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Nevada held
its 2024 Presidential Preference Primary
Election on Tuesday, February 6. Nevada
Republicans sidestepped the primary, opting
instead to start their delegate
selection process in a caucus
on February 8. Neither party's contest
was competitive.
Early voting for the primary began
on Saturday, January 27. On that
day, former President Donald J. Trump
rallied at Big League Dreams sports park in
Las Vegas (>)
and Vice President Kamala Harris held a get
out the vote event at IBEW 357 in Las
Vegas. President Joe Biden rallied in
Las Vegas on February 4 as did Independent
candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who was not on
the ballot but was working to secure ballot
access for the general election.
Of 134,087 votes tallied in the
Democratic primary, Biden won 89.31%
followed by NOTC at 5.55% and Marianne
Williamson at 3.06%. Of 80,249 votes
tallied in the non-binding Republican
primary, NOTC won with 63.26% followed by
former Gov. Nikki Haley in an embarrassing
second place at 30.63% (>).
In the February 8 caucus Trump routed pastor
and businessman Ryan Binkley, tallying
59,887 votes (99.11%) to 539 (>).
The Silver State holds its regular
primary on June 11.
Nevada is expected to be a top battleground
state in November. In 2016
Clinton-Kaine carried the state's six
electoral votes by 27,202 votes (2.42
percentage points), and in 2020
Biden-Harris won by 33,596 votes (2.39
percentage points.
As of February 1, 2024
registration figures showed 1,933,056 active
voters comprising Non-partisan 32.96%,
Democrats 30.83%, Republicans 28.95% and
others 7.29% (>).
See also: Press Releases
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