2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary

The 2024 Alabama Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 50 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention were allocated on a winner-take-most basis. The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states.

Background

In the 2016 Republican presidential contest, Donald Trump won the Alabama primary with 42.4% of the vote, with his nearest opponent, Senator Ted Cruz, taking 21.1% of the vote.

Republican electorate

The Alabama Republican Party electorate is predominantly evangelical. In 2012, an estimated 80% of Alabama Republican primary voters were affiliated with evangelical Christianity. In the 2008 and 2012 Alabama Republican presidential primaries, social conservative candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, respectively, won by dominating the evangelical vote.

Candidates

The filing deadline for the Alabama primary was on November 10, 2023. The state Republican Party published the following list of qualified candidates:

Campaign

Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign was endorsed by Alabama's senior senator Tommy Tuberville in November 2022. Former Vice President Mike Pence spoke before the University of Alabama's Young Americans for Freedom chapter in April 2023 prior to his campaign launch.

Debate

The fourth Republican primary debate was held on December 6, 2023, at the University of Alabama. Hosted by NewsNation and The Washington Free Beacon, it was moderated by Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas, and Eliana Johnson. Four candidates attended the debate: Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Chris Christie, and Vivek Ramaswamy.