The 2024 Alaska Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 29 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a proportional basis.[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.
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 State house district results
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Background
editIn the 2016 Republican presidential contest, Senator Ted Cruz won the Alaska caucuses with 36.4% of the vote, while Donald Trump followed closely with 33.6% of the vote. In the 2020 primaries, the Alaska Republican Party canceled their caucuses on the basis that Trump was the incumbent and "a PPP (presidential preference poll) need not be conducted."[2]
Endorsements
editU.S. Senator
- Lisa Murkowski, (2002–present)[3]
State Senator
- Bert Stedman (2003–present)[4]
State Representative
- Louise Stutes (2015–present), Speaker of the Alaska House (2021–2023)[4]
State executive officials
- Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (2010–2014)[4]
Mayors
Governors
- Mike Dunleavy (2018–present)[5]
- Sarah Palin (2006–2009)[6]
State executive officials
- Nancy Dahlstrom, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (2022-present) and 2024 U.S. House candidate[4]
- Kelly Tshibaka, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration (2019-2021) and 2022 U.S. Senate candidate[4]
Notable individual
- Nick Begich III, Alaska Policy Forum board member, grandson of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich, and 2024 U.S. House candidate[7]
Results
edit| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 9,243 | 87.58% | 29 | 29 | |
| Nikki Haley | 1,266 | 12.00% | |||
| Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) | 45 | 0.43% | |||
| Total: | 10,554 | 100.00% | 29 | 29 | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Alaska Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
- ^ "Alaska Republican Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
- ^ Vakil, Caroline (March 1, 2024). "Murkowski, Collins back Haley in GOP primary".
- ^ a b c d e f g Samuels, Iris (March 1, 2024). "Alaska Republicans to choose between Trump and Haley on Tuesday". Anchorage Daily News. pp. A1, A7 – via NewsBank.
- ^ Isenstadt, Alex (August 22, 2023). "Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy endorses Donald Trump". Politico. Retrieved August 22, 2023.
- ^ Tillinson, Tom (March 3, 2023). "'I'm just a woman who saw a problem': Libs of TikTok speaks, Ashli Babbitt's mom gets standing O and more from CPAC!". Bizpac Review. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
- ^ Downing, Suzanne (December 5, 2023). "Nick Begich endorses Trump for president". Must Read Alaska. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
- ^ Ruskin, Liz (March 4, 2024). "Trump or Haley? Alaska Republicans vote Tuesday". Alaska Public Radio. Retrieved March 5, 2024.