Republican presidential candidates 2024

President Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, having announced his candidacy on November 15, 2022, and as of August 4, 2023, Trump "received the backing of more than 80 members of the House and Senate" compared with only five by DeSantis. Although ineligible for the office because she is not a natural-born citizen, on February 14, 2023, Nikki Haley announced her candidacy to oppose Trump. She lasted the longest in the race, but was unable to gain enough votes to ever come close to beating Trump in the primaries. After failing to gain enough votes on Super Tuesday, she was the last to withdraw from the race. Many other candidates also entered the race, including Vivek Ramaswamy and perhaps most notably Ron DeSantis, a favorite of globalist Never-Trumpers. It was clear that Trump was leading by a significant margin, and all other candidates had suspended their campaigns by March 6, 2024.

Presidential candidate list

Candidate name	About	Announced candidacy	Withdrew from race
Donald Trump	Former U.S. president, with a well-established record Polling and voting suggests high popularity within the republican party Some democrats are hoping for a Trump win, likely because they believe they can beat him in the general election Formerly pro-choice, but now perhaps slightly pro-life. He appointed pro-life justices to the supreme court, favored defunding Planned Parenthood, and has declared once or twice that he is pro-life. However, some of his other words and actions have indicated otherwise, including opposing a national ban.	Nov 15, 2022
Nikki Haley	Former governor of South Carolina Former US Ambassador to the UN Pro-life, but has voiced a somewhat defeatist perspective on the matter Poling and voting suggest that Haley is less popular than the alternative. However, her campaign has been well-funded.	Feb 14, 2023	Mar 6, 2024
Ron DeSantis	Governor of Florida Polling suggests moderately high popularity Solidly pro-life	May 24, 2023	Jan 21, 2024
Asa Hutchinson	Former governor of Arkansas Polling suggests lower popularity Pro-life Somewhat resists the Homosexual agenda, but has also referenced a need for "tolerance." He vetoed a bill which opposed child mutilation, to the delight of transgender activists.	Apr 2, 2023	Jan 16, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy	Does not seem distinctly pro-life Polling suggests lower popularity	Feb 21, 2023	Jan 15, 2023
Chris Christie	Former governor of New Jersey Opposes Trump's polices and record Polling suggests lower popularity Not expressly pro-life. Thinks the federal government should not be involved in that decision. Seems to support same-sex marriage and "LGBTQ+" rights. Although he has made a few statements in seeming opposition of these movements, he has long supported them. As governor, he signed a law supporting "trans-rights"	Jun 6, 2023	Jan 10, 2024
Doug Burgum	North Dakota governor Polling suggests lower popularity Slightly pro-life, but opposed to federal bans.	Jun 6, 2023	Dec 3, 2023
Tim Scott	Seemed hesitant to take a strong pro-life stance early in the campaign, but later voiced stronger support	May 22, 2023	Nov 12, 2023
Mike Pence	Former U.S. vice president Seems at least somewhat pro-life	Jun 7, 2023	Oct. 28, 2023
Will Hurd	Opposes Trump's polices and record Polling suggests lower popularity	Jun 22, 2023	Oct 9, 2023
Francis Suarez	Miami mayor	Jun 15, 2023	Aug 29, 2023

Vice Presidential

See also: Debate: Who should Donald Trump pick as his 2024 running mate

• Rep. Byron Donalds (R-NY)

• Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who could help carry the must-win state of next-door Georgia.

• Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH)

• Kari Lake, non-politician from Arizona

• Tulsi Gabbard, former Democrat presidential candidate.

• Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

• 2008 VP nominee and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is currently running for late Rep. Don Young's US congressional seat in Alaska. Palin was the VP nominee to late globalist John McCain, who likely chose her for optics, as she is a strong conservative, unlike him, and gave his otherwise establishmentarian campaign a more populist appeal. McCain later turned on Palin, saying he regretted picking her. A fervent supporter of President Trump (also unlike McCain), she was shortlisted as a potential VP in 2016. She has also stated that she would be open to accept the job in 2024 if offered.

• Candace Owens, conservative political commentator and host of the talk show Candace; Trump once said he may consider her as a VP choice during a telephone interview on the show.

• Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

No chance of being picked

• Former Vice President Mike Pence, who turned against President Trump in 2020, and did absolutely nothing to question the massive election fraud. Later he even bragged about taking that position, and serving as a pawn for the left.

• Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who served under the Trump Administration, as ambassador to the United Nations. She was largely anti-Trump during the 2016 election, but was tepidly loyal for a time, even speaking at the 2020 Republican National Convention. She would later turn on Trump once again in a widely reported interview in Politico concerning the 2020 election. She is known to flip-flop on Trump constantly.

• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, who panders to a handful of Never Trump, pro-immigration globalists in the Mormon Church hierarchy. He regularly opposes conservative values and sides with democrats. Romney was loudly booed at his own Utah Republican Party convention on May 1, 2021.

See also

• United States presidential election, 2024
• Democratic presidential candidates 2024

External links

• Politico article on shrinking field among Republican candidates