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2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 3,979[c] pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention held on August 17–20 to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2020 United States presidential election. The elections took place in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, five U.S. territories, and Democrats Abroad, and occurred between February 3 and August 11.
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A total of 29 major candidates declared their candidacies for the primaries,[4] the largest field of presidential primary candidates for any American political party since the modern primaries began in 1972, exceeding the field of 17 major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries.[5] Former Vice President Joe Biden led polls throughout 2019, with the exception of a brief period in October when Senator Elizabeth Warren experienced a surge in support.[6] 18 of the 29 declared candidates withdrew before the formal beginning of the primary due to low polling, fundraising, and media coverage. The first primary was marred by controversy, as technical issues with vote reporting resulted in a three-day delay in vote counting in the Iowa caucus, as well as subsequent recounts. The certified results of the caucus eventually showed Mayor Pete Buttigieg winning the most delegates, while Senator Bernie Sanders won the popular vote in the state. Sanders then went on to win the New Hampshire primary in a narrow victory over Buttigieg before handily winning the Nevada caucus, cementing his status as the front-runner for the nomination.[7][8]
Biden, whose campaign fortunes had suffered from losses in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, made a comeback by overwhelmingly winning the South Carolina primary, motivated by strong support from African American voters, an endorsement from South Carolina U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn, as well as Democratic establishment concerns about nominating Sanders.[9] After Biden won South Carolina, and one day before the Super Tuesday primaries, several moderate candidates dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden in what was viewed as a consolidation of the party's moderate wing. Prior to the announcement, polling saw Sanders leading with a plurality in most Super Tuesday states.[10] Biden then went on to win 10 out of 15 contests on Super Tuesday, beating back challenges from Sanders, Warren, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, solidifying his lead.[10]
On April 8, Biden became the presumptive nominee after Sanders, the only other candidate remaining, withdrew from the race.[11] In early June, Biden passed the threshold of 1,991 delegates to win the nomination.[12][13] In total, seven candidates received pledged delegates: Biden, Sanders, Warren, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar and U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard.[14] On August 11, Biden announced that former presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate.[15] Biden and Harris were officially nominated for president and vice president by delegates at the Democratic National Convention on August 18 and 19.[16][17] Biden and Harris went on to win the presidency and vice presidency in the general election on November 3, defeating the incumbents President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
Biden became the first Democratic candidate since Bill Clinton, and the third ever Democratic candidate,[d] to win the nomination without carrying either Iowa or New Hampshire, the first two states on the primary/caucus calendar.
The primaries were initially scheduled to go through June 6. However, the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States caused a number of states to shift their primaries to later in the year.
Given this was Biden's third attempt to win the Democratic nomination, having failed in 1988 and 2008, respectively, Biden succeeded this time because historically, a Vice President, incumbent or former, wields a superior advantage in a presidential primary. Because of this, Democrats rallied around Biden as the "heir-apparent" to the party's recent president Barack Obama.
Background Edit
After Hillary Clinton's loss in the previous election, many felt the Democratic Party lacked a clear leading figure.[18] Divisions remained in the party following the 2016 primaries, which pitted Clinton against Bernie Sanders.[19][20] Between the 2016 election and the 2018 midterm elections, Senate Democrats generally shifted to the political left in relation to college tuition, healthcare, and immigration.[21][22] The 2018 elections saw the Democratic Party regain the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years, picking up seats in both urban and suburban districts.[23][24]
Reforms since 2016 Edit
On August 25, 2018, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) members passed reforms to the Democratic Party's primary process in order to increase participation[25] and ensure transparency.[26] State parties are encouraged to use a government-run primary whenever available and increase the accessibility of their primary through same-day or automatic registration and same-day party switching. Caucuses are required to have absentee voting, or to otherwise allow those who cannot participate in person to be included.[25]
Independent of the results of the primaries and caucuses, the Democratic Party, from its group of party leaders and elected officials, also appointed 771[a] unpledged delegates (superdelegates) to participate in its national convention.
In contrast to all previous election cycles since superdelegates were introduced in 1984, superdelegates will no longer have the right to cast decisive votes on the convention's first ballot for the presidential nomination. They will be allowed to cast non-decisive votes if a candidate has clinched the nomination before the first ballot, or decisive votes on subsequent ballots in a contested convention.[27][28] In that case, the number of votes required shall increase to a majority of pledged and superdelegates combined. Superdelegates are not precluded from publicly endorsing a candidate before the convention.
There were also a number of changes to the process of nomination at the state level. A decline in the number of caucuses occurred after 2016, with Democrats in Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Washington all switching from various forms of caucuses to primaries (with Hawaii, Kansas, and North Dakota switching to party-run "firehouse primaries"). This has resulted in the lowest number of caucuses in the Democratic Party's recent history, with only three states (Iowa, Nevada, and Wyoming) and four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and U.S. Virgin Islands) using them. In addition, six states were approved in 2019 by the DNC to use ranked-choice voting in the primaries: Alaska, Hawaii, Kansas, and Wyoming for all voters; Iowa and Nevada for absentee voters.[29] Rather than eliminating candidates until a single winner is chosen, voters' choices would be reallocated until all remaining candidates have at least 15%, the threshold to receive delegates to the convention.[30]
Several states which did not use paper ballots widely in 2016 and 2018, adopted them for the 2020 primary and general elections,[31] to minimize potential interference in vote tallies, a concern raised by intelligence officials,[32] election officials[33] and the public.[34] The move to paper ballots enabled audits to start where they had not been possible before, and in 2020 about half the states audit samples of primary ballots to measure accuracy of the reported results.[35] Audits of caucus results depend on party rules, and the Iowa Democratic party investigated inaccuracies in precinct reports, resolved enough to be sure the delegate allocations were correct, and decided it did not have authority or time to correct all errors.[36][37][38]
Rules for number of delegates Edit
Number of pledged delegates per state Edit
The number of pledged delegates from each state is proportional to the state's share of the electoral college, and to the state's past Democratic votes for president.[39][40] Thus less weight is given to swing states and Republican states, while more weight is given to strongly Democratic states, in choosing a nominee.
