2024 Utah Republican presidential caucuses
The 2024 Utah Republican presidential caucuses will be held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 40 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[1] The contest will be held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.
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Candidates
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
- State Executive Officials
- John Dougall, State Auditor (2013–present); candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2020[18]
- State Legislators
- Scott Sandall, UT Senate (2019–present)[18]
- Todd Weiler, UT Senate (2012–present)[18]
- Lincoln Fillmore, UT Senate (2016–present)[18]
- Daniel McCay, UT Senate (2019–present); candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2020[18]
- Kirk Cullimore Jr., UT Senate (2019–present)[18]
- Mike Kennedy, UT Senate (2021–present); candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018[18]
- Jake Anderegg, UT Senate (2017–present)[18]
- Curt Bramble, UT Senate (2001–present)[18]
- Mike McKell, UT Senate (2021–present)[18]
- Derrin Owens, UT Senate (2021–present)[18]
- Evan Vickers, UT Senate (2013–present); Majority Leader of the UT Senate (2019–present)[18]
- Jefferson Moss, UT House (2017–present); Majority Whip of the UT House (2021–present)[18]
- Dan Johnson, UT House (2019–present)
- Casey Snider, UT House (2019–present)[18]
- Ryan Wilcox, UT House (2009–2014 and 2021–present)[18]
- Mike Schultz, UT House (2015–present); Majority Leader of the UT House (2021–present)[18]
- Karen M. Peterson, UT House (2022–present)[18]
- Karianne Lisonbee, UT House (2017–present)[18]
- Timothy Hawkes, UT House (2015–present)[18]
- Raymond Ward, UT House (2015–present)[18]
- Melissa Garff Ballard, UT House (2019–present)[18]
- Brady Brammer, UT House (2019–present)[18]
- Jordan Teuscher, UT House (2021–present)[18]
- Ken Ivory, UT House (2011–2019 and 2021–present)[18]
- Keven Stratton, UT House (2013–present)[18]
- Robert Spendlove, UT House (2014–present)[18]
- Susan Pulsipher, UT House (2017–present)[18]
- Candice Pierucci, UT House (2019–present)[18]
- Kera Birkeland, UT House (2020–present)[18]
- Kay Christofferson, UT House (2013–present)[18]
- Jon Hawkins, UT House (2019–present)
- Marsha Judkins, UT House (2018–present)[18]
- Jefferson S. Burton, UT House (2021–present)[18]
- Doug Welton, UT House (2021–present)[18]
- Christine Watkins, UT House (2009–2012 and 2017–present)[18]
- Walt Brooks, UT House (2016–present)[18]
- County Officials
- Aimee Winder Newton, Salt Lake County councilor (2014–present); candidate for Governor in 2020[18]
Polling
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[lower-alpha 2] |
Margin of error |
Ron DeSantis |
Nikki Haley |
Mike Pence |
Donald Trump |
Other | Undecided |
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Dan Jones & Associates | April 25–28, 2023 | 800 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 19% | 8% | 6% | 21% | 24%[lower-alpha 3] | 22% |
WPA Intelligence | April 18–20, 2023 | 504 (RV) | ± 4.0% | 46% | – | – | 35% | – | 19% |
OH Predictive Insights | March 14–23, 2023 | 302 (RV) | ± 5.6% | 23% | 5% | 10% | 41% | 5%[lower-alpha 4] | – |
Dan Jones & Associates | March 14–22, 2023 | 801 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 31% | 5% | 4% | 23% | 12%[lower-alpha 5] | – |
OH Predictive Insights | Dec 27, 2022 – Jan 4, 2023 | 302 (RV) | ± 5.6% | 29% | 3% | 11% | 42% | 13%[lower-alpha 6] | 2% |
Dan Jones & Associates | Nov 18–23, 2022 | 802 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 24% | 4% | 6% | 15% | 30%[lower-alpha 7] | 21% |
OH Predictive Insights | Nov 5–15, 2021 | 333 (RV) | ± 5.4% | 7% | 4% | 9% | 43% | 26%[lower-alpha 8] | 10% |
18% | 5% | 13% | – | 33%[lower-alpha 9] | 20% |
See also
Notes
- Has not declared his candidacy
- Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear - Liz Cheney with 11%; Ted Cruz with 4%; and "Another candidate" with 9%
- Marco Rubio with 3%; Larry Hogan and Glenn Youngkin at 1%; Tim Scott, Mike Pompeo, Chris Sununu, and Asa Hutchinson at 0%
- Liz Cheney with 9%; Ted Cruz with 3%
- Liz Cheney with 6%; Ted Cruz with 3%; Marco Rubio with 2%; Chris Christie and Glenn Youngkin at 1%; Kristi Noem, Mike Pompeo, and Kanye West at 0%
- Liz Cheney with 16%; Ted Cruz with 6%; Other with 8%
- Mitt Romney with 20%; Ted Cruz with 3%; Liz Cheney, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio with 1%
- Mitt Romney with 21%; Ted Cruz with 8%; Liz Cheney with 2%;Marco Rubio and Chris Christie with 1%
References
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- Singman, Brooke (November 15, 2022). "Donald Trump announces 2024 re-election run for president". Fox News. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
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- Wiersema, Alisa (April 2, 2023). "ABC News exclusive: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson announces 2024 presidential run". ABC News. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
- "Ramaswamy for President? Readers Respond". The Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2023. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
- Kelly Garrity (April 20, 2023). "Larry Elder enters 2024 presidential race". Politico. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- 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.
- Ulmer, Alexandra (2022-02-27). "Trump wins CPAC conservative meeting's 2024 presidential straw poll". Reuters. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- Palmer, Ewan (2022-01-25). "Trump Blows Ron DeSantis Out of the Water in 2024 Presidential Polling". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- McCormick, John. "How Nikki Haley Went From Tea-Party Favorite to Governor to Trump 2024 Challenger". WSJ. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Schott, Bryan (November 14, 2022). "'Quite frankly, I'm tired of losing.' These Utah Republicans want Ron DeSantis to run for president in 2024 — not Donald Trump". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved March 3, 2023.