2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary

2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary
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17 Republican National Convention delegates
Haley 40 – 50% 50 – 60% 60 – 70% 70 – 80% 80 – 90% >90%	Trump 40 – 50% 50 – 60% 60 – 70% 70 – 80% 80 – 90%
	Tie/No votes 40 – 50% No votes

Last updated December 13, 2024

The 2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 17 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis.^[2] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states. Nikki Haley won the primary against Donald Trump, making her the first woman to win a state in a Republican presidential primary, and first nonwhite woman to win a presidential primary of a major party.^[3] Haley was awarded nine delegates and Trump was awarded eight delegates. Haley won Chittenden County, Grand Isle County, Lamoille County, Washington County, Addison County, Windsor County, and Windham County. Trump won Franklin County, Orleans County, Essex County, Caledonia County, Orange County, Rutland County, and Bennington County.^[4]

The Vermont primary was the only state primary, and one of only two primaries along with the District of Columbia primary, of the 2024 Republican presidential primaries that Donald Trump lost. The state has an open primary system, which allows any registered voter to vote in the Republican nominating contest.

Candidates

The following candidates filed:^[5]

Donald Trump
Nikki Haley
Ryan Binkley (withdrew on February 27, 2024)
Ron DeSantis (withdrew on January 21, 2024)
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrew on January 15, 2024)
Chris Christie (withdrew on January 10, 2024)

Endorsements

Nikki Haley

Governors

Phil Scott, Governor of Vermont (2017–present)^[6]
Jim Douglas, former Governor of Vermont (2003-2011)^[7]

State Representatives

Patricia McCoy, Minority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives (2019–present) from Rutland-1 (2015–present)^[8]
Ashley Bartley, (2023–present) from Franklin-1^[8]

Donald Trump

Notable individual

Randy Quaid, actor^[9]

Results

Vermont Republican primary, March 5, 2024^[10]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Bound	Unbound	Total
Nikki Haley	36,241	49.32%	9		9
Donald Trump	33,162	45.13%	8		8
Chris Christie (withdrawn)	1,020	1.39%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	949	1.29%
Write-in votes	586	0.80%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)	546	0.74%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	278	0.38%
Overvotes	51	0.07%
Blank ballots	654	0.89%
Total:	73,487	100.00%	17		17

Results by county

2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary (results per county)^[11]
County	Nikki Haley		Donald Trump		Chris Christie		Ron DeSantis		Vivek Ramaswamy		Ryan L. Binkley		Write-in		Overvotes		Blank Votes		Total votes cast
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total votes cast
Addison	2,569	51.74%	2,095	42.20%	76	1.53%	78	1.57%	36	0.73%	22	0.44%	59	1.19%	1	0.02%	29	0.58%	4,965
Bennington	1,743	42.03%	2,079	50.13%	77	1.86%	69	1.66%	63	1.52%	14	0.34%	32	0.77%	1	0.02%	69	1.66%	4,147
Caledonia	1,420	42.51%	1,724	51.62%	41	1.23%	40	1.20%	21	0.63%	19	0.57%	26	0.78%	0	0.00%	49	1.47%	3,340
Chittenden	10,158	61.23%	5,626	33.91%	247	1.49%	164	0.99%	103	0.62%	49	0.3%	138	0.83%	9	0.05%	96	0.58%	16,590
Essex	346	32.46%	667	62.57%	12	1.13%	7	0.66%	10	0.94%	2	0.19%	4	0.38%	2	0.19%	16	1.50%	1,066
Franklin	2,646	41.23%	3,446	53.69%	69	1.08%	82	1.28%	40	0.62%	29	0.45%	33	0.51%	4	0.06%	69	1.08%	6,418
Grand Isle	739	49.40%	697	46.59%	15	1.00%	16	1.07%	7	0.47%	2	0.13%	14	0.94%	0	0.00%	6	0.40%	1,496
Lamoille	1,398	56.48%	964	38.95%	25	1.01%	25	1.01%	18	0.73%	5	0.20%	17	0.69%	1	0.04%	22	0.89%	2,475
Orange	1,558	46.81%	1,605	48.23%	39	1.17%	43	1.29%	17	0.51%	15	0.45%	24	0.72%	7	0.21%	20	0.60%	3,328
Orleans	985	36.54%	1,562	57.94%	22	0.82%	52	1.93%	14	0.52%	12	0.45%	25	0.93%	0	0.00%	24	0.89%	2,696
Rutland	3,599	37.99%	5,310	56.05%	116	1.22%	155	1.64%	67	0.71%	29	0.31%	91	0.96%	11	0.12%	96	1.01%	9,474
Washington	3,776	54.40%	2,710	39.04%	138	1.99%	113	1.63%	56	0.81%	26	0.37%	49	0.71%	6	0.09%	67	0.97%	6,941
Windham	1,762	47.98%	1,694	46.13%	59	1.61%	40	1.09%	38	1.03%	18	0.49%	23	0.63%	4	0.11%	34	0.93%	3,672
Windsor	3,542	51.49%	2,983	43.36%	84	1.22%	65	0.94%	56	0.81%	36	0.52%	51	0.74%	5	0.07%	57	0.83%	6,879
Total	36,241	49.32%	33,162	45.13%	1,020	1.39%	949	1.29%	546	0.74%	278	0.38%	586	0.80%	51	0.07%	654	0.89%	73,487