Six pledged delegates are assigned to each territory, 44 to Puerto Rico, and 12 to Democrats Abroad. Each jurisdiction can also earn bonus delegates by holding primaries after March or in clusters of 3 or more neighboring states.[39]
Within states, a quarter of pledged delegates are allocated to candidates based on statewide vote totals, and the rest typically based on votes in each congressional district, although some states use divisions other than congressional districts. For example, Texas uses state Senate districts.[41][39] Districts which have voted Democratic in the past get more delegates, and fewer delegates are allocated for swing districts and Republican districts.[39] For example, House Speaker Pelosi's strongly Democratic district 12 has 7 delegates, or one per 109,000 people, and a swing district, CA-10, which became Democratic in 2018, has 4 delegates, or one per 190,000 people.[42][43][44]
Candidate threshold Edit
Candidates who received under 15% of the votes in a state or district didn't get any delegates from that area. Candidates who got 15% or more of the votes divided delegates in proportion to their votes.[42][45] These rules apply at the state level to state delegates and within each district for those delegates. The 15% threshold was established in 1992[46] to limit "fringe" candidates.[47] The threshold now means that any sector of the party (moderate, progressive, etc.) which produces many candidates, thus dividing supporters' votes, may win few delegates, even if it wins a majority of votes.[47][48][46]
Schedule and results Edit
February March 3 (Super Tuesday) March 10 March 14–17 March 24–29 April 4–7 April 28 May June February March 3 (Super Tuesday) March 10 March 14–17 April 7–17 April 28 May June July–August |
| Date (daily totals) | Total pledged delegates | Contest and total popular vote | Delegates won and popular vote | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Michael Bloomberg | Pete Buttigieg | Amy Klobuchar | Tulsi Gabbard | Other | |||
| February 3 | 41 | Iowa 172,300[e] | 14[f] 23,605 (13.7%) | 9 45,652 (26.5%) | 5 34,909 (20.3%) | 16 (0.0%) | 12[g] 43,209 (25.1%) | 1 21,100 (12.2%) | 16 (0.0%) | 3,793 (2.2%) |
| February 11 | 24 | New Hampshire 298,377 | 24,944 (8.4%) | 9 76,384 (25.6%) | 27,429 (9.2%) | 4,675 (1.6%) | 9 72,454 (24.3%) | 6 58,714 (19.7%) | 9,755 (3.3%) | 24,022 (8.1%) |
| February 22 | 36 | Nevada 101,543[h] | 9 19,179 (18.9%) | 24 41,075 (40.5%) | 11,703 (11.5%) | 3 17,598 (17.3%) | 7,376 (7.3%) | 32 (0.0%) | 4,580 (4.5%) | |
| February 29 | 54 | South Carolina 539,263 | 39 262,336 (48.7%) | 15 106,605 (19.8%) | 38,120 (7.1%) | 44,217 (8.2%) | 16,900 (3.1%) | 6,813 (1.3%) | 64,272 (11.9%) | |
| March 3 (Super Tuesday) (1,344) | 52 | Alabama 452,093 | 44 286,065 (63.3%) | 8 74,755 (16.5%) | 25,847 (5.7%) | 52,750 (11.7%) | 1,416 (0.3%) | 907 (0.2%) | 1,038 (0.2%) | 9,315 (2.1%) |
| 6 | American Samoa 351 | 31 (8.8%) | 37 (10.5%) | 5 (1.4%) | 4 175 (49.9%) | 2 103 (29.3%) | ||||
| 31 | Arkansas 229,122 | 19[i] 93,012 (40.6%) | 9 51,413 (22.4%) | 22,971 (10.0%) | 3 38,312 (16.7%) | 7,649 (3.3%) | 7,009 (3.1%) | 1,593 (0.7%) | 7,163 (3.1%) | |
| 415 | California 5,784,364 | 172 1,613,854 (27.9%) | 225 2,080,846 (36.0%) | 11 762,555 (13.2%) | 7 701,803 (12.1%) | 249,256 (4.3%) | 126,961 (2.2%) | 33,769 (0.6%) | 215,320 (3.7%) | |
| 67 | Colorado 960,128 | 21 236,565 (24.6%) | 29 355,293 (37.0%) | 8[j] 168,695 (17.6%) | 9[k] 177,727 (18.5%) | 10,037 (1.0%) | 11,811 (1.2%) | |||
| 24 | Maine 205,937 | 13[l] 68,729 (33.4%) | 9 66,826 (32.4%) | 2 32,055 (15.6%) | 24,294 (11.8%) | 4,364 (2.1%) | 2,826 (1.4%) | 1,815 (0.9%) | 5,028 (2.4%) | |
| 91 | Massachusetts 1,418,180 | 45[m] 473,861 (33.4%) | 30 376,990 (26.6%) | 16 303,864 (21.4%) | 166,200 (11.7%) | 38,400 (2.7%) | 17,297 (1.2%) | 10,548 (0.7%) | 31,020 (2.2%) | |
| 75 | Minnesota 744,198 | 43[n] 287,553 (38.6%) | 27 222,431 (29.9%) | 5 114,674 (15.4%) | 61,882 (8.3%) | 7,616 (1.0%) | 41,530 (5.6%) | 2,504 (0.3%) | 6,008 (0.8%) | |
| 110 | North Carolina 1,332,382 | 68 572,271 (43.0%) | 37 322,645 (24.2%) | 2 139,912 (10.5%) | 3 172,558 (13.0%) | 43,632 (3.3%) | 30,742 (2.3%) | 6,622 (0.5%) | 44,000 (3.3%) | |
| 37 | Oklahoma 304,281 | 21 117,633 (38.7%) | 13 77,425 (25.4%) | 1 40,732 (13.4%) | 2 42,270 (13.9%) | 5,115 (1.7%) | 6,733 (2.2%) | 5,109 (1.7%) | 9,264 (3.0%) | |
| 64 | Tennessee 516,250 | 36 215,390 (41.7%) | 22 129,168 (25.0%) | 1 53,732 (10.4%) | 5[o] 79,789 (15.5%) | 17,102 (3.3%) | 10,671 (2.1%) | 2,278 (0.4%) | 8,120 (1.6%) | |
| 228 | Texas 2,094,428 | 113 725,562 (34.6%) | 99 626,339 (29.9%) | 5 239,237 (11.4%) | 11 300,608 (14.4%) | 82,671 (3.9%) | 43,291 (2.1%) | 8,688 (0.4%) | 68,032 (3.2%) | |
| 29 | Utah 220,582 | 7 40,674 (18.4%) | 16 79,728 (36.1%) | 3[p] 35,727 (16.2%) | 3[q] 33,991 (15.4%) | 18,734 (8.5%) | 7,603 (3.4%) | 1,704 (0.8%) | 2,421 (1.1%) | |
| 16 | Vermont 158,032 | 5 34,669 (21.9%) | 11 79,921 (50.6%) | 19,785 (12.5%) | 14,828 (9.4%) | 3,709 (2.3%) | 1,991 (1.3%) | 1,303 (0.8%) | 1,826 (1.2%) | |
| 99 | Virginia 1,323,693 | 67 705,501 (53.3%) | 31 306,388 (23.1%) | 1 142,546 (10.8%) | 128,030 (9.7%) | 11,199 (0.8%) | 8,414 (0.6%) | 11,288 (0.9%) | 10,327 (0.8%) | |
| March 3–10 | 13 | Democrats Abroad 39,984 | 4 9,059 (22.7%) | 9 23,139 (57.9%) | 5,730 (14.3%)[r] | 892 (2.2%)[s] | 616 (1.5%) | 224 (0.6%) | 146 (0.4%) | 178 (0.4%) |
| March 10 (352) | 20 | Idaho 108,649 | 12 53,151 (48.9%) | 8 46,114 (42.4%) | 2,878 (2.6%) | 2,612 (2.4%) | 1,426 (1.3%) | 774 (0.7%) | 876 (0.8%) | 818 (0.8%) |
| 125 | Michigan 1,587,679 | 73 840,360 (52.9%) | 52 576,926 (36.3%) | 26,148 (1.6%) | 73,464 (4.6%) | 22,462 (1.4%) | 11,018 (0.7%) | 9,461 (0.6%) | 27,840 (1.8%) | |
| 36 | Mississippi 274,391 | 34 222,160 (81.0%) | 2 40,657 (14.8%) | 1,550 (0.6%) | 6,933 (2.5%) | 562 (0.2%) | 440 (0.2%) | 1,003 (0.4%) | 1,086 (0.4%) | |
| 68 | Missouri 666,112 | 44 400,347 (60.1%) | 24 230,374 (34.6%) | 8,156 (1.2%) | 9,866 (1.5%) | 3,309 (0.5%) | 2,682 (0.4%) | 4,887 (0.7%) | 6,491 (1.0%) | |
| 14 | North Dakota 14,546 | 6 5,742 (39.5%) | 8 7,682 (52.8%) | 366 (2.5%) | 113 (0.8%) | 164 (1.1%) | 223 (1.5%) | 89 (0.6%) | 167 (1.1%) | |
