2024 Kentucky Republican presidential caucuses

The 2024 Kentucky Republican presidential caucuses will be held on May 21, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 46 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a proportional basis.[1] The contest will be held alongside the Oregon primary.

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2024 Kentucky Republican presidential caucuses
May 21, 2024
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Candidates
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Declared candidates

Former President Donald Trump, former Governor of South Carolina and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson, Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, and radio host Larry Elder are the only main contenders to officially announce their candidacy so far.[2][3][4][5][6]

Potential candidates

Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is widely expected to announce his candidacy as soon as May 2023.[7] Commentators have described DeSantis as Trump's closest rival in the Republican primary based on primary polling taken in 2022 and 2023.[8][9] Former Vice President Mike Pence is also considering a candidacy for the Republican nomination.[10]

Other Republicans reportedly considering a candidacy include Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina;[11] Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire;[12] former Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey;[13] former National Security Advisor John Bolton of Maryland;[14] former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan;[15] former Representative Will Hurd of Texas;[16] and Miami Mayor Francis X. Suarez of Florida.[17]

Endorsements
Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
Ron DeSantis[lower-alpha 1]
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Declined to endorse
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Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Ron
DeSantis		 Nikki
Haley		 Asa
Hutchinson		 Mike
Pence		 Vivek
Ramaswamy		 Tim
Scott		 Donald
Trump		 Other Undecided
Emerson College May 10–12, 2023 500 (LV) ± 4.3% 14% 3% 0% 4% 3% 1% 70% 5%[24] –
Emerson College Apr 10–11, 2023 900 (LV) ± 3.0% 23% 4% 1% 4% – 1% 62% 6%[25] –

See also

Notes
  1. Has not declared his candidacy

References
  1. "Kentucky Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. Singman, Brooke (November 15, 2022). "Donald Trump announces 2024 re-election run for president". Fox News. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. Burlij, Terence; Sullivan, Kate (February 14, 2023). "Nikki Haley announces 2024 White House bid". CNN. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. Wiersema, Alisa (April 2, 2023). "ABC News exclusive: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces 2024 presidential run". ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. "Ramaswamy for President? Readers Respond". The Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  6. Kelly Garrity (April 20, 2023). "Larry Elder enters 2024 presidential race". Politico. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  7. Contorno, Steve; Warren, Michael (November 16, 2022). "As Trump blusters, DeSantis builds his case but tells people to 'chill out' with 2024 talk". CNN. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  8. Ulmer, Alexandra (2022-02-27). "Trump wins CPAC conservative meeting's 2024 presidential straw poll". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  9. Palmer, Ewan (2022-01-25). "Trump Blows Ron DeSantis Out of the Water in 2024 Presidential Polling". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  10. McCormick, John. "How Nikki Haley Went From Tea-Party Favorite to Governor to Trump 2024 Challenger". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  11. Jones, Dustin (April 12, 2023). "South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott takes a significant step toward a presidential run". NPR. Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  12. LeBlanc, Paul; Maher, Kit (January 29, 2023). "New Hampshire GOP governor says he's considering 2024 White House bid". CNN. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  13. King, Ryan (March 15, 2023). "Chris Christie lays out time frame for possible 2024 run". Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  14. Watson, Kathryn (January 26, 2023). "Bolton says Trump's 2024 campaign is "poison" for GOP and will "continue to go downhill"". CBS News. Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  15. Steinhauser, Paul (March 21, 2023). "Potential 2024 GOP long shot says his ideas may be enough to boost him past Trump, DeSantis". Fox News. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  16. Metzger, Bryan (April 23, 2023). "Former Rep. Will Hurd might launch a 2024 GOP presidential campaign. He's still waiting to see if his party agrees that 'we're better together.'". Business Insider. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  17. Schwartz, Brian (March 8, 2023). "Miami's popular Republican Mayor Suarez weighs GOP challenge to Trump for White House in 2024". CNBC. Archived from the original on March 8, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  18. Catanese, David (March 30, 2023). "'I hope he does it': Kentucky's Massie likely to endorse DeSantis for president". Miami Herald. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  19. Vu, Nancy (2023-04-05). "Thomas Massie endorsed Ron DeSantis for president in 2024 — another House Republican backing someone other than Donald Trump". Politico CongressMinutes. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
  20. Sonka, Joe (April 19, 2023). "Governor's race: Takeaways from Kentucky Sports Radio's GOP primary debate". Courier Journal. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  21. Watkins, Morgan; Sonka, Joe (January 3, 2023). "Kentucky governor candidate Daniel Cameron endorses Trump but splits on election denial". Courier Journal. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  22. Duvall, Tessa (January 10, 2023). "Kentucky is electing more than just governor in 2023. Meet the down-ballot candidates". Lexington Herald Leader. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  23. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/trump-endorsed-by-head-of-gops-senate-campaign-arm-00093618
  24. Chris Christie with 2%; Chris Sununu with 0%; "Someone else" with 3%
  25. Kristi Noem with 1%; "Someone else" with 5%
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