2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary

2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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64 Republican National Convention delegates
 
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley
(withdrawn)
Home state Florida South Carolina
Delegate count 64 0
Popular vote 479,556 86,278
Percentage 80.50%[1] 14.48%[1]
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  • 2021

The 2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on March 19, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 64 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-all basis.[2] The contest was held alongside primaries in Arizona, Florida, Kansas, and Ohio.

Procedure

The petition circulation period for a candidate to place their name on the ballot began October 7, 2023. To be placed on the ballot, each candidate needed no less than 3,000 and no more than 5,000 signatures statewide.[3] Illinois, along with Pennsylvania, elects delegates in party by congressional district, separately from the statewide preference vote.[4] Each district elects three delegates and three alternate delegates. The signature requirements range from needing 197 signatures in Illinois's 4th congressional district to needing 1,089 signatures in Illinois's 12th congressional district.[3] All candidates except for Binkley filed a slate of delegates in each congressional district.[citation needed]

Candidates

During the January 4–5, 2024 filing period,[3] five candidates filed to run in the Republican primary.[5]

Objections

Objections to a candidate's petitions could be filed with the Illinois Board of Elections no later than January 12, 2024.[3] A group of objectors filed an objection to Donald Trump's petitions, arguing he is ineligible to appear on the state's primary ballot under the Fourteenth Amendment due to his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The case, Anderson, Holley, Hickman, et al. v. Trump, was heard by the Illinois State Board of Elections.[6] On January 30, 2024, the Board of Elections decided unanimously that it did not have jurisdiction, and that the power to determine constitutional eligibility rests with the courts.[7] The challengers then brought their case to the Cook County Circuit Court to get a ruling on Trump's ballot eligibility.[8] Additionally, objectors associated with Donald Trump's campaign challenged the candidacy of Nikki Haley and some of her delegates.[9]

On February 28, 2024, former President Donald Trump was removed from the state ballot by Cook County Circuit Judge Tracie Porter. The decision was paused pending a Supreme Court case (Trump v. Anderson) to rule whether or not it is constitutional to do so.[10] Trump appealed the verdict that night and also requested that the pause be extended.[11] The candidates to be Trump-pledged delegates at the Republican National Convention remain on the ballot and if elected by voters will still be able to vote to nominate Trump whether he appears on the ballot or not.[12]

On March 4, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of keeping Trump on the ballot.[13]

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

Former U.S. Representative

Former state representative

Nikki Haley (withdrawn)

Former governor

Donald Trump

U.S. Representatives

Former state senator

Notable individuals

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Chris
Christie 		Ron
DeSantis 		Nikki
Haley 		Mike
Pence 		Vivek
Ramaswamy 		Tim
Scott 		Donald
Trump 		Other Undecided
Cor Strategies[22] Aug 24–27, 2023 – – 6% 10% 6% 5% 5% 2% 53% 2%[b] 9%
6% 26% 10% 10% 16% 9% – 8%[c] 16%
Public Policy Polling[23] Jun 6–7, 2022 677 (LV) – 2% 23% 3% 6% – 2% 51% 5%[d] 8%

Results

Statewide

Illinois Republican primary, March 19, 2024[24]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 479,556 80.50% 64 0 64
Nikki Haley (withdrawn) 86,278 14.48% 0 0 0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) 16,990 2.85% 0 0 0
Chris Christie (withdrawn) 9,758 1.64% 0 0 0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) 3,114 0.52% 0 0 0
Total: 595,696 100.00% 64 0 64

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Doug Burgum and Asa Hutchinson with 1%; "Another candidate" with 0%
  3. ^ Doug Burgum with 3%; Asa Hutchinson with 1%; "Another candidate" with 4%
  4. ^ Ted Cruz with 4%; Marco Rubio with 1%; Josh Hawley with 0%

References

  1. ^ a b "Illinois Republican Presidential Nominating Process". elections.il.gov. March 19, 2024. Archived from the original on January 28, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Illinois Republican Presidential Nominating Process". The Green Papers. January 19, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Matthews, Bernadette, ed. (October 18, 2023). 2024 Presidential Preference and Delegates Guide. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 8, 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Shepard, Steven (April 23, 2016). "How Pennsylvania could make Trump the GOP nominee". Politico. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  5. ^ "GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/19/2024 Candidate List". IL State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Hancock, Peter (January 4, 2024). "Trump Faces Ballot Challenge in Illinois Minutes After Filing His Petitions". Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  7. ^ Pandolfo, Chris (January 30, 2024). "Illinois Elections Board punts Trump eligibility question, former president to stay on ballot". Fox News.
  8. ^ Hancock, Peter (February 7, 2024). "Trump's Illinois ballot challenge to move forward". Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  9. ^ "Meyer v. Haley". Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  10. ^ Cohen, Marshall (February 28, 2024). "Illinois judge removes Trump from ballot because of 'insurrectionist ban'". CNN. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  11. ^ Nazzaro, Miranda (February 29, 2024). "Trump appeals Illinois ballot ban". The Hill. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  12. ^ Seidel, Jon; McKinney, Dave (February 28, 2024). "Cook County judge kicks Trump off Illinois ballot — but puts her own order on hold". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved February 29, 2024. Meanwhile, Trump delegates on the March 19 ballot have been certified and would still be free to vote for Trump at the Republican National Convention no matter how the court battle here plays out.
  13. ^ Montellaro, Zach; Gerstein, Adam; Cheney, Kyle (March 4, 2024). "States can't remove Trump from ballot, Supreme Court says". Politico. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  14. ^ Bade, Rachael; Irvine, Bethany (March 6, 2023). "From loner to phenom: DeSantis' old colleagues are surprised at his rise". Politico. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  15. ^ Hinz, Greg (May 25, 2023). "Illinois Republicans Start Choosing Which Candidate to Back in the 2024 Race". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  16. ^ Beaumont, Thomas; Peoples, Steve (November 3, 2023). "Nikki Haley wants to be the GOP's Trump alternative. Ron DeSantis and others are trying to stop her". Associated Press. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  17. ^ Metzger, Bryan; Saddiq, Omar (February 13, 2023). "Most Republicans are on the fence about Trump's 2024 re-election bid. Here are the few elected officials backing him so far". Business Insider. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  18. ^ Astor, Maggie (November 16, 2022). "Republican reaction to Trump: A few endorsements, and a lot of crickets". The New York Times. The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  19. ^ Vinicky, Amanda (February 20, 2023). "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Appears at 'Law and Order' Event in Elmhurst". WTTW. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  20. ^ Fung, Katherine (December 19, 2022). "A Massive Republican Gathering is Latest Warning Sign for Trump". Newsweek. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  21. ^ PTI (November 16, 2022). "Donald Trump has failed America, says President Biden". The Economic Times. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  22. ^ Cor Strategies
  23. ^ Public Policy Polling
  24. ^ "Illinois Presidential Primary". The AP. Retrieved April 5, 2024.