| 89 | Washington 1,558,776 | 46 591,403 (37.9%) | 43 570,039 (36.6%) | 142,652 (9.2%) | 122,530 (7.9%) | 63,344 (4.1%) | 33,383 (2.1%) | 13,199 (0.9%) | 22,226 (1.4%) | |
| March 14 | 6 | Northern Mariana Islands 134 | 2 48 (35.8%) | 4 84 (62.7%) | 2 (1.5%) | |||||
| March 17 (441) | 67 | Arizona 613,355 | 38 268,029 (43.7%) | 29 200,456 (32.7%) | 35,537 (5.8%) | 58,797 (9.6%)[t] | 24,868 (4.1%) | 10,333 (1.7%)[t] | 3,014 (0.5%) | 12,321 (2.0%) |
| 219 | Florida 1,739,214 | 162 1,077,375 (61.9%) | 57 397,311 (22.8%) | 32,875 (1.9%) | 146,544 (8.4%) | 39,886 (2.3%) | 17,276 (1.0%) | 8,712 (0.5%) | 19,235 (1.1%) | |
| 155 | Illinois 1,674,133 | 95 986,661 (58.9%) | 60 605,701 (36.2%) | 24,413 (1.5%) | 25,500 (1.5%) | 9,729 (0.6%) | 9,642 (0.6%) | 12,487 (0.7%) | ||
| April 7 | 84 | Wisconsin 925,065 | 56 581,463 (62.9%) | 28 293,441 (31.7%) | 14,060 (1.5%) | 8,846 (1.0%) | 4,946 (0.5%) | 6,079 (0.7%) | 5,565 (0.6%) | 10,665 (1.2%) |
| April 10 | 15 | Alaska 19,759[u] | 8 10,834 (54.8%) | 7 8,755 (44.3%) | Eliminated 7th | Eliminated 3rd | Eliminated 6th | Eliminated 5th | Eliminated 4th | 170 (0.9%)[v] |
| April 17 | 14 | Wyoming 15,391[u] | 10 10,912 (70.9%) | 4 4,206 (27.3%) | Eliminated 7th | Eliminated 5th | Eliminated 6th | Eliminated 4th | Eliminated 2nd | 273 (1.8%)[v] |
| April 28 | 136 | Ohio 894,383 | 115 647,284 (72.4%) | 21 149,683 (16.7%) | 30,985 (3.5%) | 28,704 (3.2%) | 15,113 (1.7%) | 11,899 (1.3%) | 4,560 (0.5%) | 6,155 (0.7%) |
| May 2 | 39 | Kansas 146,873[u] | 29 110,041 (74.9%) | 10 33,142 (22.6%) | Eliminated 3rd | Eliminated 1st | 3,690 (2.5%)[v] | |||
| May 12 | 29 | Nebraska 164,582 | 29 126,444 (76.8%) | 23,214 (14.1%) | 10,401 (6.3%) | 4,523 (2.7%) | ||||
| May 19 | 61 | Oregon 618,711 | 46 408,315 (66.0%) | 15 127,345 (20.6%) | 59,355 (9.6%) | 10,717 (1.7%) | 12,979 (2.1%) | |||
| May 22 | 24 | Hawaii 35,044[u] | 16 21,215 (60.5%) | 8 12,337 (35.2%) | Eliminated 9th | Eliminated 7th | Eliminated 5th | Eliminated 3rd | Eliminated 8th | 1,492 (4.3%)[v] |
| June 2 (479) | 20 | District of Columbia 110,688 | 19 84,093 (76.0%) | 11,116 (10.0%) | 1 14,228 (12.9%) | 442 (0.4%) | 809 (0.7%) | |||
| 82 | Indiana 497,927 | 80 380,836 (76.5%) | 2 67,688 (13.6%) | 14,344 (2.9%) | 4,783 (1.0%) | 17,957 (3.6%) | 3,860 (0.8%) | 2,657 (0.5%) | 5,802 (1.2%) | |
| 96 | Maryland 1,050,773 | 96 879,753 (83.7%) | 81,939 (7.8%) | 27,134 (2.6%) | 6,773 (0.6%) | 7,180 (0.7%) | 5,685 (0.5%) | 4,226 (0.4%) | 38,083 (3.6%) | |
| 19 | Montana 149,973 | 18 111,706 (74.5%) | 1 22,033 (14.7%) | 11,984 (8.0%) | 4,250 (2.8%) | |||||
| 34 | New Mexico 247,880 | 30 181,700 (73.3%) | 4 37,435 (15.1%) | 14,552 (5.9%) | 2,735 (1.1%) | 11,458 (4.6%) | ||||
| 186 | Pennsylvania 1,595,508 | 151 1,264,624 (79.3%) | 35 287,834 (18.0%) | 43,050 (2.7%) | ||||||
| 26 | Rhode Island 103,982 | 25 79,728 (76.7%) | 1 15,525 (14.9%) | 4,479 (4.3%) | 651 (0.6%) | 3,599 (3.5%) | ||||
| 16 | South Dakota 52,661 | 13 40,800 (77.5%) | 3 11,861 (22.5%) | |||||||
| June 6 (14) | 7 | Guam 388 | 5 270 (69.6%) | 2 118 (30.4%) | ||||||
| 7 | U.S. Virgin Islands 550 | 7 502 (91.3%) | 28 (5.1%) | 20 (3.6%) | ||||||
| June 9 (133) | 105 | Georgia 1,086,729[w] | 105 922,177 (84.9%) | 101,668 (9.4%) | 21,906 (2.0%) | 7,657 (0.7%) | 6,346 (0.6%) | 4,317 (0.4%) | 4,117 (0.4%) | 18,541 (1.7%) |
| 28 | West Virginia 187,482 | 28 122,518 (65.3%) | 22,793 (12.2%) | 5,741 (3.1%) | 3,759 (2.0%) | 3,455 (1.8%) | 3,011 (1.6%) | 4,163 (2.2%) | 22,042 (11.8%) | |
| June 23 (328) | 54 | Kentucky 537,905 | 52 365,284 (67.9%) | 65,055 (12.1%) | 15,300 (2.8%) | 9,127 (1.7%) | 5,296 (1.0%) | 5,859 (1.1%) | 2[x] 71,984 (13.4%) | |
| 274 | New York 1,759,039 | 230 1,136,679 (64.6%) | 44[y] 285,908 (16.3%) | 82,917 (4.7%) | 39,433 (2.2%) | 22,927 (1.3%) | 11,028 (0.6%) | 9,083 (0.5%) | 171,064 (9.7%) | |
| July 7 (147) | 21 | Delaware 91,682 | 21 81,954 (89.4%) | 6,878 (7.5%) | 2,850 (3.1%) | |||||
| 126 | New Jersey 958,762 | 121 814,188 (84.9%) | 5 140,412 (14.6%) | 4,162 (0.4%) | ||||||
| July 11 | 54 | Louisiana 267,286 | 54 212,555 (79.5%) | 19,859 (7.4%) | 6,426 (2.4%) | 4,312 (1.6%) | 2,363 (0.9%) | 2,431 (0.9%) | 1,962 (0.7%) | 17,378 (6.5%) |
| July 12 | 51 | Puerto Rico 7,022 | 44 3,930 (56.0%) | 5 932 (13.3%) | 101 (1.4%) | 2 894 (12.7%) | 158 (2.3%) | 31 (0.4%) | 194 (2.8%) | 782 (11.1%) |
| August 11 | 60 | Connecticut 264,416 | 60 224,500 (84.9%) | 30,512 (11.5%) | 3,429 (1.3%) | 5,975 (2.3%) | ||||
| Total 3,979 pledged delegates 36,922,938 votes | 2,713 19,080,153 (51.68%) | 1,114 9,680,042 (26.22%) | 61 2,831,566 (7.67%) | 49 2,552,320 (6.91%) | 24 924,279 (2.50%) | 7 540,055 (1.46%) | 2 273,977 (0.74%) | 2 1,040,546 (2.82%) | ||
Election day postponements and cancellations Edit
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, a number of presidential primaries were rescheduled. On April 27, New York canceled its primary altogether on the grounds that there was only one candidate left with an active campaign. Andrew Yang responded with a lawsuit, arguing that the decision infringes on voting rights,[64] and in early May, the judge ruled in favor of Yang.[65]
| Primary | Original schedule | Altered schedule | Vote in person? | Last changed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | March 17 | April 28[z] | Canceled | March 25 | [66][67] |
| Georgia | March 24 | June 9 | Held | April 9 | [68][69] |
| Puerto Rico | March 29 | July 12 | Held | May 21 | [70][71][72] |
| Alaska | April 4 | April 10[aa] | Canceled | March 23 | [73] |
| Wyoming | April 4 | April 17[ab] | Canceled | March 22 | [74] |
| Hawaii | April 4 | May 22[ac] | Canceled | March 27 | [75][76][77] |
| Louisiana | April 4 | July 11[ad] | Held | April 14 | [78][79] |
| Maryland | April 28 | June 2 | Held | March 17 | [80] |
| Pennsylvania | April 28 | June 2 | Held | March 27 | [81] |
| Rhode Island | April 28 | June 2 | Held | March 23 | [82] |
| New York | April 28 | June 23 | Held | April 27 | [83][84][85] |
| Delaware | April 28 | July 7 | Held | May 7 | [86][87] |
| Connecticut | April 28 | August 11 | Held | April 17 | [88] |
| Kansas | May 2 | May 2[ae] | Canceled | March 30 | [89] |
