2024 Robloxian ministerial election

The 2024 Robloxian ministerial election will be the 18th ministerial election of the Robloxian Republic, scheduled to take place on September 7th, 2024. Republican incumbent Alex Parkland is not seeking re-election to a third consecutive term, citing his "deteriorating health". Voters will elect a Minister of the Robloxian Republic for a term of one year. The winner of the election is scheduled to be inaugurated on Wednesday, November 20th, 2024.
Immigration, federal wage, homelessness, healthcare, Furtona treatment, welfare and gun rights are leading campaign issues this year, following Minister Parkland's attempts of reversing the Anti-Homelessness Act, and his already completed task that repealed the Enough is Enough Act and the Pathway to Citizenship Act. Additionally, Robloxians voted in a poll saying that Furtona treatment and healthcare are at risk, due to Parkland withdrawing 12% of the original Department of Health & Human Services budget and redirecting the funds to the military. Welfare and food stamps are at risk this election, due to Parkland's heavy support of exterminating tax credit and food stamps and encouraging employment.
== Democratic Party ==
Four leading candidates announced candidacy for the 2024 Democratic Primary elections, most notably three-year Speaker of the House Roland Manchester. Manchester unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary in 2023 against former Hasher governor Harold Bentsen and was defeated by around 31%. Additionally, moderate Democrat Jason Sinema announced his attempt to run a third time for the ministry, this time under the Democratic Party, even though he lost in the 2022 Robloxian ministerial election as an independent and the 2023 Robloxian ministerial election as an independent. The 2024 election's democratic primary polling saw the highest numbers for Sinema in years, with his voter desires being set at 39%.
Additionally, Native Islands senator Alice Wilimina announced her candidacy "one last time" for the ministry under the Democratic Primary. Another moderate Democrat, Wilimina unsuccessfully ran in the 2023 Democratic Primary for minister, losing with only 10.7% of the vote. In recent polls, she also saw optimistic results, amassing 22% of the voter intention. Lastly, former socialist party member Carter Denseon, who was Alyssa Winfrey's running mate in the 2018 Robloxian ministerial election, is seeking the Democratic nomination.
There were a total of 40,222,431 voters in the Democratic primary. Roland Manchester, the Democratic Speaker of the House who is widely considered by the Democratic Party as "the bipartisan savior", won the Democratic Primary with 48.02% of the vote. Manchester has served as the Speaker of the House since November 2022 and supported numerous bipartisan packages that earned him the votes of Republican representatives to keep him as Speaker. 
Former Native Islands Senator Alice Wilimina came in second place in a surprising result with 24.86% of the vote, or narrowly 10 million votes, winning the support of moderate Democrats for women and moderate Democrats against Sinema's concerning right-leaning remarks. 
Jason Sinema, a former representative who had been expelled from the House due to his tampering with official documents, secured 23% of the vote, winning over traditional moderate Democrats. He faced court disputes from both Manchester and Wilimina challenging his ability to run for the nomination due to his alleged tampering, and the court ruled that he was allowed to stay in the race due to no formal conviction.
Carter Denseon, the former Vice Chair of the Socialist Party for 4 years before it closed in 2022, ran for the Democratic nomination. He is the former Vice Ministerial nominee for Socialists during Alyssa Winfrey's candidacy in the 2019 Robloxian ministerial election. He won over primarily the Democratic socialists demographic, securing 3% of the vote.
Manchester's victory received praise from many former Democratic politicians nationwide. He was the first Democratic candidate in a primary to not get the endorsement from the most recent Democratic minister (Natalie O'Brien endorsed Wilimina instead) but he did win over the endorsements of many prominent Democrats such as former Vice Minister Amanda McCormick and former Supreme Court Justice Amy Gonovan along with former Hasher governor Harold Bentsen.
Name 	Roland Manchester	Alice Wilimina	Jason Sinema	Carter Denseon
Home state 	Hasher 	Native Islands	Zech 	Hasher
Popular vote	19,318,291 	10,002,004 	9,449,992 	1,452,144
Percentage 	48.02% 	24.86% 	23.49% 	3.61%
Running mate	TBA 	TBA 	TBA 	TBA
Notes 	Speaker of the R.R.
