2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary
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The 2024 Illinois Republican presidential primary will be 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 will be allocated on a winner-take-all basis.[1] The contest will be held alongside primaries in Arizona, Florida, Kansas, and Ohio.

Ballot

The petition circulation period for a candidate to place their name on the ballot began October 7th, 2023. To be placed on the ballot, each candidate needed no less than 3,000 and no more than 5,000 signatures statewide.[2] During the January 4th, 2024 to January 5th, 2024 filing period,[2] five candidates filed to run in the Republican primary.[3] Objections to a candidate's petitions may be filed with the Illinois Board of Elections no later than January 12, 2024.[2] 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, will be heard by the Illinois State Board of Elections.[4]

Illinois, along with Pennsylvania, elects delegates in party by congressional district, separately from the statewide preference vote.[5] 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.[2] All candidates except for Binkley filed a slate of delegates in each congressional district.

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)
Former U.S. Representative
Former state representative
Nikki Haley
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 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 Jun 6–7, 2022 677 (LV) – 2% 23% 3% 6% – 2% 51% 5%[d] 8%

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. ^ "Illinois Republican Presidential Nominating Process". thegreenpapers.com. January 19, 2023. Retrieved February 6, 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/19/2024 Candidate List". IL State Board of Elections. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Hancock, Peter. "Trump Faces Ballot Challenge in Illinois Minutes After Filing His Petitions". wttw. Capitol News Illinois. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  5. ^ Shepard, Steven (April 23, 2016). "How Pennsylvania could make Trump the GOP nominee". Politico. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Bade, Rachael; Irvine, Bethany (March 6, 2023). "From loner to phenom: DeSantis' old colleagues are surprised at his rise". Politico. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Vinicky, Amanda (February 20, 2023). "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Appears at 'Law and Order' Event in Elmhurst". WTTW. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  12. ^ Fung, Katherine (December 19, 2022). "A Massive Republican Gathering is Latest Warning Sign for Trump". Newsweek. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  13. ^ PTI (November 16, 2022). "Donald Trump has failed America, says President Biden". The Economic Times. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
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