| Guam | May 2 | June 6 | Held | June 4 | [90] |
| Indiana | May 5 | June 2 | Held | March 20 | [91] |
| West Virginia | May 12 | June 9 | Held | April 1 | [92] |
| Kentucky | May 19 | June 23 | Held | March 16 | [93] |
| New Jersey | June 2 | July 7[af] | Held | April 8 | [94] |
In addition, the DNC elected to delay the 2020 Democratic National Convention from July 13–16 to August 17–20.[95]
Candidates Edit
Major candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage.
Nearly 300 candidates who did not receive significant media coverage also filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the primary.[96]
Nominee Edit
| Candidate | Born | Most recent position | State | Campaign announced | Pledged delegates[97] | Popular vote[98] | Contests won | Article | Running mate | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | November 20, 1942 (age 77) Scranton, Pennsylvania | Vice President of the United States (2009–2017) | Delaware | April 25, 2019 | 2,687 | 18,431,136 (51.48%) | 46 (AL, AK, AZ, AR, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, GU, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VI, WA, WV, WI, WY) | __________ Campaign FEC filing Secured nomination: June 2, 2020 | Kamala Harris | [99] | |
Withdrew during the primaries Edit
| Candidate | Born | Most recent position | State | Campaign announced | Campaign suspended | Delegates won[97] | Popular vote[98] | Contests won | Article | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Sanders | September 8, 1941 (age 78) Brooklyn, New York | U.S. senator from Vermont (2007–present) | Vermont | February 19, 2019 | April 8, 2020 (endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[100] | 1,073 | 9,679,213 (26.63%) | 9 (CA, CO, DA, NV, NH, ND, MP, UT, VT) | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [101][102] | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | April 12, 1981 (age 39) Leloaloa, American Samoa | U.S. representative from HI-02 (2013–2021) | Hawaii | January 11, 2019 | March 19, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[103] | 2 | 273,940 (0.76%) | 0 | __________ Campaign | [104][105] | |
| Elizabeth Warren | June 22, 1949 (age 71) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | U.S. senator from Massachusetts (2013–present) | Massachusetts | February 9, 2019 Exploratory committee: December 31, 2018 | March 5, 2020 (endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[106] | 63 | 2,780,873 (7.77%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [107][108] | |
| Michael Bloomberg | February 14, 1942 (age 78) Boston, Massachusetts | Mayor of New York City, New York (2002–2013) CEO of Bloomberg L.P. | New York | November 24, 2019 Exploratory committee: November 21, 2019 | March 4, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[109] | 59 | 2,475,130 (6.92%) | 1 (AS) | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [110][111] | |
| Amy Klobuchar | May 25, 1960 (age 60) Plymouth, Minnesota | U.S. senator from Minnesota (2007–present) | Minnesota | February 10, 2019 | March 2, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[112] | 7 | 524,400 (1.47%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [113][112] | |
| Pete Buttigieg | January 19, 1982 (age 38) South Bend, Indiana | Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–2020) | Indiana | April 14, 2019 Exploratory committee: January 23, 2019 | March 1, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[114] | 21 | 912,214 (2.55%) | 1 (IA) | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [115][116] | |
| Tom Steyer | June 27, 1957 (age 63) Manhattan, New York | Hedge fund manager Founder of Farallon Capital and Beneficial State Bank | California | July 9, 2019 | February 29, 2020 (endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[117] | 0 | 258,848 (0.72%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [118][119] | |
| Deval Patrick | July 31, 1956 (age 64) Chicago, Illinois | Governor of Massachusetts (2007–2015) | Massachusetts | November 14, 2019 | February 12, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[120] | 0 | 27,116 (0.08%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [121][122] | |
| Michael Bennet | November 28, 1964 (age 55) New Delhi, India | U.S. senator from Colorado (2009–present) | Colorado | May 2, 2019 | February 11, 2020 (endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[123] | 0 | 62,260 (0.17%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [124][125] | |
| Andrew Yang | January 13, 1975 (age 45) Schenectady, New York | Entrepreneur Founder of Venture for America | New York | November 6, 2017 | February 11, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[126] | 0 | 160,231 (0.45%) | 0 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [127][128] | |
Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns during the primaries:
- Henry Hewes, real estate developer; Right to Life nominee for Mayor of New York City in 1989 and U.S. Senate from New York in 1994[129][130]
- Sam Sloan, chess player and publisher[131] (Ran for Congress in NY-14)[132]
- Robby Wells, former college football coach; Independent candidate for president in 2016[133][134]
Withdrew before the primaries Edit
| Candidate | Born | Experience | State | Campaign announced | Campaign suspended | Popular vote | Article | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Delaney | April 16, 1963 (age 57) Wood-Ridge, New Jersey | U.S. representative from MD-06 (2013–2019) | Maryland | July 28, 2017 | January 31, 2020 (endorsed Biden)[135] | 19,342 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [136][137] |
| Cory Booker | April 27, 1969 (age 51) Washington, D.C. | U.S. senator from New Jersey (2013–present) Mayor of Newark, New Jersey (2006–2013) | New Jersey | February 1, 2019 | January 13, 2020 (ran successfully for reelection)[138] (endorsed Biden)[139] | 31,575 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [140][141] |
