The 2024 Vermont Republican presidential primary was held on March 5, 2024, as part of the Republican Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 17 delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention will be allocated on a winner-take-most basis.[3] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states. Nikki Haley won the primary against Donald Trump, making her the first woman to win a state in a Republican presidential primary.[4] Haley was awarded nine delegates and Trump was awarded eight delegates. Haley won Chittenden County, Grand Isle County, Lamoille County, Washington County, Addison County, Windsor County, and Windham County. Trump won Franklin County, Orleans County, Essex County, Caledonia County, Orange County, Rutland County, and Bennington County.[5]
This was the first Republican primary since 2000 in which Vermont did not vote for the winner of the nomination.
^Bradley, Pat (March 4, 2024). "Nikki Haley holds campaign rally in Vermont in advance of the state's presidential primary". WAMC. Retrieved March 6, 2024. "I also think it's time to pass the torch," Douglas said. "It seems to me with a couple of octogenarian candidates likely to be on the ballot that it's time for some new youthful energy and Governor Haley obviously offers that."