 Toyota Center (photographed in 2010), the planned venue of the convention | |
| Convention | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | TBD, 2028 |
| City | Houston,Texas |
| Venue | Toyota Center |
| Chair | TBD |
| Keynote speaker | TBD |
| Notable speakers | TBD |
| Candidates | |
| Presidential nominee | TBD |
| Vice-presidential nominee | TBD |
| Voting | |
| Total delegates | TBD |
| Votes needed for nomination | TBD |
| ‹ 2024 | |
 2028 U.S. presidential election | |||
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| Republican Party | |||
| Democratic Party | |||
| Related races | |||
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The2028 Republican National Convention is an event in which delegates of theUnited States Republican Party will select the party's nominees forpresident andvice president in the2028 United States presidential election. It is scheduled to be held at theToyota Center inHouston,Texas.
Following the victory ofDonald Trump in the2024 presidential election, the Republican Party is controlling the White House from 2025 to 2029, and therefore, the Republican National Convention will be expected to be held sometime after theDemocratic National Convention due to the modern convention of the incumbent presidential party holding its convention later than the opposition party's convention.
Under the leadership of then-ChairwomanRonna McDaniel, theRepublican National Committee changed their rules in the summer of 2022 to allow for the party to select their 2028 convention location even before the2024 presidential election had taken place. By January 2023, the Republican National Committee was already taking preliminary steps in its site selection, including visits to some potential host cities.[1]
Cities that courted the 2028 convention includedHouston,Texas (the past host of the1928 Democratic and1992 Republican conventions);[2][3]Miami, Florida[4] (whose metro area was host to the1968 Republican,1972 Republican, and1972 Democratic conventions); andNashville,Tennessee.[5] Another city that received consideration wasJacksonville,Florida, (which was briefly planned to host the2020 Republican National Convention, but ultimately did not).[1][6]
On August 25, 2023, the Republican National Committee chose Houston as the site of their 2028 convention.[7] This is an uncommonly early selection of a convention site.[8] The general sessions of the convention will take place at the city'sToyota Center arena.[9]
As this was the first time that a presidential convention host city had been selected in advance of the preceding convention, Houston had the unprecedented luxury of watching the2024 conventions while preparing for their own 2028 convention. A delegation from Houston attended the 2024 Republican National Convention inMilwaukee to gain a better understanding.[10]