Republican Party battleground primaries, 2024
| 2024 Republican Party primary elections |
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| Battleground primaries |
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| Federal primaries |
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| Gubernatorial primaries Attorney General primaries Secretary of State primaries State legislative primaries |
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General elections are often the focal point of election-year media coverage as they determine control of elected offices up and down the ballot. Primary elections, however, can provide insight on future elections as they help influence the direction each party takes.
Although many of the most competitive primaries take place for open seats or offices that are held by a different party, even high-ranking federal officeholders can lose renomination to primary challengers. In the 2014 primary for Virginia's 7th Congressional District, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R), ranked behind only then-Speaker John Boehner (R) in Republican House leadership, was defeated by economics professor Dave Brat (R).
On this page, you will find information on noteworthy and notable Republican Party primaries that took place across the country for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state executive offices, and state legislatures in 2024. The page also includes information about notable top-two primaries for Republican seats.
Ballotpedia identified 51 Republican battleground primaries in 2024. To see how our list of battlegrounds has changed over the course of the year, click here.
Click here for information on Democratic Party battleground primaries in 2024.
Click on the links below to learn more about general election battlegrounds by race type:
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
- Gubernatorial battlegrounds, 2024
- Top-two and top-four battleground primaries, 2024
Criteria
It is typically difficult to predict how competitive primaries will be until after filing deadlines take place. However, Ballotpedia used a number of factors to give insight into the most interesting 2024 primary elections. Factors that were used to determine the competitiveness of primaries included:
- Whether or not the seat was open (retiring or resigning incumbent)
- Notable endorsements of multiple candidates
- Significant fundraising from multiple candidates
- Number of candidates
- Incumbent's years in office (if seeking re-election)
- Whether or not the district's general election was expected to be a battleground
U.S. Senate primaries
There were 7 U.S. Senate Republican battleground primaries in 2024.
- United States Senate election in Arizona, 2024 (July 30 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Michigan, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Ohio, 2024 (March 19 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Utah, 2024 (June 25 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in Virginia, 2024 (June 18 Republican primary)
- United States Senate election in West Virginia, 2024 (May 14 Republican primary)
The following map shows each state with a Republican battleground primary for U.S. Senate in 2024. Hover over or tap a state to view the incumbent's name.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 13, 2024
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Primary Elections in California," accessed August 13, 2024
- ↑ The original 32 races identified were: AZ Senate, IN Senate, MT Senate, NV Senate, OH Senate, VA Senate, WV Senate, AL-01, AZ-08, AR-03, CO-03, CO-04, FL-16, IL-12, IN-03, IN-05, NC-08, NY-03, OH-09, PA-1, SC-4, TX-23, WV-02, IN Gov, MO Gov, MO AG, NC Gov, WV Gov, WV AG, and Texas House of Representatives.
