Donald Trump, the 45th (2017–2021) and 47th (2025–present) president of the United States, first ran for president in the 2000 election as a candidate for the Reform Party of the United States. He withdrew from the race before the primaries. Trump won the 2016 election running as the Republican Party nominee, despite losing the popular vote. Trump ran for re-election in 2020, but lost to former vice president Joe Biden. He subsequently won the 2024 election against vice president Kamala Harris to serve a non-consecutive second term as president, again as a Republican candidate.
2000 presidential election
During the campaign, Trump qualified for the Michigan and California Reform Party presidential primaries. Both of these elections were held after Trump exited the race. On February 22, Trump won the Michigan Primary with 2,164 votes defeating uncommitted with 948 votes. Trump won the California primary on March 7 with 15,311 votes. Eventual Reform nominee Pat Buchanan was not listed on either ballot. A slate of Trump supporters petitioned to list Trump on the New York Independence Party presidential primary ballot but were denied on a technicality.
Reform Party primaries
2016 presidential election
Republican presidential primaries Candidates listed received at least 0.01% of the total vote: +CandidateTotal votesTotal delegatesDonald Trump14,015,993 (44.95%)1,457Ted Cruz7,822,100 (25.08%)553John Kasich4,290,448 (13.76%)160Marco Rubio3,515,576 (11.27%)166Ben Carson857,039 (2.75%)7Jeb Bush286,694 (0.92%)4Rand Paul66,788 (0.21%)2Chris Christie57,637 (0.18%)0Mike Huckabee 51,450 (0.16%)1Carly Fiorina40,666 (0.13%)1Jim Gilmore18,369 (0.06%)0Rick Santorum16,627 (0.05%)0Lindsey Graham5,666 (0.01%)0Elizabeth Gray5,449 (0.01%)0
General election
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2020 presidential election
Republican presidential primaries
The table below shows the four candidates that have either (a) held public office, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage. The president's challengers withdrew from the race after the primaries started, or in the case of De la Fuente, accepted one or more 3rd party nominations.
Candidates Donald Trump Bill Weld Rocky De La Fuente Joe WalshTotal delegates, pledged (unpledged/total), and votesPledged delegates (unpledged / soft total) (Total awarded: 2,312) 2,311(38 / 2,273)90.63% 1(0 / 1)0.04% 0(0 / 0)0% 0(0 / 0)0%2,443(107 / 2,550) (90.67% awarded)19,321,267 votes Popular votes18,159,752(93.99%) 454,402(2.35%) 108,357(0.56%) 173,519(0.90%)
General election
Candidates are listed individually below if they received more than 0.1% of the popular vote. Popular vote totals are from the Federal Election Commission report.
2024 presidential election
Republican presidential primaries
General election
See also Electoral history of Hillary Clinton Electoral history of Mike Pence Electoral history of Joe Biden Electoral history of Kamala Harris Electoral history of JD Vance Electoral history of Pat Buchanan Electoral history of John McCain Electoral history of Mitt Romney Electoral history of Bill Clinton Electoral history of George W. Bush Electoral history of Barack Obama
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