2024 Republican Primary (Mercbl)

The 2028 Republican Presidential Primary saw 3 major candidates run for the Republican presidential nomination. While Florida representative Matt Gaetz did announce his intention to run for president following the 2022 midterm elections, he dropped out soon after former President Donald Trump formally announced his intention to run. Running against Trump were former governors of Florida and Massachusetts, Ron DeSantis and Bill Weld, respectively. While most did not expect Weld, who ran a libertarian campaign, to gain much traction, all eyes were on DeSantis as he tried to challenge Trump, who had essentially been the presumptive nominee from when he announced his campaign. In the end though, DeSantis would be unsuccessful and Trump would go on to lose to Democratic candidate Bill Gates in the 2024 presidential election.
 	Name 	Image	Most recent position 	Outcome of campaign 	Popular Vote	Delegates won
1	Donald Trump	 	President 	Republican Nominee 	47.91% 	
2	Ron DeSantis	 	Governor of Florida 	Withdrew during primaries (endorsed Donald Trump)	44.21% 	
3	Bill Weld 	 	Governor of Massachusetts	Withdrew during primaries (endorsed Ron DeSantis)	7.88% 	
4	Matt Gaetz 	 	Florida representative 	Withdrew before primaries (endorsed Donald Trump)	 	
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