| Marianne Williamson | July 8, 1952 (age 68) Houston, Texas | Author Founder of Project Angel Food Independent candidate for U.S. House from CA-33 in 2014 | California | January 28, 2019 Exploratory committee: November 15, 2018 | January 10, 2020 (endorsed Sanders, then Biden as nominee)[142][143] | 22,334 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [144][145] |
| Julián Castro | September 16, 1974 (age 45) San Antonio, Texas | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (2014–2017) Mayor of San Antonio, Texas (2009–2014) | Texas | January 12, 2019 Exploratory committee: December 12, 2018 | January 2, 2020 (endorsed Warren, then Biden as presumptive nominee)[146][147] | 37,037 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [148][149] |
| Kamala Harris | October 20, 1964 (age 55) Oakland, California | U.S. senator from California (2017–2021) Attorney General of California (2011–2017) | California | January 21, 2019 | December 3, 2019 (endorsed Biden[150] who later chose Harris as his vice presidential running-mate) | 844 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [151][152] |
| Steve Bullock | April 11, 1966 (age 54) Missoula, Montana | Governor of Montana (2013–2021) Attorney General of Montana (2009–2013) | Montana | May 14, 2019 | December 2, 2019 (ran for U.S. Senate; lost election, endorsed Biden as nominee)[153] | 549 | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [154][155] |
| Joe Sestak | December 12, 1951 (age 68) Secane, Pennsylvania | U.S. representative from PA-07 (2007–2011) Former Vice Admiral of the United States Navy | Virginia | June 23, 2019 | December 1, 2019 (endorsed Klobuchar, then Biden as nominee)[156][157] | 5,251 | Campaign FEC filing | [158][159] |
| Wayne Messam | June 7, 1974 (age 46) South Bay, Florida | Mayor of Miramar, Florida (2015–present) | Florida | March 28, 2019 Exploratory committee: March 13, 2019 | November 19, 2019 | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [160][161] |
| Beto O'Rourke | September 26, 1972 (age 47) El Paso, Texas | U.S. representative from TX-16 (2013–2019) | Texas | March 14, 2019 | November 1, 2019 (endorsed Biden)[162] | 1[ag][163] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [164][165] |
| Tim Ryan | July 16, 1973 (age 47) Niles, Ohio | U.S. representative from OH-13 (2013–2023) U.S. representative from OH-17 (2003–2013) | Ohio | April 4, 2019 | October 24, 2019 (ran successfully for reelection)[166] (endorsed Biden)[167] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [168][169] |
| Bill de Blasio | May 8, 1961 (age 59) Manhattan, New York | Mayor of New York City, New York (2014–2021) | New York | May 16, 2019 | September 20, 2019 (endorsed Sanders, then Biden as presumptive nominee)[170][171] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [172][173] |
| Kirsten Gillibrand | December 9, 1966 (age 53) Albany, New York | U.S. senator from New York (2009–present) U.S. representative from NY-20 (2007–2009) | New York | March 17, 2019 Exploratory committee: January 15, 2019 | August 28, 2019 (endorsed Biden)[174] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [175][176] |
| Seth Moulton | October 24, 1978 (age 41) Salem, Massachusetts | U.S. representative from MA-06 (2015–present) | Massachusetts | April 22, 2019 | August 23, 2019 (ran successfully for reelection)[177] (endorsed Biden)[178] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [179][180] |
| Jay Inslee | February 9, 1951 (age 69) Seattle, Washington | Governor of Washington (2013–present) U.S. representative from WA-01 (1999–2012) U.S. representative from WA-04 (1993–1995) | Washington | March 1, 2019 | August 21, 2019 (ran successfully for reelection)[181] (endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[182] | 1[ag][183] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [184][185] |
| John Hickenlooper | February 7, 1952 (age 68) Narberth, Pennsylvania | Governor of Colorado (2011–2019) Mayor of Denver, Colorado (2003–2011) | Colorado | March 4, 2019 | August 15, 2019 (ran successfully for U.S. Senate)[186] (endorsed Bennet, then Biden as presumptive nominee)[187][188] | 1[ag][183] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [189][190] |
| Mike Gravel | May 13, 1930 (aged 90) Springfield, Massachusetts | U.S. senator from Alaska (1969–1981) Candidate for president in 2008 Candidate for Vice President in 1972 | California | April 2, 2019 Exploratory committee: March 19, 2019 | August 6, 2019 (co-endorsed Gabbard and Sanders)[191] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [192][191] |
| Eric Swalwell | November 16, 1980 (age 39) Sac City, Iowa | U.S. representative from CA-15 (2013–2023) | California | April 8, 2019 | July 8, 2019[193] (ran successfully for reelection) (endorsed Biden)[194][195] | 0[ag] | __________ Campaign FEC filing | [196][197] |
| Richard Ojeda | September 25, 1970 (age 49) Rochester, Minnesota | West Virginia state senator from WV-SD07 (2016–2019) | West Virginia | November 11, 2018 | January 25, 2019 (ran for U.S. Senate; lost primary)[198] (endorsed Biden)[199] | 0[ag] | Campaign | [200][201] |
Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns before the primaries:
- Ben Gleib, actor, comedian, satirist, and writer[202][203][204]
- Ami Horowitz, conservative activist and documentary filmmaker (endorsed Donald Trump)[205][206][207]
- Brian Moore, activist; Green nominee for U.S. Senate from Florida in 2006; Socialist and Liberty Union nominee for president in 2008[130]
- Ken Nwadike Jr., documentary filmmaker, motivational speaker, and peace activist[208][209][failed verification]
Political positions Edit
Debates and forums Edit
In December 2018, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced the schedule for 12 official DNC-sanctioned debates, set to begin in June 2019, with six debates in 2019 and the remaining six during the first four months of 2020. Candidates were allowed to participate in forums featuring multiple other candidates as long as only one candidate appeared on stage at a time. Any presidential candidates who participated in unsanctioned debates with each other would have lost their invitations to the next DNC-sanctioned debate.[210][211] No unsanctioned debates took place during the 2019—2020 debate season.
