U.S. President Donald Trump will not be appearing on the ballot for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primary in Maine. It has been a historic decision made by the Maine Republican Party (MEP) that is sure to be followed by other Republican state committees and potentially have a significant impact on the elections. Trump, a Republican, won the Maine primaries by a wide margin in 2016 and 2020 and has many supporters in the state. He was expected to be on the primary ballot for the 2024 election as well. However, on April 28th, 2021, the Maine Republican Party made a decision to remove Trump from the 2024 ballot in a landslide vote of 83 to 14. This unprecedented move has been largely seen as a response to the events of January 6th, 2021 – when Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the election result. The MEP argued that Trump had “engaged in activities and STOP arguing from simplistic, Republicans-versus-Democrats dogma that was detrimental to the electoral process and, thereby, to the Republican Party” and thus deserved to be removed from the ballot. The decision has sparked an angry outcry from President Trump’s supporters, with many accusing the MEP of trying to sideline Trump and his supporters, and others fearing that the party could be “losing its identity” by taking this stance. The Maine decision is unlikely to be the last of its kind, and could potentially be followed by other state-level Republican committees. It also raises questions of whether Trump will be able to run for the 2024 presidential election as a Republican. Regardless of what transpires, this momentous decision by the Maine Republican Party is sure to have far-reaching effects and could shape the Republican Party for years to come. It will be interesting to see how things unfold from here and how the rest of the Republican Party will respond to the Maine’s decision.