Create account

Gone quiet · last update Jul 9, 2024 / Donald Trump

The 2024 presidential primaries, from the first campaign launches to Haley's exit

Overview · reviewed October 24, 2026

Donald Trump won the 2024 Republican presidential nomination less than two months after the first votes were cast. He won the Iowa caucuses in January by a wide margin,[1] and his last major rival, Nikki Haley, quit the day after Super Tuesday in March.[2] Within a week he and President Joe Biden had both clinched their parties' nominations, setting up a rematch of 2020.[3]

Read the timeline

Follow this story to see new developments when you return.

Within a week he and President Joe Biden had both clinched their parties' nominations, setting up a rematch of 2020.[3]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Feb 2022: average weekly share 4% (left 1%, center 1%, right 2%), from 2 of 2 weeksMar 2022: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2022: average weekly share 3% (left under 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2022: average weekly share under 1% (left 0%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2022: average weekly share 2% (left under 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2022: average weekly share 3% (left under 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2022: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2022: average weekly share 3% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2022: average weekly share 10% (left 3%, center 3%, right 4%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2022: average weekly share 1% (left 0%, center under 1%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2023: average weekly share 5% (left 2%, center 1%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2023: average weekly share 17% (left 5%, center 6%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2023: average weekly share 19% (left 6%, center 7%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2023: average weekly share 22% (left 6%, center 9%, right 6%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2023: average weekly share 26% (left 9%, center 10%, right 7%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2023: average weekly share 20% (left 7%, center 9%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2023: average weekly share 17% (left 6%, center 7%, right 5%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2023: average weekly share 17% (left 6%, center 6%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2023: average weekly share 9% (left 3%, center 3%, right 3%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2023: average weekly share 10% (left 3%, center 4%, right 3%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2023: average weekly share 15% (left 5%, center 6%, right 4%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2023: average weekly share 12% (left 4%, center 4%, right 4%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2024: average weekly share 36% (left 12%, center 14%, right 10%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2024: average weekly share 29% (left 11%, center 11%, right 7%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2024: average weekly share 29% (left 10%, center 11%, right 7%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 7% (left 2%, center 3%, right 2%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 2% (left 1%, center 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

LeftCenterRight

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 16 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (87 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Jul 8, 202456819 of 18410%
Jun 24, 20243519 of 2504%
May 20, 202414231350 of 22622%
May 6, 202445615 of 2366%
Mar 25, 202434411 of 2454%
Mar 18, 20241417839 of 24616%
Mar 11, 202435431997 of 24340%
Mar 4, 2024505042142 of 25456%
Feb 26, 202436362395 of 25637%
Feb 19, 202435392195 of 23241%
Feb 12, 20241023 of 2421%
Feb 5, 202434342290 of 24237%
Jan 29, 202421221154 of 23523%
Jan 22, 2024364132109 of 23846%
Jan 15, 2024435239134 of 22360%
Jan 8, 202430382391 of 24337%
Jan 1, 2024915832 of 23214%
Dec 25, 202357517 of 2078%
Dec 18, 202333612 of 2365%
Dec 11, 202313151341 of 22518%
Dec 4, 202312141238 of 21718%
Nov 27, 202319231355 of 23523%
Nov 20, 202346515 of 2017%
Nov 13, 2023611522 of 21510%
Nov 6, 202319171248 of 23720%
Oct 30, 20231216937 of 23316%
Oct 23, 20233227 of 2383%
Oct 16, 202352815 of 2486%
Oct 9, 202310131033 of 23714%
Oct 2, 20231010828 of 24312%
Sep 25, 202358922 of 22710%
Sep 18, 20231013831 of 23313%
Sep 11, 202398623 of 24210%
Sep 4, 20230224 of 2532%
Aug 28, 202337212 of 2655%
Aug 21, 202323231965 of 24327%
Aug 14, 2023971228 of 24611%
Aug 7, 202322281565 of 25925%
Jul 31, 20231116936 of 25414%
Jul 24, 202324271869 of 26226%
Jul 17, 2023814628 of 26710%
Jul 10, 202311131034 of 24314%
Jul 3, 202316171649 of 24520%
Jun 26, 202316201349 of 27918%
Jun 19, 20231317939 of 26315%
Jun 12, 2023510217 of 2507%
Jun 5, 2023374625108 of 26541%
May 29, 202330441387 of 25834%
May 22, 2023414428113 of 26942%
May 15, 202315131240 of 24416%
May 8, 202329242174 of 25429%
May 1, 2023771226 of 25610%
Apr 24, 2023335429116 of 25545%
Apr 17, 202317151244 of 25417%
Apr 10, 2023491629 of 25411%
Apr 3, 20231213732 of 26012%
Mar 27, 202325252070 of 27825%
Mar 20, 202346212 of 2335%
Mar 13, 202312151744 of 18324%
Mar 6, 20231315836 of 17720%
Feb 27, 2023371020 of 18511%
Feb 20, 202388723 of 18413%
Feb 13, 202322301971 of 18139%
Feb 6, 202351410 of 1855%
Jan 30, 202312111134 of 19018%
Jan 16, 202331610 of 1885%
Dec 12, 20220145 of 1873%
Dec 5, 20220022 of 1901%
Nov 28, 202215191145 of 18824%
Nov 21, 202231610 of 1666%
Nov 14, 202222610 of 1865%
Nov 7, 202222711 of 1916%
Oct 31, 20220505 of 1813%
Oct 24, 202248416 of 1819%
Oct 17, 20222439 of 1775%
Aug 1, 20221539 of 2014%
Jul 25, 20221348 of 1844%
Jul 18, 20221034 of 1912%
Jul 4, 20221708 of 1944%
Jun 20, 202222711 of 2045%
Jun 13, 20221247 of 1924%
May 2, 20220213 of 2002%
Apr 25, 202217311 of 2045%
Apr 18, 202212710 of 1855%
Mar 14, 20223418 of 1834%
Feb 28, 20220123 of 1972%
Feb 21, 202244614 of 2007%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Jul 8, 2024 · first reported · Headline from KTVZ Bend

