| Election Name: | 2024 California Republican presidential primary |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | primary |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 California Republican presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 California Republican presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | March 5, 2024 |
| Outgoing Members: | AR |
| Elected Members: | CO |
| Votes For Election: | 169 Republican National Convention delegates |
| Image1: | Donald Trump 2023 (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Donald Trump |
| Color1: | 283681 |
| Home State1: | Florida |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,962,905 |
| Percentage1: | 79.25%[1] |
| Delegate Count1: | 169 |
| Candidate2: | Nikki Haley |
| Color2: | fe6100 |
| Home State2: | South Carolina |
| Popular Vote2: | 431,876 |
| Percentage2: | 17.44%[2] |
| Delegate Count2: | 0 |
The 2024 California Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 169 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[3] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.
If a candidate gets over 50% of the total statewide vote, they are awarded all of the state's delegates. Otherwise, the delegates are allocated proportionally.
The following candidates were certified:[4]
On June 19, 2023, Ron DeSantis held a private breakfast event at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento, California, hosting business leaders in the region to raise funds for his campaign. It was his first campaign stop in California since his administration in Florida transported migrants from the border with Mexico to Sacramento. The event was attended by state legislators Joe Patterson and Tom Lackey, who endorsed DeSantis after the event.[6]
The California Republican Party held its annual fall convention from September 29 to October 1, 2023, in Anaheim. Featured speakers included DeSantis, Donald Trump, Tim Scott, and Vivek Ramaswamy.[7] Trump's speech included calling on police to enact violent retribution on criminals, stating he will "immediately stop all of the pillaging and theft."[8]
The second Republican primary debate was held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on September 27, 2023. It was hosted by Fox Business, Rumble, and Univision, and moderated by Stuart Varney, Dana Perino, and Ilia Calderón. Seven of the eight candidates who attended the first debate were present: Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tim Scott.[9]
See main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries.
Aggregate polls
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Chris Christie | Ron DeSantis | Larry Elder | Nikki Haley | Asa Hutchinson | Mike Pence | Vivek Ramaswamy | Tim Scott | Donald Trump | Other | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning Consult[11] | Nov 1–30, 2023 | 2,347 (LV) | – | 2% | 10% | – | 8% | 0% | – | 7% | – | 71% | 1% | – | |
| Public Policy Institute of California[12] | Nov 9–16, 2023 | 276 (LV) | – | 5% | 12% | – | 13% | 0% | – | 2% | 2% | 56% | 1% | 9% | |
| Emerson College[13] | Nov 11–14, 2023 | 331 (LV) | – | 4% | 11% | - | 5% | 2% | – | 3% | - | 63% | 1% | 11% | |
| UC Berkeley IGS[14] | Oct 24–30, 2023 | 1,234 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 2% | 12% | 1% | 9% | – | – | 3% | 1% | 57% | 5% | 11% | |
| Public Policy Institute of California[15] | Oct 3–19, 2023 | 316 (LV) | – | 4% | 12% | 0% | 9% | 0% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 53% | 5% | 1% | |
| Data Viewpoint[16] | October 1, 2023 | 533 (RV) | ± 4.3% | 5.5% | 17.5% | – | 15.2% | <1% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 49.8% | 1.7% | – | |
| California's Choice[17] | Aug 27–29, 2023 | 750 (LV) | – | 4.8% | 21.6% | – | 15.6% | 0.5% | 4.4% | 9.6% | 0.8% | 43.4% | 2.6% | – | |
| UC Berkeley IGS[18] | Aug 24–29, 2023 | 1,175 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 3% | 16% | 1% | 7% | – | 3% | 4% | 2% | 55% | – | 9% | |
| Public Policy Institute of California[19] | Jun 7–29, 2023 | 267 (LV) | – | 3% | 24% | – | 3% | – | 6% | 1% | 5% | 50% | 7% | 1% | |
| Emerson College[20] | Jun 4–7, 2023 | 329 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 2% | 19% | – | 6% | – | 10% | 2% | 4% | 53% | 7% | – | |
| Public Policy Institute of California[21] | May 17–24, 2023 | 295 (LV) | ± 7% | 1% | 21% | – | 3% | – | 10% | 1% | 2% | 50% | 11% | 2% | |
| UC Berkeley IGS[22] | May 17–22, 2023 | 1,835 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 1% | 26% | 0% | 3% | 0% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 44% | 6% | 13% | |
| UC Berkeley IGS[23] | Feb 14–20, 2023 | 1,755 (RV) | ± 3.5% | – | 37% | – | 7% | – | 3% | – | 1% | 29% | 8% | 10% | |
| – | 50% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33% | 6% | 11% | |||||
| UC Berkeley IGS[24] | Aug 9–15, 2022 | 9,254 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 0% | 27% | – | 3% | – | 7% | – | 0% | 38% | 10% | 14% | |
| 0% | 53% | – | 4% | – | 9% | – | 1% | – | 15% | 17% |