2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary

The 2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 39 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis.^[1] The contest were held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.

2024 Minnesota Republican presidential primary

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39 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Home state Florida South Carolina Delegate count 27 12 Popular vote 232,846 97,182 Percentage 68.94% 28.77%
Results by County Results by congressional district Results by State House district Results by voting precinct Trump   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   80 – 90%   >90% Haley   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90% DeSantis   100% Tie/No Votes   40 – 50%   50%   No votes

Trump won more than two thirds of the popular vote and swept every county in the state. Conversely, Haley performed best in the Hennepin and Ramsey counties, where the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul are respectively located.

Candidates

The following candidates are on the ballot:^[2] Write in option was available.

• Chris Christie
• Ron DeSantis
• Nikki Haley
• Vivek Ramaswamy
• Donald Trump

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Donald Trump

U.S. Representatives

• Tom Emmer, MN-06 (2015–present) and House Majority Whip (2023-present)^[3]
• Brad Finstad, MN-01 (2022–present)^[3]
• Michelle Fischbach, MN-07 (2021–present)^[3]
• Jason Lewis, MN-02 (2017–2019)^[4]
• Pete Stauber, MN-08 (2019–present)^[3]

State Senators

• Nathan Wesenberg, State Senator for District 10^[5]

State Representatives

• Ben Davis, State Representative for District 6A^[6]

Notable individuals

• Mike Lindell, MyPillow CEO^[7]
• Royce White, former professional basketball player and Republican candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 2024^[8]

Results

Minnesota Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[9][10]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	232,846	68.94%	27	0	27
Nikki Haley	97,182	28.77%	12	0	12
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	4,085	1.21%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	1,470	0.44%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,431	0.42%	0	0	0
Write-ins	720	0.21%	0	0	0
Total:	337,014	100.00%	39	0	39

Results by congressional district

Trump won 7 of the 8 congressional districts.

District	Trump	Haley
1st	71.7%	25.8%
2nd	66.8%	31.0%
3rd	58.2%	39.6%
4th	55.5%	41.9%
5th	47.1%	50.0%
6th	73.2%	24.7%
7th	78.2%	19.5%
8th	76.9%	20.9%
Source: "Summary Level Results by Congressional District". Retrieved March 14, 2024.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Doug Burgum	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Vivek Ramaswamy	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Embold Research/MinnPost[11]	November 14–17, 2023	1,519 (LV)	± 2.6%	1%	1%	17%	12%	4%	60%	–	5%

See also

• 2024 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary
• 2024 Minnesota Legal Marijuana Now presidential primary
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in Minnesota
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

Partisan clients

References

1. "Minnesota Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
2. Van Oot, Torey (January 2, 2024). "Here's who's running in Minnesota's presidential primaries". Axios Twin Cities on MSN.com. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
3. "Which 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate Has The Most Endorsements?". FiveThirtyEight. April 24, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
4. Lewis, Jason (September 5, 2022). "Commentary: Trump Took a Sledgehammer to the Establishment. America Needs Him to Do It Again in 2024". The Tennessee Star. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
5. Mark Wasson (January 5, 2024). "Minnesota Republicans slow to endorse Trump". Rochester Post Bulletin. Retrieved January 9, 2024. State Sen. Nathan Wesenberg, R-Little Falls, endorsed Donald Trump two months ago. He thinks it's time for the party to come together and unite around the frontrunner."
6. Mark Wasson (January 5, 2024). "Minnesota Republicans slow to endorse Trump". Rochester Post Bulletin. Retrieved January 9, 2024. While state politicians have been less upfront with their endorsements, Rep. Ben Davis, R-Mission Township, followed in Wesenberg's footsteps this week and also endorsed Trump.
7. Bump, Philip (November 17, 2022). "Who has signed up to back Trump in 2024 — and who loudly hasn't". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
8. Brinsford, James (August 18, 2023). "Former NBA Player Backs Trump to Lead From Prison Following Indictments". Newsweek. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
9. "Minnesota Republican Primary Election Results". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
10. "2024 Presidential Primary Results". Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
11. Embold Research/MinnPost