Republican presidential nomination, 2020
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The Republican Party selected President Donald Trump as its presidential nominee at the 2020 Republican National Convention, which was held from August 24-27, 2020.[1]
Prior to the national convention, individual state caucuses and primaries were held to allocate convention delegates. These delegates vote at the convention to select the nominee. Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to win the nomination—1,276 delegates—on March 17, 2020.
George H.W. Bush (R) was the last incumbent to face a serious primary challenge, defeating political commentator Pat Buchanan in 1992. He was also the last president to lose his re-election campaign. Franklin Pierce (D) was the first and only elected president to lose his party's nomination in 1856.[2]
Sixteen U.S. presidents—approximately one-third—have won two consecutive elections.
Republican National Convention
The Republican Party held its national convention from August 24-27, 2020.[3]
Limited in-person events took place in Charlotte, North Carolina.[4] On July 23, 2020, President Donald Trump announced that high-profile convention events previously moved to Jacksonville, Florida, including his nomination acceptance speech, had been canceled for public health and safety reasons. Trump formally accepted the party's nomination from the White House.[5][6][7][8]
The convention was originally scheduled to take place entirely in Charlotte but statewide restrictions in response to the coronavirus pandemic led to the convention's planned relocation to Jacksonville.[9] The Republican National Committee Executive Committee voted to downsize the convention in Charlotte, reducing the number of in-person delegates from 2,500 to 336. The committee also decided to adopt the 2016 platform again since the Platform Committee would not be meeting.[10]
At the convention, party delegates typically select the Republican presidential nominee and vote to adopt a platform outlining the party's policy priorities and values. According to presidential historian Tevi Troy, however, "conventions today remain largely party advertising opportunities rather than fora for real decision-making."[11]
Republican candidates on 5 or more ballots
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
In addition to President Donald Trump, the following candidates appeared on five or more Republican primary ballots:
Withdrawn Republican candidates
- Mark Sanford (R), former governor of South Carolina, withdrew on November 12, 2019.[12]
- Joe Walsh (R), a former U.S. representative from Illinois, withdrew February 7, 2020.[13]
- Bill Weld (R), former governor of Massahchusetts, withdrew on March 18, 2020.[14]
Potential Republican candidates
- See also: Presidential candidates, 2020
As of October 2024, the following 12 politicians and public figures had been discussed as potential candidates for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination. Individuals in this list will be removed or added based on statements from candidates on their potential candidacy and media reports.
Politicians
- Mo Brooks, U.S. representative from Alabama[15]
- Bob Corker, former U.S. senator from Tennessee[16]
- Tom Cotton, U.S. senator from Arkansas[17]
- Ted Cruz, U.S. senator from Texas[18]
- Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former governor of South Carolina[19]
- John Kasich, former governor of Ohio[18]
- Susana Martinez, former governor of New Mexico[16]
- Mike Pence, vice president of the United States[19]
- Ben Sasse, U.S. senator from Nebraska[18]
- Scott Walker, former governor of Wisconsin[18]
Business executives and public figures
- Mark Cuban, investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks[20]
- Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard[16]
Campaign finance
The following chart shows Republican presidential campaign fundraising, including both total receipts and contributions from individuals, as well as campaign spending. Figures for each candidate run through the end of June 2020 or through the final reporting period during which the candidate was actively campaigning for president. The total disbursements column includes operating expenditures, transfers to other committees, refunds, loan repayments, and other disbursements.[21]
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General election
Republican primary debates
As of October 2024, the Republican National Committee had not released any information about possible Republican primary debates.