The DNC also announced that it would not partner with Fox News as a media sponsor for any debates.[212][213] Fox News last held a Democratic debate in 2003.[214] All media sponsors selected to host a debate were as a new rule required to appoint at least one female moderator for each debate, to ensure there would not be a gender-skewed treatment of the candidates and debate topics.[215]
Primary election polling Edit
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Ballot access Edit
Filing for the primaries began in October 2019.[257][258] indicates that the candidate was on the ballot for the primary contest, indicates that the candidate was a recognized write-in candidate, and indicates that the candidate did not appear on the ballot in that state's contest. indicates that a candidate withdrew before the election but was still listed on the ballot.
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| MN | Mar 3 | 2020, democratic, party, presidential, primaries, presidential, primaries, caucuses, were, organized, democratic, party, select, pledged, delegates, 2020, democratic, national, convention, held, august, determine, party, nominee, president, 2020, united, state. Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select the 3 979 c pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention held on August 17 20 to determine the party s nominee for president in the 2020 United States presidential election The elections took place in all 50 U S states the District of Columbia five U S territories and Democrats Abroad and occurred between February 3 and August 11 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 February 3 to August 11 2020 2024 3 979 delegates to the Democratic National Convention1 991 delegates needed to win 1 a Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth WarrenHome state Delaware Vermont MassachusettsDelegate count 2 687 2 1 073 2 63 2 Contests won 46 9 b 0Popular vote 19 076 052 3 9 679 213 3 2 831 472 3 Percentage 51 8 26 3 7 7 Candidate Michael Bloomberg Pete ButtigiegHome state New York IndianaDelegate count 59 2 21 2 Contests won 1 2 b Popular vote 2 493 409 3 924 237 3 Percentage 6 8 2 5 First place by initial pledged delegate allocationFirst place by popular voteFirst place by convention roll call Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Pete Buttigieg Michael BloombergPrevious Democratic nomineeHillary Clinton Democratic nominee Joe BidenA total of 29 major candidates declared their candidacies for the primaries 4 the largest field of presidential primary candidates for any American political party since the modern primaries began in 1972 exceeding the field of 17 major candidates in the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries 5 Former Vice President Joe Biden led polls throughout 2019 with the exception of a brief period in October when Senator Elizabeth Warren experienced a surge in support 6 18 of the 29 declared candidates withdrew before the formal beginning of the primary due to low polling fundraising and media coverage The first primary was marred by controversy as technical issues with vote reporting resulted in a three day delay in vote counting in the Iowa caucus as well as subsequent recounts The certified results of the caucus eventually showed Mayor Pete Buttigieg winning the most delegates while Senator Bernie Sanders won the popular vote in the state Sanders then went on to win the New Hampshire primary in a narrow victory over Buttigieg before handily winning the Nevada caucus cementing his status as the front runner for the nomination 7 8 Biden whose campaign fortunes had suffered from losses in Iowa New Hampshire and Nevada made a comeback by overwhelmingly winning the South Carolina primary motivated by strong support from African American voters an endorsement from South Carolina U S Representative Jim Clyburn as well as Democratic establishment concerns about nominating Sanders 9 After Biden won South Carolina and one day before the Super Tuesday primaries several moderate candidates dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden in what was viewed as a consolidation of the party s moderate wing Prior to the announcement polling saw Sanders leading with a plurality in most Super Tuesday states 10 Biden then went on to win 10 out of 15 contests on Super Tuesday beating back challenges from Sanders Warren and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg solidifying his lead 10 On April 8 Biden became the presumptive nominee after Sanders the only other candidate remaining withdrew from the race 11 In early June Biden passed the threshold of 1 991 delegates to win the nomination 12 13 In total seven candidates received pledged delegates Biden Sanders Warren Bloomberg Buttigieg Senator Amy Klobuchar and U S Representative Tulsi Gabbard 14 On August 11 Biden announced that former presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris would be his running mate 15 Biden and Harris were officially nominated for president and vice president by delegates at the Democratic National Convention on August 18 and 19 16 17 Biden and Harris went on to win the presidency and vice presidency in the general election on November 3 defeating the incumbents President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence Biden became the first Democratic candidate since Bill Clinton and the third ever Democratic candidate d to win the nomination without carrying either Iowa or New Hampshire the first two states on the primary caucus calendar The primaries were initially scheduled to go through June 6 However the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States caused a number of states to shift their primaries to later in the year Given this was Biden s third attempt to win the Democratic nomination having failed in 1988 and 2008 respectively Biden succeeded this time because historically a Vice President incumbent or former wields a superior advantage in a presidential primary Because of this Democrats rallied around Biden as the heir apparent to the party s recent president Barack Obama Contents 1 Background 1 1 Reforms since 2016 1 2 Rules for number of delegates 1 2 1 Number of pledged delegates per state 1 2 2 Candidate threshold 2 Schedule and results 3 Election day postponements and cancellations 4 Candidates 4 1 Nominee 4 2 Withdrew during the primaries 4 3 Withdrew before the primaries 5 Political positions 6 Debates and forums 7 Primary election polling 8 Timeline 9 Ballot access 10 National convention 11 Endorsements 12 Campaign finance 13 Maps 14 See also 15 Notes 16 ReferencesBackground EditAfter Hillary Clinton s loss in the previous election many felt the Democratic Party lacked a clear leading figure 18 Divisions remained in the party following the 2016 primaries which pitted Clinton against Bernie Sanders 19 20 Between the 2016 election and the 2018 midterm elections Senate Democrats generally shifted to the political left in relation to college tuition healthcare and immigration 21 22 The 2018 elections saw the Democratic Party regain the House of Representatives for the first time in eight years picking up seats in both urban and suburban districts 23 24 Reforms since 2016 Edit See also Superdelegate DNC Unity Reform Commission and superdelegate reform 2016 2018 On August 25 2018 the Democratic National Committee DNC members passed reforms