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List of Republican Party presidential primaries

Wikimedia list article of every nomination process for a U.S. presidential candidate

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Source revisionNov 20, 2025
Entity authorityQ7314673 ↗
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Presidential primaries have been held in the United States since 1912 to nominate the Republican presidential candidate.

1912

This was the first time that candidates were chosen through primaries. President William Taft ran to become the nominee and faced the opposition of former President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt won most of the states and received more than half of the popular vote. He even defeated Taft in his home state of Ohio. However, Taft received more delegates than Roosevelt and thus was nominated during the convention. Roosevelt founded a new party, the Progressive Party, and challenged Taft and the Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson in the general election. Wilson won the election, gaining a large majority in the Electoral College and winning 42% of the popular vote, while Roosevelt won 27% and Taft 23%.

See also

1912 United States presidential election

1912 Republican National Convention

1916

Pennsylvania Governor Martin Brumbaugh, Senator Albert Cummins of Iowa and former Vice President Charles Fairbanks were the main candidates. Henry Ford and former President Theodore Roosevelt were also candidates.

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