The 2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the

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. 50 delegates to the

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were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held on

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alongside primaries in 14 other states.

Background

In the 2016 Republican presidential contest,

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won the Alabama primary with 42.4% of the vote, with his nearest opponent, Senator

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, taking 21.1% of the vote.

Republican electorate

The

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electorate is predominantly

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. In 2012, an estimated 80% of Alabama Republican primary voters were affiliated with evangelical Christianity. In the

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Alabama Republican presidential primaries, social conservative candidates

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and

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, respectively, won by dominating the evangelical vote.

Candidates

The filing deadline for the Alabama primary was on November 10, 2023. The state Republican Party published the following list of qualified candidates: * Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) *

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(withdrawn) *

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(withdrawn) *

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(withdrawn) *

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(withdrawn) *

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(withdrawn) * David Stuckenberg *

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Campaign

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was endorsed by Alabama's senior senator

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in November 2022. Former Vice President

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spoke before the

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chapter in April 2023 prior to his campaign launch.

Debate

The fourth Republican primary debate was held on December 6, 2023, at the

. Hosted by

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and ''

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'', it was moderated by

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, and

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. Four candidates attended the debate:

, and

Endorsements

Results

Polling

Notes

Partisan clients

References

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Alabama Republican primaries

Background

Republican electorate

Candidates

Campaign

Debate

Endorsements

Results

Polling

See also

Notes

References