Welcome to The Postrider‘s 2024 Republican Primary Draft! Over the course of the next couple of years we’ll be discussing, trading, and swapping picks as each of our teams hopes to win the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and other exciting metrics on that path. Whose team has the most declarations of candidacy? Whose team has the most candidates make it to Iowa? And who picks the winner? You can follow along with us in our Politics Express podcast, keep an eye on our rosters and trades here, and let us know who you think has the best team over on Twitter.

TEAM

From DesAshes, a Tim Will Rise

44 Points

	Ron DeSantis
	Tim Scott
	Perry Johnson
	Kristi Noem
	Adam Michael Hougland
	Mike DeWine
	Doug Ducey
	Mitt Romney

TEAM

Trump ‘n Govs

137 Points

	Donald Trump
	E.W. Jackson
	Doug Burgum
	Larry Hogan
	Liz Cheney
	Chris Sununu
	Glenn Youngkin
	Brian Kemp

TEAM

Haley’s Comets

130 Points

	Nikki Haley
	John Anthony Castro
	Ryan Binkley
	John Bolton
	Mike Pence
	Chris Christie
	Vivek Ramaswamy
	Asa Hutchinson

Latest Points Earned

• 4/2/24 – Trump wins the Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin primaries (Lars +4)
• 3/23/24 – Trump wins the Louisiana primary (Lars +1)
• 3/19/24 – Trump wins the Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, and Ohio primaries (Lars +5)
• 3/16/24 – Trump wins the Guam primary (Lars +1)
• 3/15/24 – Trump wins the Northern Mariana Islands primary (Lars +1)
• 3/12/24 – Trump accumulates enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee (Lars +20)
• 3/12/24 – Trump wins the Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, and Washington primaries (Lars +4)
• 3/8/24 – Trump wins the American Samoa primary (Lars+1)
• 3/5/24 – SUPER TUESDAY: Trump wins Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Virginia primaries; Haley wins Vermont primary (Lars +14, Michael +1)
• 3/4/24 – Trump wins North Dakota primary (Lars +1)
• 3/3/24 – Haley wins the DC primary (Michael +1)
• 3/2/24 – Trump wins the Idaho and Missouri primaries (Lars +2)
• 2/27/24 – Trump wins the Michigan primary (Lars +1)
• 2/24/24 – Trump wins the South Carolina primary (Lars +10)
• 2/8/24 – Trump wins the Virgin Islands primary (Lars +1)
• 2/8/24 – Trump wins the Nevada caucuses (Lars +10)
• 1/23/24 – Trump wins the New Hampshire primary (Lars +10)
• 1/15/24 – Trump wins the Iowa caucuses (Lars +10)
• 1/15/24 – DeSantis, Trump, Jackson, Haley, Hutchinson, Ramaswamy, Castro, and Binkley stay in until Iowa caucuses (Chris +10, Lars +20, Michael +50)
• 1/10/24 – DeSantis and Haley participate in Fifth Debate (Chris +3, Michael +3)
• 12/6/23 – DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, and Christie participate in Fourth Debate (Michael +9, Chris +3)
• 11/8/23 – DeSantis, Haley, Ramaswamy, Scott, and Christie participate in Third Debate (Michael +9, Chris +6)
• 9/27/23 – Pence, Haley, Ramaswamy, Christie, DeSantis, Scott, and Burgum participate in Second Debate (Michael +12, Chris +6, Lars +3)
• 8/23/23 – Pence, Haley, Hutchinson, Ramaswamy, Christie, DeSantis, Scott, and Burgum participate in First Debate (Michael +15, Chris +6, Lars +3)
• 6/22/23 – Will Hurd announces (Michael +5)
• 6/14/23 – Francis Suarez announces (Lars +5)
• 6/7/23 – Doug Burgum announces (Lars +5)
• 6/6/23 – Chris Christie announces (Michael +5)
• 6/5/23 – Mike Pence announces (Michael +5)
• 5/24/23 – Ron DeSantis announces (Chris +5)
• 5/19/23 – Tim Scott announces (Chris +5)
• 4/20/23 – Larry Elder announces (Michael +5)
• 4/2/23 – Asa Hutchinson announces (Michael +5)
• 2/14/23 – Nikki Haley announces (Michael +5)
• 11/15/22 – Donald Trump announces (Lars +5)

Rules and Scoring

The most candidates you may have on your roster is eight.

Teams are awarded the following points if they are holding the candidate at the time they qualify:

• Candidate announces they are running for president — 5 points
• Candidate participates in a debate — 3 points (or, in the event of JV/Varsity debate system TBD based on RNC, 2 points for JV, 4 points for varsity)
• Candidate doesn’t drop out before the first primary/caucus — 10 points
• Candidate wins one of the first four contests — 10 points each
• Candidate wins any remaining contest — 1 point each
• Candidate wins the nomination — 20 points

Candidates may be traded for those on other teams or substituted for any not selected on air only during the Politics Express podcast.