The 2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 50 delegates to the

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were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held on Super Tuesday 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 Alabama Republican Party 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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and

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Alabama Republican presidential primaries, social conservative candidates

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and Rick Santorum, 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: *

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(withdrawn) * Doug Burgum (withdrawn) * Chris Christie (withdrawn) * Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) *

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* Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn) * Tim Scott (withdrawn) * David Stuckenberg *

Campaign

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign 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 '' The Washington Free Beacon'', it was moderated by

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, Elizabeth Vargas, and

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. Four candidates attended the debate: Ron DeSantis,

, Chris Christie, and Vivek Ramaswamy.

Endorsements

Results

Polling

Notes

; Partisan clients

References

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