2024 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2024 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

| country = Arkansas

| type = presidential

| ongoing = Yes

| previous_election = 2020 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

| previous_year = 2020

| next_election = 2028 Arkansas Republican presidential primary

| next_year = 2028

| election_date = March 5, 2024

| outgoing_members = AK

| elected_members = CA

| votes_for_election = 40 Republican National Convention delegates

| map_image = {{switcher |230px|County results |230px|Congressional district results}}

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Trump

| image1 = TrumpPortrait.jpg

| candidate1 = Donald Trump

| color1 = 283681

| home_state1 = Florida

| popular_vote1 = 204,898

| percentage1 = 76.89%

| delegate_count1 = 39

| image2 = Nikki Haley (53299447738) (cropped).jpg

| candidate2 = Nikki Haley

| color2 = fe6100

| home_state2 = South Carolina

| popular_vote2 = 49,085

| percentage2 = 18.42%

| delegate_count2 = 1

}}

The 2024 Arkansas Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 40 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis.{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2023 |title= Arkansas Republican Presidential Nominating Process|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P24/AR-R#0319|access-date=February 6, 2023 |website=thegreenpapers.com}} The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states. Donald Trump won 39 delegates from this contest.

Candidates

The following candidates have officially filed by the end of the filing deadline on November 14, 2023:{{cite web |title=2024 Preferential Primary and Nonpartisan Judicial General Election Candidate Filings |publisher=Arkansas Secretary of State |date=November 2023 |url=https://candidates.arkansas.gov/}}

Ryan Binkley (withdrew on February 27, 2024)
Doug Burgum (withdrew on December 4, 2023)
Chris Christie (withdrew on January 10, 2024)
Ron DeSantis (withdrew on January 21, 2024)
Asa Hutchinson (withdrew on January 16, 2024)
Nikki Haley
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrew on January 15, 2024)
David Stuckenberg
Donald Trump

Endorsements

{{main|Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries}}

{{Endorsements box|title=Nikki Haley|list=

Governor

Asa Hutchinson, (2015–2023); former candidate{{cite web |last=Allison |first= Natalie |title= Hutchinson endorses Haley |url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/01/20/new-hampshire-primary-2024/hutchinson-backs-haley-00136765 |date=January 20, 2024 |work=Politico}}

}}

{{Endorsements box|title=Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)|list=

State representatives

Zack Gramlich, District 50 (2023–present){{cite web |last1=Scheckner |first1=Jesse |title=Ron DeSantis adds endorsements from 21 state, local officials after GOP debate |url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/630759-ron-desantis-adds-endorsements-from-21-state-local-officials-after-gop-debate/ |publisher=Florida Politics |access-date=2 September 2023 |date=24 August 2023}}{{Efn|name=RDend|Article mistakenly says Arizona}}
Aaron Pilkington, District 45 (2017–present){{Efn|name=RDend}}
Ryan Rose, District 48 (2022–present){{Efn|name=RDend}}

}}

{{Endorsements box|title=Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)|list=

County official

Barry Moehring, Benton County Judge (2016–present){{cite web|url=https://www.4029tv.com/article/asa-hutchinson-launching-campaign-arkansas-1682521922/43710424#|title=Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is launching his campaign for president in Bentonville|date=April 26, 2023 |publisher=4029TV.com|accessdate=May 2, 2023}}

Mayor

Stephanie Orman, Mayor of Bentonville (2018–present)

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{{Endorsements box|title=Donald Trump|list=

U.S. Senator

Tom Cotton, (2015–present){{cite news |title=Which 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate Has The Most Endorsements? |url=https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-endorsements/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419062253/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-endorsements/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |access-date=25 April 2023 |work=FiveThirtyEight |date=April 24, 2023}}

U.S. Representative

Rick Crawford, AR-01 (2011–present)

Governors

Mike Huckabee, (1996–2007); candidate for President in 2008 and 2016{{cite tweet |last=Huckabee |first=Mike |author-link=Mike Huckabee |user=GovMikeHuckabee |number=1639791345056333830 |date=March 26, 2023 |title=Why I'm Endorsing Donald Trump for President in 2024 Huckabee https://t.co/jiJAMN2DQQ via @YouTube |language=en |access-date=April 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327231022/https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1639791345056333830 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/03/27/mafia-mike-huckabee |title=Mafia Mike Huckabee |website=Arkansas Times |last=Millar |first=Lindsey |date=2023-03-27 |access-date=2023-04-02 |language=en}}
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, (2023-present); White House Press Secretary (2017–2019)

}}

{{Endorsements box|title=Declined to endorse|list=

U.S. Senator

John Boozman, (2011–present){{Cite web |last=Metzger |first=Bryan |title=These 19 GOP senators still haven't endorsed Trump — and some of them probably never will |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/which-republican-senators-havent-endorsed-donald-trump-2024-1 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

U.S. Representative

French Hill, AR-02 (2015–present){{cite web |title=Trump's loosening grip on GOP defines early 2024 campaign |website=Politico |date=March 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610101209/https://www.politico.com:443/news/2023/03/02/trumps-loosening-grip-gop-early-2024-campaign-00085092 |archive-date=2023-06-10 |url-status=live |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/02/trumps-loosening-grip-gop-early-2024-campaign-00085092}}

Organization

Republican Party of Arkansas{{cite web | url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2023/apr/26/former-arkansas-governor-hutchinson-looks-to/ | title=Former Arkansas governor Hutchinson looks to navigate through division during presidential campaign | Arkansas Democrat Gazette | date=April 26, 2023 }}

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Polling

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! Undecided

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| Aug 31 – Sep 7, 2022

| 184 (LV)

| ± 7.7%

| 29%

|{{party shading/Republican}}|58%

| 13%