Republican Party battleground primaries, 2024

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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.

Democratic Party 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:


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.

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.


U.S. House primaries

There were 30 U.S. House Republican battleground primaries in 2024.

The following map shows each state with a Republican battleground primary for U.S. House in 2024. Hover over or tap a district to view the incumbent's name.

State executive primaries

There were 6 state executive Republican battleground primaries in 2024.

The following map shows each state with a Republican battleground primary for a state executive office in 2024. Hover over or tap a state to view the battleground primaries in that state and the incumbent's name in each race.

State legislative primaries

There were 5 state legislative Republican battleground primaries in 2024.

Top-two primaries for Republican seats

See also: Top-two and top-four battleground primaries, 2024

There were 4 top-two battleground primaries for Republican-held seats in 2024.

California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]

Unlike the top-two format used in some states (Louisiana and Georgia special elections for example), a general election between the top-two candidates in California occurs regardless of whether the top candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round of elections.

As of August 2024, California was one of five states to use a top-two primary system, or a variation of the top-two system. See here for more information.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Change log

This section lists every change that was made to our battleground list between the launch of the page in December 2023 and the close of the primary election season.

  • July 26, 2024: Added Wyoming State Senate and Wyoming House of Representatives.
  • July 19, 2024: Added Missouri State Senate, MN-7, and WA-5. Removed MN-2.
  • July 5, 2024: Added MO-3.
  • May 20, 2024: Added CO-8 and OK-4.
  • May 8, 2024: Added FL-1, Tennessee State Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives. Removed NY-3.
  • May 3, 2024: Added MN-2, UT-2, and UT Gov.
  • April 12, 2024: Added ND-AL and TN-5.
  • April 5, 2024: Added MO SoS and Texas House of Representatives runoffs.
  • March 29, 2024: Added WI-8.
  • March 14, 2024: Added AZ-2, CO-5, and NC-13 runoff.
  • March 8, 2024: Added TX-23 runoff.
  • February 21, 2024: Added NC-AG.
  • February 16, 2024: Added IN-8 and ND Gov. Removed MT Senate and WV-2.
  • February 2, 2024: Added SC-1.
  • January 26, 2024: Added NC-6.
  • December 21, 2023: Launched initial battlegrounds list with 33 races.[3]

2022 battlegrounds

See also: Republican Party battleground primaries, 2022

Ballotpedia identified 62 Republican battleground primaries in 2022. There were 11 senate battleground primaries, 30 house battleground primaries, 20 state executive battleground primaries, and one top-two battleground primary for a Republican-held seat. One state legislative chamber also had Republican battleground primaries. To read more about the 2022 Republican Party battleground primaries, click here.

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed August 13, 2024
  2. ↑ California Secretary of State, "Primary Elections in California," accessed August 13, 2024
  3. ↑ 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.
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