    Haley says she is releasing her convention delegates and urging them to support Trump

Background

In 2022, before any candidate had declared, Trump won straw polls at the Conservative Political Action Conference by wide margins over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis,[4][5] though polls showed the two close in states such as Michigan.[6] President Joe Biden reportedly told Barack Obama he would seek re-election.[7]

Read the full background (4 more paragraphs)

Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley announced her campaign in February 2023, becoming the first Republican to formally challenge former President Donald Trump.[8] DeSantis entered the race in May with an announcement plagued by technical glitches.[9] At the first debate in August, the outsider Vivek Ramaswamy took center stage,[10] and an Iowa poll that month showed Trump with a solid lead over his closest competitor.[11] Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a fierce Trump critic, ended his bid days before the Iowa caucuses.[12]

Trump won the Iowa caucuses on January 15, 2024, with DeSantis edging Haley for second.[1] Vivek Ramaswamy, who finished fourth, dropped out that night and endorsed Trump.[13] DeSantis, whose campaign and allies had spent more than $100 million, ended his bid and endorsed Trump on the eve of the New Hampshire primary,[14] which Trump won over Haley.[15] Trump then beat her easily in her home state of South Carolina,[16] and at the start of March she won her first contest, the District of Columbia's Republican primary.[17]

On the Democratic side, about 100,000 voters in Michigan's primary chose "uncommitted" to protest Biden's support for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, and hundreds of thousands more did the same on Super Tuesday.[18]

On Super Tuesday, March 5, Biden and Trump dominated contests across 16 states and a territory.[19] Haley, who won only Vermont, suspended her campaign the next day.[2] Biden and Trump both clinched their nominations on March 12.[3] In May, Haley said she would vote for Trump, though she stopped short of a formal endorsement.[20] The general election that followed is covered in separate arcs, on the campaign and the debates.

