%
   Vivek Ramaswamy 5.0%
   Chris Christie 3.0%
5. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
6. Ryan Binkley with 0%
7. "Someone else" with 2%; Doug Burgum & Larry Elder with 1%; Will Hurd & Perry Johnson with 0%
8. Other, undecided, and refused
9. Chris Sununu with 0%
10. Ted Cruz with 5%; Mike Pompeo and Marco Rubio with 1%; Larry Hogan with 0%
11. If a candidate wins all of Nevada's delegates, the NRP chair is automatically unbound. He has pledged his support to Trump.

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by Trump's campaign
2. Poll sponsored by American Greatness PAC