The 2024 Michigan Republican presidential primary and caucuses were held on February 27 and on March 2, 2024, respectively, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 55 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a proportional and winner-take-most basis. The primary took place concurrently with its Democratic counterpart, and saw Trump defeat Haley in a 42-point landslide.

Background

In the 2016 Michigan Republican presidential primary,

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won with 36.5% of the vote, carrying 25 out of 59 delegates total. His closest opponents, Governor of Ohio

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and Senator from Texas

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, received 24.9% and 24.3% of the vote, respectively, with both candidates receiving 17 delegates.

Schedule

In February 2023, Governor

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signed legislation to move up the date of both the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries in Michigan to February 27, 2024, in line with the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) state reorganization plan. The date violated Republican Party Rule 16(c)(1), which prohibits any state/territory except Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, from holding their primary/caucus until March 1, 2024, violating any other state/territory by stripping 80% of its delegates at the Republican National Convention. In response, in June 2023, the

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(MIGOP) passed a resolution of intent that would allocate 16 delegates based on the results of the February 27 primary and 39 delegates based on the results of caucuses in each of the state's 13 congressional districts on March 2. The convention held by the faction of the Michigan Republican Party recognized by the

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led by Pete Hoekstra will be in Grand Rapids at the

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on March 2, while the faction of the Michigan Republican Party led by Kristina Karamo will hold their convention in

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on the same day. While media is invited to the Karamo caucus, it will be closed to the public. The RNC has indicated that only the delegates from the Hoekstra-led convention will be seated for the 2024 Republican National Convention. A court ruling by Judge Joseph Rossi on February 27 indicated that Karamo was properly removed as MIGOP chair and barred Karamo from conducting business on behalf of the "Michigan Republican State Committee or the Michigan Republican Party". Rossi made his ruling retroactive to January 6. A full trial regarding control of the MIGOP is scheduled to take place on June 10. The Michigan Court of Appeals denied a request on February 29 by Karamo to issue a stay on the court order while her appeal is under consideration, putting her Detroit caucus in doubt. The chaos affected delegates from

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who had planned to go to Detroit but were barred credentials to take part in the Grand Rapids convention; a third gathering is planned the same day in Houghton Lake. A contingent from Michigan's 4th congressional district was also denied credentials for the Grand Rapids caucuses, so a fourth gathering was announced for the same day in

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. The Detroit gathering was cancelled.

Primary candidates

The Michigan Secretary of State has identified the following candidates, listed alphabetically, as potential Republican Party presidential candidates in 2024: * Ryan Binkley (withdrew February 27, 2024) *

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(withdrew January 10, 2024) *

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(withdrew January 21, 2024) * Nikki Haley *

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(withdrew January 16, 2024) *

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(withdrew January 15, 2024) *

Endorsements

Maps

Polling

Results

Primary

Caucus

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'' called the results for Donald Trump at 6:02PM (EST) with Trump winning all 39 delegates available from the caucus.

Notes

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References

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