Supporting stories (20)
  1. Trump reaches historic victory in Iowa GOP caucuses
  2. Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign leaving Donald Trump as the Republican candidate
  3. Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch
  4. Trump wins CPAC straw poll, tops DeSantis by nearly 30 points
  5. Trump wins CPAC straw poll in Dallas
  6. Poll: Trump and DeSantis in statistical tie among Michigan primary voters
  7. President Biden reportedly tells Obama he’s seeking re-election in 2024
  8. Nikki Haley announces 2024 White House bid
  9. DeSantis launches GOP presidential campaign in Twitter announcement plagued by glitches
  10. Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage, plus other key moments from first Republican debate
  11. Trump Holds 23-Point Lead Over DeSantis in Closely Watched Iowa Poll
  12. Christie ends his presidential bid in an effort to blunt Trump's momentum before Iowa's GOP caucuses
  13. Vivek Ramaswamy suspends his 2024 Republican presidential bid, endorses Donald Trump
  14. Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
  15. Trump wins New Hampshire primary over Republican rival Haley
  16. Trump wins South Carolina primary according to AP, easily beating Haley in her home state
  17. Nikki Haley wins the District of Columbia’s Republican primary and gets her first 2024 victory
  18. Here’s how the ‘uncommitted’ vote campaign against Biden did on Super Tuesday
  19. Biden and Trump are dominating Super Tuesday races and moving closer to a November rematch
  20. Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 347 recorded updates

July 2024

  1. Nikki Haley releases delegates, urges them to back Trump at conventionHeadline from The Brunswick News · 20 outlets

June 2024

  1. Georgia GOP Gov. Brian Kemp didn’t vote for Trump in the state’s Republican primaryHeadline from CNN · 9 outlets

May 2024

  1. Trump says he thinks Haley will be ‘on our team in some form’Headline from CNN · 6 outlets
  2. Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primaryHeadline from WDIO Duluth · 52 outlets
  3. Trump Denies Nikki Haley Up For Running Mate Slot Amid Vice President RumorsHeadline from Forbes · 6 outlets
  4. Nikki Haley wins 1 in 5 Republican votes in Tuesday’s Indiana presidential primaryHeadline from Washington Times · 10 outlets

March 2024

  1. Biden campaign launches ad targeting Haley votersHeadline from Anchorage Daily News · 12 outlets
  2. Biden, Trump secure victories in Louisiana's presidential primary after securing nominationsHeadline from FOX 35 Orlando · 10 outlets
  3. Missouri and Louisiana will hold presidential primaries on Saturday. Their outcome is not in doubtHeadline from NBC Chicago · 11 outlets
  4. Biden, Trump Notch Wins; Other Races Offer Hints on National PoliticsHeadline from Voice of America · 24 outlets
  5. Trump and Biden secure victories in Tuesday's primaries, advancing towards a rematchHeadline from FOX 5 New York · 3 outlets
  6. Delaware calls off Republican presidential primary after Nikki Haley removes her name from ballotHeadline from NBC10 Philadelphia · 6 outlets
  7. Former vice president Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump in 2024 US electionHeadline from France 24 · 40 outlets
  8. Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematchHeadline from NWI Times · 94 outlets
  9. Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign leaving Donald Trump as the Republican candidateHeadline from FOX 5 New York · 68 outlets
  10. In Minnesota, Biden competes for delegates in long-shot challenger Dean Phillips' home stateHeadline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 4 outlets
  11. Biden wins Democratic caucuses in Hawaii as he moves closer to seizing the nomination againHeadline from WHEC Rochester · 12 outlets
  12. Nikki Haley exits GOP presidential race but doesn't endorse TrumpHeadline from WISH-TV Indianapolis · 35 outlets
  13. Minnesota Democratic ‘uncommitted’ vote nears 20% in latest Biden rebukeHeadline from New York Post · 7 outlets
  14. Up First briefing: Nikki Haley to drop out after Trump, Biden dominate Super TuesdayHeadline from Delaware Public Media · 7 outlets
  15. Trump and Biden add Minnesota to list of presidential primary winsHeadline from Grand Forks Herald · 12 outlets
  16. Rep. Dean Phillips, Minnesota Democrat, says he is suspending presidential campaignHeadline from CBS News · 4 outlets
  17. Super Tuesday 2024 Primary Election Live Results: All the Republican and Democratic RacesHeadline from NBC News · 17 outlets
  18. Here’s how the ‘uncommitted’ vote campaign against Biden did on Super TuesdayHeadline from Fox26 Houston · 7 outlets
  19. Super Tuesday: Minnesota voters participate in presidential primaryHeadline from WDIO Duluth · 12 outlets

Coverage & sources

Read the reports, see how much was collected over time, or compare outlets by political leaning.

Coverage & sources →