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References

1 2 "Vermont Republican Presidential Nominating Process". electionarchive.vermont.gov. March 5, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
↑ "Vermont Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
↑ Allison, Natalie (March 6, 2024). "Nikki Haley drops out of Republican primary". Politico . Retrieved March 6, 2024.
↑ "Vermont GOP presidential election results". POLITICO. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
↑ "2024 Vermont Presidential Candidate Information". sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
↑ Mearhoff, Sarah (January 19, 2024). "Ahead of New Hampshire primary, Gov. Phil Scott endorses Nikki Haley for president". VT Digger.
↑ Bradley, Pat (March 4, 2024). "Nikki Haley holds campaign rally in Vermont in advance of the state's presidential primary". WAMC. Retrieved March 6, 2024. "I also think it's time to pass the torch," Douglas said. "It seems to me with a couple of octogenarian candidates likely to be on the ballot that it's time for some new youthful energy and Governor Haley obviously offers that."
1 2 "Haley Campaign Press Release - Nikki Haley Announces Vermont State Leadership Team". The American Presidency Project. February 20, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
↑ Ballasy, Nicholas (December 1, 2022). "Trump picks up early 2024 endorsements from GOP lawmakers, other political figures". Just The News. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
↑ "Official Report of the Canvassing Committee – United States and Vermont Statewide Offices" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
↑ "2024 Presidential Primary Official Canvass" (PDF).

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[electionarchive.vermont.gov-1] 1 2 "Vermont Republican Presidential Nominating Process". electionarchive.vermont.gov. March 5, 2024. Retrieved April 25, 2024.

[2] "Vermont Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. March 5, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.

[3] Allison, Natalie (March 6, 2024). "Nikki Haley drops out of Republican primary". Politico . Retrieved March 6, 2024.

[4] "Vermont GOP presidential election results". POLITICO. Retrieved May 28, 2024.

[5] "2024 Vermont Presidential Candidate Information". sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

[Scott-6] Mearhoff, Sarah (January 19, 2024). "Ahead of New Hampshire primary, Gov. Phil Scott endorses Nikki Haley for president". VT Digger.

[7] Bradley, Pat (March 4, 2024). "Nikki Haley holds campaign rally in Vermont in advance of the state's presidential primary". WAMC. Retrieved March 6, 2024. "I also think it's time to pass the torch," Douglas said. "It seems to me with a couple of octogenarian candidates likely to be on the ballot that it's time for some new youthful energy and Governor Haley obviously offers that."

[pmab-8] 1 2 "Haley Campaign Press Release - Nikki Haley Announces Vermont State Leadership Team". The American Presidency Project. February 20, 2024. Retrieved July 30, 2024.

[Just_The_News1-9] Ballasy, Nicholas (December 1, 2022). "Trump picks up early 2024 endorsements from GOP lawmakers, other political figures". Just The News. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

[10] "Official Report of the Canvassing Committee – United States and Vermont Statewide Offices" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved March 12, 2024.

[11] "2024 Presidential Primary Official Canvass" (PDF).

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