House of Reps
(since 2022)	R.R. Senator
(2021 - 2023)	R.R. Representative
(2019 - 2021)	Socialist Party
Vice Chairman
(2018 - 2022)
==== Roland Manchester's campaign ====
* Codifying right to welfare into federal law
* Reimplementing the Enough is Enough Act
* Immigration reform
* Killing the Robloxian Nazi Coalition
* Establishing an agency dedicated to space exploration and research
==== Jason Sinema's campaign ====
* Introducing term limits for Supreme Court Justices and congressional offices
* Establishing the second chance commission to increase criminal leniency
* Welfare reform to encourage employment
* Strengthening social security
* Raising the federal minimum wage
==== Alice Wilimina's campaign ====
* Banning exports to former enemies in war under similar or exact leadership
* Closing the borders and demanding Homeland Security to detain illegal immigrants
* Revoking the Ian Cox Island's statehood
* Civilly barring insurrectionists like Miko Friedman from serving in civil office
* Initiatives to kill pollution of the environment
==== Carter Denseon's campaign ====
* Redirect 15% of the military's funding into Furtona research
* Cancelling student loan debts and demanding the government pay for active college tuitions
* Raising the salaries of teachers
* Allocating educational rights back to the federal government rather than states
* Codify the right to free school lunches into federal law
== Republican Party ==
Three major candidates announced a candidacy for the 2024 Republican ministerial primary, especially after incumbent Alex Parkland declined to run for re-election to a third term. The most prominent of the three is Ben Cohen, the former Attorney General for Crote and a prominent figure in law. Cohen is the youngest of the potential nominees, having been born in 2018. He served as the sixteenth Attorney General for Crote during the term of Governor Vernon Newton from 2020-2021, and was on a shortlist of candidates to be nominated as a judge for Crote's Circuit Court of Appeals. Additionally, he is a former prosecutor. Cohen had been endorsed by Parkland after his declination to run for re-election, in the statement "Cohen will continue to advance this Republic in ways like no other, returning traditional Republican values and ensuring that our agenda does not die."
Former Zech Governor Ebony Harris made a formal announcement that she is seeking the Republican ministerial nomination "one last time" this year, now that she "feels her chance is now". The former governor was the first female governor of Zech and is described as a moderate Republican. She and Cohen charted close in exit polling, with Cohen in the lead by 1.4%.
Lastly, Carmen Waiters, the only daughter of former Minister Jamie Waiters, announced her candidacy for the nomination. She described herself, too, as a moderate Republican, with values aiming to "shrink the government" and "reduce government involvement" in all factors. She was publicly denounced by her father on the campaign trail, who said that "she is a Republican in name only". Carmen has no prior government experience, but has served in the Robloxian Republic military for two years.
Name 	Announced campaign	Experience	Running mate	Home state	Notes
Ben Cohen 	February 16, 2024 	Attorney General of Crote
(2020 - 2021)	TBA 	Crote 	Endorsed by incumbent Minister
Alex Parkland *
Ebony Harris 	March 3, 2024 	Governor of Zech
(2018 - 2020)
Attorney General of Zech
(2017 - 2018)	TBA 	Zech 	
Carmen Waiters	March 15, 2024 	Commandant of the Robloxian Republic Coast Guard
(2019 - 2021)	TBA 	Zech 	Daughter of former Minister Jamie Waiters
=== Ben Cohen's campaign ===
* Uphold traditional Republican values
* Shrink government by merging the House and Senate into one big Assembly
* Induce specialized restrictions on how much the federal government can interfere on state affairs
* Introduce the 2-week heartbeat bill nationally
* Codify the reversal of the Enough is Enough Act into federal law
=== Ebony Harris's campaign ===
* Strengthen diplomatic ties with powerful world powers like the Kingdom of Terraria and The Minecraftian Republic
* Require all schools to have Robloxian Republic flags in every class to boost nationalism
* Grant teachers the right to carry firearms at school after given extensive training
* Make cuts to income tax brackets, establish a nationwide sales tax
* Conquer uninhabited islands and turn them into states to grow the Republic
=== Carmen Waiters's campaign ===
* Establish nationwide school choice
* Make cuts to income tax brackets
* Establish a national Job Center to help more citizens get employed and to fight homelessness
* Make cuts to mortgage rates to make housing more affordable
* Lock down the border and ban imports from former enemies in war