2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary

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58 Republican National Convention delegates
Candidate Donald Trump Nikki Haley Home state Florida South Carolina Delegate count 58 0 Popular vote 446,850 112,958 Percentage 77.33% 19.55%
County results Congressional district results Precinct results Trump   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   90 – 100% Haley   40 – 50%   50 – 60%   60 – 70%   70 – 80%   80 – 90%   90 – 100% Tie/No Data

The 2024 Tennessee Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 58 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.

Donald Trump dominated across most of the state, with exceptions in certain traditionally Republican suburban areas where Nikki Haley performed well, including southern Davidson County, parts of Williamson County, and some predominantly white suburban and urban areas in Shelby, Knox, and Hamilton counties. ^[2] Despite these pockets of support for Haley, Trump still carried every county by a comfortable margin.

Candidates

The filing deadline for candidates was on December 5, 2023, at noon. Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett certified nine candidates for the Republican ballot: ^[3]

• Ryan Binkley (suspended campaign)
• Doug Burgum (suspended campaign)
• Chris Christie (suspended campaign)
• Ron DeSantis (suspended campaign)
• Nikki Haley
• Asa Hutchinson (suspended campaign)
• Vivek Ramaswamy (suspended campaign)
• David Stuckenberg
• Donald Trump
• Uncommitted

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Donald Trump

U.S. Senators

• Marsha Blackburn, (2019–present) ^[4]
• Bill Hagerty, (2021–present) ^[5]

U.S. Representatives

• Jimmy Duncan, TN-02 (1988–2019) ^[6]
• Chuck Fleischmann, TN-03 (2011–present) ^[6]
• Mark Green, TN-07 (2019–present) ^[6]
• Diana Harshbarger, TN-01 (2021–present) ^[7]
• David Kustoff, TN-08 (2017–present) ^[8]
• Andy Ogles, TN-05 (2023–present) ^[9]
• John Rose, TN-06 (2019–present) ^[6]

State representatives

• Michele Carringer, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 16th district (2021–present) ^[10]
• Kelly Keisling, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 38th district (2011–present) ^[10]
• Clay Doggett, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 70th district (2019–present) ^[10]
• Kip Capley, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 71st district (2023–present) ^[10]
• Mary Littleton, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 78th district (2013–present) ^[10]
• Ron Gant, Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 94th district (2017–present) ^[10]

Local and county official

• Glenn Jacobs, Mayor of Knox County (2021–present) ^[11]

Nikki Haley

State representative

• Sabi "Doc" Kumar, District 66 (2015–present) ^[12]

Withdrawn candidates

Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)

State senator

• Richard Briggs, Tennessee State Senator from District 7 (2015–present) ^[13]
• J. Adam Lowe, Tennessee State Senator from District 1 (2023–present) ^[14]

State representatives

• Dale Carr, District 12 (2012–present) ^[15]
• Jason Zachary, District 14 (2015–present) ^[16]
• Ryan Williams, Tennessee State Representative from District 42 (2011–present); Majority Caucus Chairman of the Tennessee House of Representatives (2016–2019) ^[17]
• Gino Bulso, District 61 (2023–present) ^[15]

Tim Scott (withdrawn)

Former governor

• Bill Haslam, (2011–2019) ^[18]

Declined

Declined to endorse

U.S. Representatives

• Tim Burchett, TN-02 (2019–present) ^[6]
• Scott DesJarlais, TN-04 (2011–present) ^[6]

Maps

Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

  Endorsed Donald Trump (6)

  Endorsed Ron DeSantis (4) (withdrawn)

  Endorsed Nikki Haley (1)

  No endorsement (64)

  Non-Republicans (24)

Endorsements by incumbent Republicans in the Tennessee Senate.

  Endorsed Ron DeSantis (1) (withdrawn)

  No endorsement (26)

  Non-Republicans (6)