to the Democratic Party s primary process in order to increase participation 25 and ensure transparency 26 State parties are encouraged to use a government run primary whenever available and increase the accessibility of their primary through same day or automatic registration and same day party switching Caucuses are required to have absentee voting or to otherwise allow those who cannot participate in person to be included 25 Independent of the results of the primaries and caucuses the Democratic Party from its group of party leaders and elected officials also appointed 771 a unpledged delegates superdelegates to participate in its national convention In contrast to all previous election cycles since superdelegates were introduced in 1984 superdelegates will no longer have the right to cast decisive votes on the convention s first ballot for the presidential nomination They will be allowed to cast non decisive votes if a candidate has clinched the nomination before the first ballot or decisive votes on subsequent ballots in a contested convention 27 28 In that case the number of votes required shall increase to a majority of pledged and superdelegates combined Superdelegates are not precluded from publicly endorsing a candidate before the convention There were also a number of changes to the process of nomination at the state level A decline in the number of caucuses occurred after 2016 with Democrats in Colorado Hawaii Idaho Kansas Maine Minnesota Nebraska North Dakota and Washington all switching from various forms of caucuses to primaries with Hawaii Kansas and North Dakota switching to party run firehouse primaries This has resulted in the lowest number of caucuses in the Democratic Party s recent history with only three states Iowa Nevada and Wyoming and four territories American Samoa Guam Northern Marianas and U S Virgin Islands using them In addition six states were approved in 2019 by the DNC to use ranked choice voting in the primaries Alaska Hawaii Kansas and Wyoming for all voters Iowa and Nevada for absentee voters 29 Rather than eliminating candidates until a single winner is chosen voters choices would be reallocated until all remaining candidates have at least 15 the threshold to receive delegates to the convention 30 Several states which did not use paper ballots widely in 2016 and 2018 adopted them for the 2020 primary and general elections 31 to minimize potential interference in vote tallies a concern raised by intelligence officials 32 election officials 33 and the public 34 The move to paper ballots enabled audits to start where they had not been possible before and in 2020 about half the states audit samples of primary ballots to measure accuracy of the reported results 35 Audits of caucus results depend on party rules and the Iowa Democratic party investigated inaccuracies in precinct reports resolved enough to be sure the delegate allocations were correct and decided it did not have authority or time to correct all errors 36 37 38 Rules for number of delegates Edit Number of pledged delegates per state Edit The number of pledged delegates from each state is proportional to the state s share of the electoral college and to the state s past Democratic votes for president 39 40 Thus less weight is given to swing states and Republican states while more weight is given to strongly Democratic states in choosing a nominee Six pledged delegates are assigned to each territory 44 to Puerto Rico and 12 to Democrats Abroad Each jurisdiction can also earn bonus delegates by holding primaries after March or in clusters of 3 or more neighboring states 39 Within states a quarter of pledged delegates are allocated to candidates based on statewide vote totals and the rest typically based on votes in each congressional district although some states use divisions other than congressional districts For example Texas uses state Senate districts 41 39 Districts which have voted Democratic in the past get more delegates and fewer delegates are allocated for swing districts and Republican districts 39 For example House Speaker Pelosi s strongly Democratic district 12 has 7 delegates or one per 109 000 people and a swing district CA 10 which became Democratic in 2018 has 4 delegates or one per 190 000 people 42 43 44 Candidate threshold Edit Candidates who received under 15 of the votes in a state or district didn t get any delegates from that area Candidates who got 15 or more of the votes divided delegates in proportion to their votes 42 45 These rules apply at the state level to state delegates and within each district for those delegates The 15 threshold was established in 1992 46 to limit fringe candidates 47 The threshold now means that any sector of the party moderate progressive etc which produces many candidates thus dividing supporters votes may win few delegates even if it wins a majority of votes 47 48 46 Schedule and results EditMain article Results of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries nbsp February March 3 Super Tuesday March 10 March 14 17 March 24 29 April 4 7 April 28 May June Calendar as of March 12 2020 nbsp February March 3 Super Tuesday March 10 March 14 17 April 7 17 April 28 May June July August Final calendar Date daily totals Total pledgeddelegates Contestand total popular vote Delegates won and popular voteJoe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg Pete Buttigieg Amy Klobuchar Tulsi Gabbard OtherFebruary 3 41 Iowa172 300 e e 14 f 23 605 13 7 9 45 652 26 5 5 34 909 20 3 16 0 0 x 12 g 43 209 25 1 1 21 100 12 2 16 0 0 3 793 2 2 February 11 24 New Hampshire298 377 24 944 8 4 9 76 384 25 6 27 429 9 2 4 675 1 6 9 72 454 24 3 6 58 714 19 7 9 755 3 3 24 022 8 1 February 22 36 Nevada101 543 h 9 19 179 18 9 24 41 075 40 5 11 703 11 5 3 17 598 17 3 7 376 7 3 32 0 0 4 580 4 5 February 29 54 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Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on politics Impact on elections Due to the COVID 19 pandemic in the United States a number of presidential primaries were rescheduled On April 27 New York canceled its primary altogether on the grounds that there was only one candidate left with an active campaign Andrew Yang responded with a lawsuit arguing that the decision infringes on voting rights 64 and in early May the judge ruled in favor of Yang 65 2020 Democratic primaries altered due to COVID 19 Primary Originalschedule Alteredschedule Vote inperson Lastchanged Ref Ohio March 17 April 28 z Canceled March 25 66 67 Georgia March 24 June 9 Held April 9 68 69 Puerto Rico March 29 July 12 Held May 21 70 71 72 Alaska April 4 April 10 aa Canceled March 23 73 Wyoming April 4 April 17 ab Canceled March 22 74 Hawaii April 4 May 22 ac Canceled March 27 75 76 77 Louisiana April 4 July 11 ad Held April 14 78 79 Maryland April 28 June 2 Held March 17 80 Pennsylvania April 28 June 2 Held March 27 81 Rhode Island April 28 June 2 Held March 23 82 New York April 28 June 23 Held April 27 83 84 85 Delaware April 28 July 7 Held May 7 86 87 Connecticut April 28 August 11 Held April 17 88 Kansas May 2 May 2 ae Canceled March 30 89 Guam May 2 June 6 Held June 4 90 Indiana May 5 June 2 Held March 20 91 West Virginia May 12 June 9 Held April 1 92 Kentucky May 19 June 23 Held March 16 93 New Jersey June 2 July 7 af Held April 8 94 In addition the DNC elected to delay the 2020 Democratic National