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2024 Republican Party presidential candidates

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Previous Republican nominee Donald Trump

This article is about the people who want to become the Republican Party's candidate for President of the United States in the 2024 United States presidential election. To become the candidate, they first have to win a series of elections called "primaries" or "caucuses" in different states. These elections help the party choose one person to represent them in the main presidential election.

As of December 2023, over 400 people had told the Federal Election Commission (FEC) they wanted to run for the Republican nomination. The FEC is a government agency that keeps track of money in elections.

Who is Still Running?

This section lists the candidates who have received a lot of attention from the media. They have also held important public jobs like president or governor, or have been included in many national polls.

Main Candidates Still Running for President

Name		Experience	Home State	Campaign Started	Delegates Won	States Won	Total Votes
Donald Trump		President of the United States (2017–2021) Businessman	Florida	November 15, 2022	273 (83.2%)	24 states and territories	1,541,026 (63.9%)

Who Stopped Running?

These candidates started their campaigns but later decided to stop. Some stopped during the primary elections, and others stopped before the primaries even began.

Candidates Who Stopped During the Primaries

These candidates ended their campaigns while the primary elections were happening.

Candidates Who Stopped Running During the Primaries

Name		Experience	Home State	Campaign Started	Campaign Ended	Delegates Won	States Won	Total Votes
Nikki Haley		Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) Governor of South Carolina (2011–2017)	South Carolina	February 14, 2023	March 6, 2024	43 (13.1%)	2 (DC, VT)	763,763 (31.7%)
Ron DeSantis		Governor of Florida (2019–present) U.S. Representative	Florida	May 24, 2023	January 21, 2024	9 (2.7%)	None	42,687 (1.8%)
Asa Hutchinson		Governor of Arkansas (2015–2023) Government official	Arkansas	April 26, 2023	January 16, 2024	0 (0.0%)	None	1,385 (0.1%)
Vivek Ramaswamy		Businessman Author	Ohio	February 21, 2023	January 15, 2024	3 (0.9%)	None	13,817 (0.6%)

Candidates Who Stopped Before the Primaries

These candidates ended their campaigns before any primary elections were held.

Candidates Who Stopped Running Before the Primaries

Name	Experience	Home State	Campaign Started	Campaign Ended	Total Votes
Chris Christie	Governor of New Jersey (2010–2018) Former U.S. Attorney	New Jersey	June 6, 2023	January 10, 2024	7,087 (0.3%)
Doug Burgum	Governor of North Dakota (2016–present) Former software company executive	North Dakota	June 7, 2023	December 4, 2023	180 (<0.1%)
Tim Scott	U.S. Senator from South Carolina (2013–present) Former U.S. Representative	South Carolina	May 19, 2023	November 12, 2023	196 (<0.1%)
Mike Pence	Vice President of the United States (2017–2021) Former Governor of Indiana	Indiana	June 5, 2023	October 28, 2023	404 (<0.1%)
Larry Elder	Radio show host Former candidate for Governor of California	California	April 20, 2023	October 26, 2023
Perry Johnson	Businessman Founder of a certification company	Michigan	March 2, 2023	October 20, 2023	26 (<0.1%)
Will Hurd	U.S. Representative (2015–2021)	Texas	June 22, 2023	October 9, 2023
Francis Suarez	Mayor of Miami (2017–present)	Florida	June 14, 2023	August 29, 2023

Other Candidates

Many other people also filed to run for president as Republicans. Some of them are:

People Who Decided Not to Run

The following well-known people were thought to possibly run for president, but they publicly said they were not interested. Many of them have important jobs in government or other fields.