Michigan voters headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the state’s primary elections, where both the Republican and Democratic parties will choose their party’s 2024 candidates.
Voting will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. Most of the state operates on Eastern Standard Time, but his four counties in the Upper Peninsula use Central Time.
Democratic primary voters can choose between President Biden and his challengers, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson. These voters will also have the option to cast an “uncommitted” vote.
Meanwhile, Republican voters on Tuesday saw former President Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley remain in the race, as well as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and others who have since dropped out. You will have to choose from among them. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. Sixteen delegates are at stake.
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President Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University on January 23, 2024 in Manassas, Virginia. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
The Democratic-controlled Michigan Legislature has set the date for this year’s state primary earlier than usual, following the wishes of the Democratic National Committee. However, due to the Democrats’ change in the schedule, the Republicans no longer follow the Republican National Committee (RNC).
To avoid penalties from the RNC, the Michigan Republican Party devised a split primary system in which voters cast their votes on Tuesday and March 2nd.
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The Michigan Republican Party will hold its party-sponsored convention in Detroit on Saturday. The winner of that contest can receive up to 39 delegates, which are distributed by district. There are a total of 13 districts, and for each district he has three delegates.
Former Republican presidential candidate Trump thanks supporters at an election night watch party in Columbia, South Carolina, on February 24, 2024. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
During that election period, voters can only choose between Trump and Haley.
Michigan has a total of 55 delegates pledged.
Mr. Trump has won the Iowa caucuses, won an overwhelming victory in New Hampshire, won the Nevada and U.S. Virgin Islands caucuses, and won South Carolina with a bigger-than-expected “huge victory.” He said he did.
“I’m very honored to be elected,” he told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview after Saturday’s South Carolina victory. “We’re setting records in every state.”
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley speaks at a primary election night rally on February 24, 2024 in Charleston, South Carolina. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
President Trump looked to Michigan on Saturday and predicted victory, saying, “The auto workers who were sold into this country are going to work with us 100 percent.”
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Haley vowed to stay in the race despite losing the contest, this time in her home state of South Carolina.
Michigan government is completely controlled by Democrats.
Republicans held the majority in Michigan elections from 1972 to 1988, but the state was part of the so-called “Blue Wall” that supported Democratic candidates in six consecutive presidential elections from 1972 to 2012. It became.
Trump changed the equation in 2016, defeating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and winning the White House by flipping the state by a narrow margin.
However, President Biden won Michigan by nearly 3 points in the 2020 election, returning the state to the Democratic fold and denying Trump re-election.
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Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