Campaign logos
The following chart includes the campaign logo and slogan for each Republican presidential candidate.
| 2020 Republican presidential candidate logos | |||
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| Candidate | Logo | Slogan | |
| Donald Trump |  |
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List of 2020 registered Republican presidential candidates
| Republican candidates who have filed for the 2020 presidential election | |
|---|---|
| Candidate | Party |
| Alan Spears | Republican Party |
| Alexandria Tate | Republican Party |
| Alonzo Tablet Martin Sr. | Republican Party |
| Andre Nantkes | Republican Party |
| Andrew Locklin Barringer | Republican Party |
| Angela Ja Yung Min | Republican Party |
| Audrey Addison | Republican Party |
| Augustus Sol Invictus | Republican Party |
| Barbara Ruth Bellar | Republican Party |
| Betty Dang | Republican Party |
| Bill Weld | Republican Party |
| Bob Ely | Republican Party |
| Brad Letney | Republican Party |
| Braydn Phipps | Republican Party |
| Brenda Justice | Republican Party |
| Brent Jay Natzle | Republican Party |
| Cathy Johnson Pendleton | Republican Party |
| Cecil Albert Richardson | Republican Party |
| Cesar Cisneros | Republican Party |
| Chad Goodwin | Republican Party |
| Charlene Latham | Republican Party |
| Chase Poore | Republican Party |
| Christopher Brainard | Republican Party |
| Christopher Clayton | Republican Party |
| Christopher Johnson | Republican Party |
| Christopher Joseph De La Torre | Republican Party |
| CJ Cary | Republican Party |
| Cole Alan Pravda | Republican Party |
| Corbin Zane Cater | Republican Party |
| Daniel DeClements | Republican Party |
| Daniel Frishberg | Republican Party |
| Daniel L. Davis | Republican Party |
| Darius La'Ron Mitchell | Republican Party |
| Darryl Murphy | Republican Party |
| Darryl Scott Rains | Republican Party |
| David Knoll | Republican Party |
| David Librace | Republican Party |
| David M. Rice | Republican Party |
| David Oswald Griffith | Republican Party |
| David Raphael Herz | Republican Party |
| Deborah Marron | Republican Party |
| Deeanna Michelle R. Jones | Republican Party |
| Dimitri Anastasios L. Panagopoulos | Republican Party |
| Domingo Ramos | Republican Party |
| Donald Glenn Hewett | Republican Party |
| Donald Trump | Republican Party |
| Donna Han Stroud | Republican Party |
| Dustin L. Good | Republican Party |
| Elizabeth Marie Dyer | Republican Party |
| Eric Merrill | Republican Party |
| Eric Renaldo Fludd | Republican Party |
| Eric Scott Cavanagh | Republican Party |
| Eric Zator | Republican Party |
| Erik Brown | Republican Party |
| Eugene Hunt Jr. | Republican Party |
| Fran Walker | Republican Party |
| Gail Chord Schuler | Republican Party |
| Garrett Powell | Republican Party |
| Geby Espinosa | Republican Party |
| Gregory Mark Guillaume | Republican Party |
| Hope Dir | Republican Party |
| Hope Shaw | Republican Party |
| Howard Stauffer | Republican Party |
| Huhnkie Lee | Republican Party |
| Innaya Afzal | Republican Party |
| Jacob Johnston | Republican Party |
| Jacob Sherrod | Republican Party |
| James Harvey | Republican Party |
| James Holland Jr. | Republican Party |
| James Meroney | Republican Party |
| James O'Brien | Republican Party |
| James Peppe | Republican Party |
| James Vestermark | Republican Party |
| James Walter Legate Jr. | Republican Party |
| James William Howitt | Republican Party |
| Jan Janson | Republican Party |
| Jason Kim | Republican Party |
| Jay P. Pridmore | Republican Party |
| Jeffrey Downard | Republican Party |
| Jeffrey R. Wharton | Republican Party |