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Doug Burgum	Chris Christie	Ron DeSantis	Nikki Haley	Asa Hutchinson	Mike Pence	Vivek Ramaswamy	Tim Scott	Donald Trump	Other	Undecided
Targoz Market Research [19] [A]	Dec 14–28, 2023	522 (LV)	± 2.66%	–	1%	12%	7%	0%	–	2%	–	72%	1%	6%
Morning Consult [20]	Nov 1–30, 2023	1,078 (LV)	–	0%	2%	17%	8%	1%	–	4%	1%	66%	–	1%
Morning Consult [20]	Oct 1–31, 2023	1,061 (LV)	–	0%	1%	14%	6%	0%	6%	5%	2%	63%	–	3%
Morning Consult [20]	Sep 1–30, 2023	1,032 (LV)	–	0%	2%	15%	5%	0%	5%	6%	2%	63%	0% [a]	2%
Morning Consult [20]	Aug 1–31, 2023	1,109 (LV)	–	1%	2%	13%	2%	1%	8%	10%	3%	59%	0% [b]	1%
Morning Consult [20]	July 1–31, 2023	1,079 (LV)	–	0%	2%	17%	2%	0%	10%	9%	2%	57%	0% [b]	1%
Morning Consult [20]	June 1–30, 2023	1,072 (LV)	–	0%	1%	21%	3%	0%	9%	3%	3%	59%	1% [c]	–
The Beacon Center [21]	Jun 14–22, 2023	502 (LV)	–	–	–	12%	–	–	8%	1%	1%	61%	–	9%
Morning Consult [20]	May 1–31, 2023	1,147 (LV)	–	–	–	18%	3%	0%	7%	2%	1%	64%	3% [d]	2%
Morning Consult [20]	Apr 1–30, 2023	986 (LV)	–	–	–	22%	3%	0%	8%	1%	1%	61%	5% [e]	–
Vanderbilt University [22]	Apr 19–23, 2023	1,003 (RV)	± 3.6%	–	–	25%	4%	2%	5%	–	3%	59%	–	–
				–	–	38%	–	–	–	–	–	57%	–	–
Morning Consult [20]	Mar 1–31, 2023	1,027 (LV)	–	–	–	25%	3%	–	8%	–	1%	59%	5% [f]	–
Morning Consult [20]	Feb 1–28, 2023	980 (LV)	–	–	–	29%	3%	–	8%	–	0%	55%	5% [g]	–
Morning Consult [20]	Jan 1–31, 2023	1,265 (LV)	–	–	–	35%	1%	–	10%	–	1%	47%	6% [h]	1%
Morning Consult [20]	Dec 1–31, 2022	698 (LV)	–	–	–	34%	0%	–	10%	–	1%	51%	3% [i]	1%
Vanderbilt University [23]	Nov 8–28, 2022	474 (RV)	± 3.4%	–	–	54%	–	–	–	–	–	41%	–	5%

Results

Tennessee Republican primary, March 5, 2024 ^{[24] [25]}

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	446,850	77.33%	58	0	58
Nikki Haley	112,958	19.55%	0	0	0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	7,947	1.38%	0	0	0
Uncommitted	4,884	0.85%	0	0	0
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,874	0.32%	0	0	0
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	1,714	0.30%	0	0	0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	722	0.13%	0	0	0
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)	533	0.09%	0	0	0
David Stuckenberg	352	0.06%	0	0	0
Total:	577,834	100.00%	58	0	58

Results by congressional district

Trump won all 9 of Tennessee's congressional districts.

District	Trump	Haley
1st	82.6%	15.8%
2nd	72.9%	23.2%
3rd	75.9%	20.8%
4th	82.1%	15.1%
5th	70.2%	26.2%
6th	79.0%	17.8%
7th	75.8%	21.0%
8th	84.1%	13.7%
9th	72.0%	25.3%
Source: "Tennessee Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

Results by county

Source: ^[26]

See also

• 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in Tennessee
• 2024 Tennessee elections
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Will Hurd with 0%
2. Francis Suarez and Will Hurd with 0%
3. Liz Cheney with 1%; Greg Abbott, Will Hurd, and Kristi Noem with 0%
4. Liz Cheney with 2%; Greg Abbott with 1%; Kristi Noem and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
5. Liz Cheney with 2%; Greg Abbott, Mike Pompeo, and Glenn Youngkin with 1%; Kristi Noem with 0%
6. Liz Cheney with 3%; Kristi Noem and Mike Pompeo with 1%; Greg Abbott and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
7. Liz Cheney and Ted Cruz with 2%; Mike Pompeo with 1%; Greg Abbott, Kristi Noem, and Glenn Youngkin with 0%
8. Ted Cruz with 2%; Greg Abbott, Mike Pompeo, Liz Cheney, and Glenn Youngkin with 1%; Kristi Noem with 0%
9. Ted Cruz with 2%; Liz Cheney with 1%; Greg Abbott, Mike Pompeo, and Kristi Noem with 0%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Beacon Center of Tennessee

References

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12. "Sabi 'Doc' Kumar Committed to Nikki Haley" (PDF).
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19. Targoz Market Research
20. Morning Consult
21. The Beacon Center
22. Vanderbilt University
23. Vanderbilt University
24. "March 5, 2024 Republican Presidential Preference Primary" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
25. "Tennessee Republican Primary Election Results". The New York Times . Retrieved March 5, 2024.
26. "Tennessee results by county".