Gone but not out: 14 presidential candidates remain on Georgia ballots
No matter who drops out of the race, 14 candidates will still be on Georgia ballots during the March 12 presidential primary.
That’s true even though the two major parties will likely have all but chosen their nominees by then.
Eleven Republicans and three Democrats — including former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden — were chosen last year by their political parties to appear on ballots.
Several Republican candidates who have withdrawn from the race can still receive votes in Georgia, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley are the two Republican candidates still competing for their party’s nomination. Trump won the New Hampshire primary Tuesday after winning the Iowa caucuses last week.
The Georgia Republican Party kept a large field on the ballot despite pushback from the secretary of state’s office, which warned that including candidates who have suspended their campaigns would lead to voter confusion.
On the Democratic Party ballot, Biden will face Minnesota U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips and self-help author Marianne Williamson.
Georgia is an open primary state, where any registered voter can vote in either party’s primary. Three weeks of early voting begins Feb. 19 before election day on March 12.
Republican Party 2024 presidential primary candidates in Georgia
- Ryan L. Binkley
- Doug Burgum
- Chris Christie
- Ron DeSantis
- Nikki Haley
- Asa Hutchinson
- Perry Johnson
- Vivek Ramaswamy
- Tim Scott
- David Stuckenberg
- Donald J. Trump
Democratic Party 2024 presidential primary candidates in Georgia
- Joseph R. Biden Jr.
- Dean Phillips
- Marianne Williamson
About the Author
Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