| Jeff Stabins | Republican Party |
| Joe Edward Anderson | Republican Party |
| Joe Edward Collins III | Republican Party |
| Joe Walsh | Republican Party |
| John Flynn | Republican Party |
| John Klein | Republican Party |
| Johnny Rae Friskey | Republican Party |
| John Schiess | Republican Party |
| Jonathan Mathews | Republican Party |
| Jonathon Sharkey | Republican Party |
| Juan Payne | Republican Party |
| Julianne Elizabeth Benzel | Republican Party |
| Justin Harper | Republican Party |
| Keely Ann Craig | Republican Party |
| Keith Ottinger | Republican Party |
| Keith Thomae | Republican Party |
| Kelan Farrell-Smith | Republican Party |
| Kenny Rodeo | Republican Party |
| Ken Patterson | Republican Party |
| Kevin Oakes | Republican Party |
| Kody Allen Kneip | Republican Party |
| Lacie Banchio | Republican Party |
| Lavarion Bolling | Republican Party |
| Lawrence Horn | Republican Party |
| Luis Macias | Republican Party |
| Marc Stengel | Republican Party |
| Mark-Christian Anthony Aubin | Republican Party |
| Mark Sanford | Republican Party |
| Marty Piatt | Republican Party |
| Mary Maxwell | Republican Party |
| Matthew Matern | Republican Party |
| Mehal Rockefeller | Republican Party |
| Melvin Francis Eberly | Republican Party |
| Michaela Shapero | Republican Party |
| Michael Bagby | Republican Party |
| Michael Bickelmeyer | Republican Party |
| Michael Puskar | Republican Party |
| Michelle R. Hale Hudson | Republican Party |
| Nathaniel Glasgow | Republican Party |
| Nathan Kelly | Republican Party |
| Neil Sandage | Republican Party |
| Nicholas Evans | Republican Party |
| Oatice Thomas | Republican Party |
| Paij Boring | Republican Party |
| Patricia Chandler | Republican Party |
| Patricia Nicklaus | Republican Party |
| Patrick Allen Cope | Republican Party |
| Patrick Little | Republican Party |
| Paul George Preste | Republican Party |
| Peter Sherrill | Republican Party |
| Ramie Chavez | Republican Party |
| Richard Hobbs | Republican Party |
| Rick Kraft | Republican Party |
| Robert Ardini | Republican Party |
| Robert Eugene Smith | Republican Party |
| Robert McGee | Republican Party |
| Ronald Muwereza Lutalo Sr. | Republican Party |
| Roque De La Fuente | Republican Party |
| Sammi Saar | Republican Party |
| Sebastian Austin Stewart | Republican Party |
| Sonia Ingram | Republican Party |
| Spencer Eric Snyder | Republican Party |
| Star Locke | Republican Party |
| Stephen Bradley Comley Sr. | Republican Party |
| Stephen Lyons Sr. | Republican Party |
| Steven Douglas Sharp | Republican Party |
| Steven Floyd Long | Republican Party |
| Teresa Burchell | Republican Party |
| Terrance James Harvey | Republican Party |
| Thomas Bradford | Republican Party |
| Timothy Charles Kalemkarian | Republican Party |
| Timothy Michael Villari | Republican Party |
| Todd Michael | Republican Party |
| Tom Kawczynski | Republican Party |
| Travis Lee Stevenson | Republican Party |
| Travis McKee | Republican Party |
| Trevor Koob | Republican Party |
| Walter Iwachiw | Republican Party |
| Walter Randall Bannister | Republican Party |
| Wanda Gayle Duckwald | Republican Party |
| Wanda Odom | Republican Party |
| William Carl Egan | Republican Party |
| William Gaskill | Republican Party |
| William Murphy | Republican Party |
| Yehanna Joan Malone | Republican Party |
| Zachary Burd | Republican Party |
| Zoltan Gyurko Istvan | Republican Party |
Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1900-2016
The following chart shows the Republican presidential ticket from every presidential election between 1900 and 2016.
| Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1900-2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Republican presidential nominee | Republican vice presidential nominee | General election result | |||
| 1900 | William McKinley | Theodore Roosevelt | Won | |||
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | Charles Fairbanks | Won | |||
| 1908 | William Howard Taft | James Sherman | Won | |||
| 1912 | William Howard Taft | James Sherman | Lost | |||
| 1916 | Charles Hughes | Charles Fairbanks | Lost | |||
| 1920 | Warren Harding | Calvin Coolidge | Won | |||
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | Charles Dawes | Won | |||
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | Charles Curtis | Won | |||
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover | Charles Curtis | Lost | |||
| 1936 | Alf Landon | Frank Knox | Lost | |||
| 1940 | Wendell Willkie | Charles McNary | Lost | |||
| 1944 | Thomas Dewey | John Bricker | Lost | |||
| 1948 | Thomas Dewey | Earl Warren | Lost | |||
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | Won | |||
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Richard Nixon | Won | |||
| 1960 | Richard Nixon | Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. | Lost | |||
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater | William Miller | Lost | |||
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Won | |||
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | Spiro Agnew | Won | |||
| 1976 | Gerald Ford | Bob Dole | Lost | |||
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | George H.W. Bush | Won | |||
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | George H.W. Bush | Won | |||
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush | Dan Quayle | Won | |||
| 1992 | George H.W. Bush | Dan Quayle | Lost | |||
| 1996 | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | Lost | |||
| 2000 | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | Won | |||
| 2004 | George W. Bush | Dick Cheney | Won | |||
| 2008 | John McCain | Sarah Palin | Lost | |||
| 2012 | Mitt Romney | Paul Ryan | Lost | |||
| 2016 | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | Won | |||
Footnotes
- ↑ Charlotte Observer, "Here’s when the 2020 Republican National Convention will be in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ NPR, "When Has A President Been Denied His Party's Nomination?" July 22, 2009
- ↑ Spectrum Local News, "RNC dates set for Aug. 24 - 27, 2020 in Charlotte," October 1, 2018
- ↑ CNN, "In a reversal, Trump says he'll accept GOP nomination in North Carolina," July 28, 2020
- ↑ WSOC, "It’s official: Main event for RNC to be held in Florida instead of Charlotte," June 11, 2020
- ↑ NPR, "President Trump Cancels Jacksonville Portion Of Republican National Convention," July 23, 2020
- ↑ USA Today, "Trump cancels Jacksonville portion of Republican convention planned for August due to COVID-19," July 23, 2020
- ↑ Some, including former Republican National Committee member Curly Haugland, alleged after the 2020 convention that the RNC improperly used Rule 37(e) to proceed with a downsized and invalid national convention in August 2020. Under this interpretation, no rules were adopted for the election of delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention or the party's continued existence in 2020. Ballotpedia, "Email communication with Curly Haugland," September 9, 2020
- ↑ National Review, "Trump to Seek Alternate City to Host RNC after N.C. Gov. Says He Cannot Guarantee 'Full Capacity' Event," June 3, 2020
- ↑ The Hill, "GOP votes to scale back Charlotte convention, move Trump acceptance speech," June 11, 2020
- ↑ National Affairs, "The Evolution of Party Conventions," accessed April 30, 2019
- ↑ CNN, "Mark Sanford suspends 2020 presidential campaign," November 12, 2019
- ↑ Twitter, "Joe Walsh on February 7, 2020," accessed February 7, 2020
- ↑ NBC News, "Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld ends long-shot primary challenge to Trump," March 18, 2020
- ↑ AL.com, "Coulter: Mo Brooks a ‘terrific’ GOP challenger to Trump," February 2, 2019
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Newsweek, "Trump challengers: 10 Republicans who could run for president in 2020," December 27, 2017
- ↑ ABC News, "Trump could face GOP challengers in the 2020 election," August 9, 2017
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 CNN, "5 Republicans who could challenge Donald Trump in 2020," August 1, 2017
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 The New York Times, "Republican shadow campaign for 2020 takes shape as Trump doubts grow," August 5, 2017
- ↑ Fox News, "Mark Cuban reveals possible presidential aspirations," October 22, 2017
- ↑ FEC, "U.S. President," accessed July 16, 2019
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