The 2024 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary will be held in early 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 22 delegates to the

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will be allocated on a proportional basis. The

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will be the second contest in the nation, held a week after the

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Background

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

won the

2016 New Hampshire Republican primary The 2016 New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, which took place on February 9, was the second major vote of the cycle. Donald Trump was declared the winner with 35.3% of the popular vote and picked up 11 delegates, while John Kasich emer ...

with 35.2% of the vote, with closest opponent

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coming in second with 15.7% of the vote.

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concluded that Trump's 2016 primary victory could be credited to support among white voters without a

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, as well as support from

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voters.

Campaign

In January 2023, Trump tapped outgoing

New Hampshire Republican Party The New Hampshire Republican State Committee is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in New Hampshire. Its executive committee is headed by Chairman Stephen Stepanek. Current elected officials The New Hampshire Republican Party ho ...

chair

Stephen Stepanek Stephen Stepanek (born July 20, 1951) is an American politician from New Hampshire. A member of the Republican Party, he served as chair of the New Hampshire Republican Party from 2019 to 2023. Education and background Stepanek attended Villan ...

to oversee his campaign's operations in the state. Governor Sununu, who is considering a presidential candidacy, established a "

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committee" in a run-up to a potential candidacy., though he announced on June 5 that he would not be running for the Republican nomination.

Endorsements

Polling

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

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