2024 Republican presidential primaries (The Kasich Scenario)

The 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses were a series of electoral contests within all 52 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and seven U.S. territories, occurring between February 1 and June 7, 2024.
===Nominee===
Candidate 	Candidate	Elected offices held	State	Campaign announced	Pledged delegates	Popular vote	Contests won	Running mate
John Kasich	 	Governor of Ohio (2011-2019)Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 12th district (1983-2001)
Member of the Ohio Senate from the 15th district (1979-1983)	Ohio 	August 6, 2023 	 	 	 	John Bolton
===Withdrew during the primaries===
Candidate 	Candidate	Most recent position 	State 	Campaign announced	Campaign suspended	Delegates won	Popular vote	Contests won
Ron DeSantis 	 	Governor of Florida (2019–2027) 	Florida 	May 24,
2023 	2024
(endorsed Constitution Party nominee Virgil Goode)	 	 	0
Mike Pence 	 	Vice President of the United States (2017–2021) 	Indiana 	June 5,
2023 	February 14, 2024
(endorsed DeSantis, then Trump as presumptive nominee)	0 	57,324
(0.15%)	0
Vivek Ramaswamy	 	Executive chairman of Strive Asset Management (2022–present)	Ohio 	February 21,
2023 	February 14, 2024
(endorsed Trump)	0 	42,037
(0.11%)	0
Nikki Haley 	 	U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (2017–2018) 	South Carolina	February 14,
2023 	February 6, 2024
(endorsed Scott, then Trump as presumptive nominee)	0 	26,751
(0.07%)	0
Chris Christie 	 	55th Governor of New Jersey (2010–2018) 	New Jersey 	June 6,
2023 	February 6, 2024
(endorsed DeSantis)	0 	15,286
(0.04%)	0
===Withdrew before the primaries===
Candidate 	Experience 	State 	Campaign
announced	Campaign
suspended
Doug Burgum 	Governor of North Dakota (2017–2029) 	North Dakota 	June 7,
2023	January 31, 2024
(endorsed DeSantis, then Trump as presumptive nominee)
Asa Hutchinson	Governor of Arkansas (2015–2023), Under Secretary of Homeland Security (2003–2005), Administrator of Drug Enforcement (2001–2003)	Arkansas 	April 6,
2023	January 13, 2024
(endorsed DeSantis, then Trump as presumptive nominee)
Larry Elder 	Host of The Larry Elder Show (1993–2022), Candidate for Governor of California in 2021 	California 	May 1,
2023	January 10, 2024
(endorsed Trump)
Francis Suarez	43rd Mayor of Miami (2017–2025) 	Florida 	June 22,
2023	December 3, 2023
Tim Scott 	U.S. senator from South Carolina (2013–2029) 	South Carolina	May 22,
2023	August 12, 2023
(endorsed Kasich)
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