2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary

Main article: 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

The 2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 17 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis.^[2] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states. Nikki Haley won the primary against Donald Trump, making her the first woman to win a state in a Republican presidential primary, and first nonwhite woman to win a presidential primary of a major party.^[3] Haley was awarded nine delegates and Trump was awarded eight delegates. Haley won Chittenden County, Grand Isle County, Lamoille County, Washington County, Addison County, Windsor County, and Windham County. Trump won Franklin County, Orleans County, Essex County, Caledonia County, Orange County, Rutland County, and Bennington County.^[4]

2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary

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17 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Nikki Haley Donald Trump Home state South Carolina Florida Delegate count 9 8 Popular vote 36,241 33,162 Percentage 49.32%[1] 45.13%[1]
County results Municipality results Haley   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   >90% Trump   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90% Tie/No votes   40 – 50%   No votes

This was the first Republican primary since 2000 in which Vermont did not vote for the winner of the nomination.

The Vermont primary was the only state primary, and one of only two primaries along with the District of Columbia primary, of the 2024 Republican presidential primaries that Donald Trump lost. The state has an open primary system, which allows any registered voter to vote in the Republican nominating contest.

Candidates

The following candidates filed:^[5]

• Donald Trump
• Nikki Haley
• Ryan Binkley (withdrew on February 27, 2024)
• Ron DeSantis (withdrew on January 21, 2024)
• Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrew on January 15, 2024)
• Chris Christie (withdrew on January 10, 2024)

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Nikki Haley

Governors

• Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont (2017–present)^[6]
• Jim Douglas, former Governor of Vermont (2003–2011)^[7]

State Representatives

• Patricia McCoy, Minority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives (2019–present) from Rutland-1 (2015–present)^[8]
• Ashley Bartley, (2023–present) from Franklin-1^[8]

Donald Trump

Notable individual

• Randy Quaid, actor^[9]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Donald Trump	Vivek Ramaswamy	Other	Undecided
University of New Hampshire[10]	February 15–19, 2024	309 (LV)	± 5.6%	–	–	31%	61%	–	6%	2%
University of New Hampshire[11]	January 4–8, 2024	242 (LV)	± 6.3%	9%	3%	19%	47%	2%	3%	17%

Results

Vermont Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[12]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Nikki Haley	36,241	49.32%	9		9
Donald Trump	33,162	45.13%	8		8
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,020	1.39%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	949	1.29%
Write-in votes	586	0.80%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	546	0.74%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	278	0.38%
Overvotes	51	0.07%
Blank ballots	654	0.89%
Total:	73,487	100.00%	17		17

Results by county

2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary (results per county)[13]
County	Nikki Haley		Donald Trump		Chris Christie		Ron DeSantis		Vivek Ramaswamy		Ryan L. Binkley		Write-in		Overvotes		Blank Votes		Total votes cast
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Addison	2,569	51.74%	2,095	42.20%	76	1.53%	78	1.57%	36	0.73%	22	0.44%	59	1.19%	1	0.02%	29	0.58%	4,965
Bennington	1,743	42.03%	2,079	50.13%	77	1.86%	69	1.66%	63	1.52%	14	0.34%	32	0.77%	1	0.02%	69	1.66%	4,147
Caledonia	1,420	42.51%	1,724	51.62%	41	1.23%	40	1.20%	21	0.63%	19	0.57%	26	0.78%	0	0.00%	49	1.47%	3,340
Chittenden	10,158	61.23%	5,626	33.91%	247	1.49%	164	0.99%	103	0.62%	49	0.3%	138	0.83%	9	0.05%	96	0.58%	16,590
Essex	346	32.46%	667	62.57%	12	1.13%	7	0.66%	10	0.94%	2	0.19%	4	0.38%	2	0.19%	16	1.50%	1,066
Franklin	2,646	41.23%	3,446	53.69%	69	1.08%	82	1.28%	40	0.62%	29	0.45%	33	0.51%	4	0.06%	69	1.08%	6,418
Grand Isle	739	49.40%	697	46.59%	15	1.00%	16	1.07%	7	0.47%	2	0.13%	14	0.94%	0	0.00%	6	0.40%	1,496
Lamoille	1,398	56.48%	964	38.95%	25	1.01%	25	1.01%	18	0.73%	5	0.20%	17	0.69%	1	0.04%	22	0.89%	2,475
Orange	1,558	46.81%	1,605	48.23%	39	1.17%	43	1.29%	17	0.51%	15	0.45%	24	0.72%	7	0.21%	20	0.60%	3,328
Orleans	985	36.54%	1,562	57.94%	22	0.82%	52	1.93%	14	0.52%	12	0.45%	25	0.93%	0	0.00%	24	0.89%	2,696
Rutland	3,599	37.99%	5,310	56.05%	116	1.22%	155	1.64%	67	0.71%	29	0.31%	91	0.96%	11	0.12%	96	1.01%	9,474
Washington	3,776	54.40%	2,710	39.04%	138	1.99%	113	1.63%	56	0.81%	26	0.37%	49	0.71%	6	0.09%	67	0.97%	6,941
Windham	1,762	47.98%	1,694	46.13%	59	1.61%	40	1.09%	38	1.03%	18	0.49%	23	0.63%	4	0.11%	34	0.93%	3,672
Windsor	3,542	51.49%	2,983	43.36%	84	1.22%	65	0.94%	56	0.81%	36	0.52%	51	0.74%	5	0.07%	57	0.83%	6,879
Total	36,241	49.32%	33,162	45.13%	1,020	1.39%	949	1.29%	546	0.74%	278	0.38%	586	0.80%	51	0.07%	654	0.89%	73,487

See also

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

Notes

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