Election 2024 Trump
Published on March 19, 2024 at 9:27 pm
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Former President Donald Trump stormed across Northeast Florida and the rest of the state in the Republican presidential primary Tuesday.
Trump garnered about 81% of the vote statewide and more than 82% in every county on the First Coast, according to unofficial results.
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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley topped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in all of Northeast Florida and beat him by about 10 points statewide: 14% to 4%.
Here’s a breakdown of votes in Northeast Florida:
DUVAL
With 19.1% of registered Republicans turning out to vote, Trump got 82.9% of votes, Nikki Haley 11.8% and Gov. Ron DeSantis 4.1%.
ST. JOHNS
With 18.3% turnout, Trump: 81.8%; Haley: 12.4% and DeSantis: 4.4%.
And in St. Augustine, voters approved a measure to allow future changes to police pensions to be made without a voter referendum every time.
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CLAY
With 16.5% turnout, Trump got 85.3%, Haley: 10.3% and DeSantis: 3.5%.
NASSAU
With the region’s highest turnout, 22.5%, Trump got 82.7%, Haley: 12.4% and DeSantis: 3.9%.
BAKER
With 20.5% turnout, Trump got 95.7% of votes, Haley: 2.1% and DeSantis: 1.7%.
PUTNAM
With 19.9% turnout, Trump got 90.5%, Haley: 6.4% and DeSantis: 2.6%.
Florida is a winner-take-all state, meaning Trump will get all of Florida’s 125 Republican delegates.
Florida did not have a Democratic primary. President Joe Biden was the only candidate submitted in the state. He was the automatic winner of the state's delegates.
Lead image: Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump leave after voting in the Florida primary election in Palm Beach on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. | Wilfredo Lee, AP
Randy comes to Jacksonville from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, where as metro editor, he led investigative coverage of the Parkland school shooting that won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for public service. He has spent more than 40 years in reporting and editing positions in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio and Florida.
