See main article: 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
| Election Name: | 2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Type: | primary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Alabama Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | March 5, 2024 |
| Outgoing Members: | ND |
| Elected Members: | AK |
| Votes For Election: | 50 Republican National Convention delegates |
| Map Size: | x250px |
| Image1: | Donald Trump 2023 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Donald Trump |
| Color1: | 283681 |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Popular Vote1: | 499,147 |
| Percentage1: | 83.20% |
| Delegate Count1: | 50 |
| Candidate2: | Nikki Haley |
| Color2: | fe6100 |
| Home State2: | South Carolina |
| Popular Vote2: | 77,989 |
| Percentage2: | 13.00% |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
The 2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 50 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.
In the 2016 Republican presidential contest, Donald Trump won the Alabama primary with 42.4% of the vote, with his nearest opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, taking 21.1% of the vote.
The Alabama Republican Party electorate is predominantly evangelical. In 2012, an estimated 80% of Alabama Republican primary voters were affiliated with evangelical Christianity. In the 2008 and 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primaries, social conservative candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, respectively, won by dominating the evangelical vote.[2]
The filing deadline for the Alabama primary was on November 10, 2023. The state Republican Party published the following list of qualified candidates:[3]
Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign was endorsed by Alabama's senior senator Tommy Tuberville in November 2022.[4] Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke before the University of Alabama's Young Americans for Freedom chapter in April 2023 prior to his campaign launch.
The fourth Republican primary debate was held on December 6, 2023, at the University of Alabama. Hosted by NewsNation and The Washington Free Beacon, it was moderated by Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas, and Eliana Johnson. Four candidates attended the debate: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, and Vivek Ramaswamy.[5]
See main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Ron DeSantis | Nikki Haley | Donald Trump | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal/Alabama Daily News[6] | Jan 29–30, 2024 | 515 (LV) | ± 4.31% | – | 16% | 76% | – | 8% | ||
| Public Opinion Strategies[7] | Jan 15–17, 2023 | 500 (LV) | ± 4.38% | 50% | – | 31% | – | 19% | ||
| 53% | – | 35% | – | 12% | ||||||
| Cygnal/Alabama Daily News[8] | Oct 27–29, 2022 | 616 (LV) | ± 3.94% | 36% | 1% | 50% | 5% | 8% |
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