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Nominating Contest Schedule

Below is the schedule for electing delegates to the Republican National Convention in July 2024. There are primaries, caucuses, and conventions in the list, sometimes with a state having more than one of them. All 50 states, D.C. and five U.S. territories are holding events. Republicans Abroad is a private organization and not part of the Republican Party, so it gets no delegates. However, it can take as much money as it can get from whoever wants to give it money, none of which is reported anywhere. In contrast, Democrats Abroad is part of the Democratic Party, gets to send delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and has to follow the rules that apply to the state parties. Here is the schedule and delegate count according to the Times (The Green Papers, Ballotpedia, and 270toWin have slightly different numbers of delegates):

Date State Event Delegates Cumulative Remaining
Jan. 15 Iowa Caucus 40 40 2389
Jan. 23 New Hampshire Primary 22 62 2367
Feb. 6 Nevada Primary 0 62 2367
Feb. 8 Nevada Caucus 26 88 2341
Feb. 8 Virgin Islands Caucus 4 92 2337
Feb. 24 South Carolina Primary 50 142 2287
Feb. 27 Michigan Primary 16 158 2271
Mar. 2 Idaho Caucus 32 190 2239
Mar. 2 Michigan State convention 39 229 2200
Mar. 2 Missouri Caucus 0 229 2200
Mar. 3 D.C. Primary 19 248 2181
Mar. 4 North Dakota Caucus 29 277 2152
Mar. 5 Alabama Primary 50 327 2102
Mar. 5 Alaska Primary 29 356 2073
Mar. 5 American Samoa Caucus 9 365 2064
Mar. 5 Arkansas Primary 40 405 2024
Mar. 5 California Primary 169 574 1855
Mar. 5 Colorado Primary 37 611 1818
Mar. 5 Maine Primary 20 631 1798
Mar. 5 Massachusetts Primary 40 671 1758
Mar. 5 Minnesota Primary 39 710 1719
Mar. 5 North Carolina Primary 74 784 1645
Mar. 5 Oklahoma Primary 43 827 1602
Mar. 5 Tennessee Primary 58 885 1544
Mar. 5 Texas Primary 161 1046 1383
Mar. 5 Utah Caucus 40 1086 1343
Mar. 5 Vermont Primary 17 1103 1326
Mar. 5 Virginia Primary 48 1151 1278
Mar. 10 Wyoming County conventions 0 1151 1278
Mar. 12 Georgia Primary 59 1210 1219
Mar. 12 Hawaii Caucus 19 1229 1200
Mar. 12 Mississippi Primary 40 1269 1160
Mar. 12 Washington Primary 43 1312 1117
Mar. 15 Northern Marianas Caucus 9 1321 1108
Mar. 16 Guam Convention 9 1330 1099
Mar. 19 Arizona Primary 43 1373 1056
Mar. 19 Florida Primary 125 1498 931
Mar. 19 Illinois Primary 64 1562 867
Mar. 19 Kansas Primary 39 1601 828
Mar. 19 Ohio Primary 79 1680 749
Mar. 23 Louisiana Primary 47 1727 702
Apr. 2 Connecticut Primary 28 1755 674
Apr. 2 Delaware Primary 16 1771 658
Apr. 2 New York Primary 91 1862 567
Apr. 2 Rhode Island Primary 19 1881 548
Apr. 2 Wisconsin Primary 41 1922 507
Apr. 6 Missouri Convention 0 1922 507
Apr. 20 Wyoming State convention 29 1951 478
Apr. 21 Puerto Rico Primary 23 1974 455
Apr. 23 Pennsylvania Primary 67 2041 388
May 4 Missouri Convention 54 2095 334
May 7 Indiana Primary 58 2153 276
May 14 Maryland Primary 37 2190 239
May 14 Nebraska Primary 36 2226 203
May 14 West Virginia Primary 32 2258 171
May 21 Kentucky Primary 46 2304 125
May 21 Oregon Primary 0 2304 125
May 21 Oregon Convention 31 2335 94
Jun. 4 Montana Primary 31 2366 63
Jun. 4 New Jersey Primary 12 2378 51
Jun. 4 New Mexico Primary 22 2400 29
Jun. 4 South Dakota Primary 29 2429 0
Total     2429

The way the number of delegates is computed is complicated and may yet change a bit. Most states get at-large delegates, district-level delegates, party delegates, bonus delegates, and unpledged delegates. The Green Papers link above gives the breakdown if you want to get into the weeds. If you want the schedule in .csv format, here it is.

The "Cumulative" and "Remaining" columns can be used to answer questions like: "After Super Tuesday, how many delegates will have already been allocated and how many are left?" Answers: 1151 and 1278, respectively. Or "What is the earliest date a candidate could formally have locked down a majority of the delegates?" Answer: March 12.

In Nevada, state law requires a primary, but the RNC decided to hold a caucus 2 days later where the delegates will actually be elected. The primary is then just a "beauty contest" with no delegates allocated. Michigan law requires a primary on Feb. 27, but this violates the RNC rules. A compromise to avoid penalties has resulted in 16 delegates being chosen in the primary but 39 delegates being chosen at the state convention on March 2. Wyoming holds county conventions on March 10, but the delegates will finalized at the state convention April 18-20. Missouri holds a caucus on Mar. 2 and has district conventions on April 6 but the delegates won't actually be chosen until the state convention on May 4. Oregon has a primary on May 21, but the delegates won't be chosen until the state convention on May 25. Finally, New Jersey is being punished by having its delegate count reduced from 49 to 12 because a former governor is going around saying bad things about Donald Trump. (Well, not really. The reduction is real but due to New Jersey violating some party rules.) (V)



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