Convention from July 13 16 to August 17 20 95 Candidates EditSee also 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidates Major candidates in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries had held significant elective office or received substantial media coverage Nearly 300 candidates who did not receive significant media coverage also filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for president in the primary 96 Nominee Edit Candidate Born Most recent position State Campaign announced Pledged delegates 97 Popular vote 98 Contests won Article Running mate Ref nbsp Joe Biden November 20 1942 age 77 Scranton Pennsylvania Vice President of the United States 2009 2017 nbsp Delaware April 25 2019 2 687 18 431 136 51 48 46 AL AK AZ AR CT DE DC FL GA GU HI ID IL IN KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NJ NM NY NC OH OK OR PA PR RI SC SD TN TX VA VI WA WV WI WY nbsp CampaignFEC filingSecured nomination June 2 2020 Kamala Harris 99 Withdrew during the primaries Edit Candidate Born Most recent position State Campaign announced Campaign suspended Delegates won 97 Popular vote 98 Contests won Article Ref nbsp Bernie Sanders September 8 1941 age 78 Brooklyn New York U S senator from Vermont 2007 present nbsp Vermont February 19 2019 April 8 2020 endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee 100 1 073 9 679 213 26 63 9 CA CO DA NV NH ND MP UT VT nbsp CampaignFEC filing 101 102 nbsp Tulsi Gabbard April 12 1981 age 39 Leloaloa American Samoa U S representative from HI 02 2013 2021 nbsp Hawaii January 11 2019 March 19 2020 endorsed Biden 103 2 273 940 0 76 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 104 105 nbsp Elizabeth Warren June 22 1949 age 71 Oklahoma City Oklahoma U S senator from Massachusetts 2013 present nbsp Massachusetts February 9 2019 Exploratory committee December 31 2018 March 5 2020 endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee 106 63 2 780 873 7 77 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 107 108 nbsp Michael Bloomberg February 14 1942 age 78 Boston Massachusetts Mayor of New York City New York 2002 2013 CEO of Bloomberg L P nbsp New York November 24 2019 Exploratory committee November 21 2019 March 4 2020 endorsed Biden 109 59 2 475 130 6 92 1 AS nbsp CampaignFEC filing 110 111 nbsp Amy Klobuchar May 25 1960 age 60 Plymouth Minnesota U S senator from Minnesota 2007 present nbsp Minnesota February 10 2019 March 2 2020 endorsed Biden 112 7 524 400 1 47 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 113 112 nbsp Pete Buttigieg January 19 1982 age 38 South Bend Indiana Mayor of South Bend Indiana 2012 2020 nbsp Indiana April 14 2019 Exploratory committee January 23 2019 March 1 2020 endorsed Biden 114 21 912 214 2 55 1 IA nbsp CampaignFEC filing 115 116 nbsp Tom Steyer June 27 1957 age 63 Manhattan New York Hedge fund managerFounder of Farallon Capital and Beneficial State Bank nbsp California July 9 2019 February 29 2020 endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee 117 0 258 848 0 72 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 118 119 nbsp Deval Patrick July 31 1956 age 64 Chicago Illinois Governor of Massachusetts 2007 2015 nbsp Massachusetts November 14 2019 February 12 2020 endorsed Biden 120 0 27 116 0 08 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 121 122 nbsp Michael Bennet November 28 1964 age 55 New Delhi India U S senator from Colorado 2009 present nbsp Colorado May 2 2019 February 11 2020 endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee 123 0 62 260 0 17 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 124 125 nbsp Andrew Yang January 13 1975 age 45 Schenectady New York EntrepreneurFounder of Venture for America nbsp New York November 6 2017 February 11 2020 endorsed Biden 126 0 160 231 0 45 0 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 127 128 Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns during the primaries Henry Hewes real estate developer Right to Life nominee for Mayor of New York City in 1989 and U S Senate from New York in 1994 129 130 Sam Sloan chess player and publisher 131 Ran for Congress in NY 14 132 Robby Wells former college football coach Independent candidate for president in 2016 133 134 Withdrew before the primaries Edit Candidate Born Experience State Campaignannounced Campaignsuspended Popular vote Article Ref nbsp John Delaney April 16 1963 age 57 Wood Ridge New Jersey U S representative from MD 06 2013 2019 nbsp Maryland July 28 2017 January 31 2020 endorsed Biden 135 19 342 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 136 137 nbsp Cory Booker April 27 1969 age 51 Washington D C U S senator from New Jersey 2013 present Mayor of Newark New Jersey 2006 2013 nbsp New Jersey February 1 2019 January 13 2020 ran successfully for reelection 138 endorsed Biden 139 31 575 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 140 141 nbsp Marianne Williamson July 8 1952 age 68 Houston Texas AuthorFounder of Project Angel FoodIndependent candidate for U S House from CA 33 in 2014 nbsp California January 28 2019 Exploratory committee November 15 2018 January 10 2020 endorsed Sanders then Biden as nominee 142 143 22 334 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 144 145 nbsp Julian Castro September 16 1974 age 45 San Antonio Texas Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 2014 2017 Mayor of San Antonio Texas 2009 2014 nbsp Texas January 12 2019 Exploratory committee December 12 2018 January 2 2020 endorsed Warren then Biden as presumptive nominee 146 147 37 037 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 148 149 nbsp Kamala Harris October 20 1964 age 55 Oakland California U S senator from California 2017 2021 Attorney General of California 2011 2017 nbsp California January 21 2019 December 3 2019 endorsed Biden 150 who later chose Harris as his vice presidential running mate 844 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 151 152 nbsp Steve Bullock April 11 1966 age 54 Missoula Montana Governor of Montana 2013 2021 Attorney General of Montana 2009 2013 nbsp Montana May 14 2019 December 2 2019 ran for U S Senate lost election endorsed Biden as nominee 153 549 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 154 155 nbsp Joe Sestak December 12 1951 age 68 Secane Pennsylvania U S representative from PA 07 2007 2011 Former Vice Admiral of the United States Navy nbsp Virginia June 23 2019 December 1 2019 endorsed Klobuchar then Biden as nominee 156 157 5 251 CampaignFEC filing 158 159 nbsp Wayne Messam June 7 1974 age 46 South Bay Florida Mayor of Miramar Florida 2015 present nbsp Florida March 28 2019 Exploratory committee March 13 2019 November 19 2019 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 160 161 nbsp Beto O Rourke September 26 1972 age 47 El Paso Texas U S representative from TX 16 2013 2019 nbsp Texas March 14 2019 November 1 2019 endorsed Biden 162 1 ag 163 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 164 165 nbsp Tim Ryan July 16 1973 age 47 Niles Ohio U S representative from OH 13 2013 2023 U S representative from OH 17 2003 2013 nbsp Ohio April 4 2019 October 24 2019 ran successfully for reelection 166 endorsed Biden 167 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 168 169 nbsp Bill de Blasio May 8 1961 age 59 Manhattan New York Mayor of New York City New York 2014 2021 nbsp New York May 16 2019 September 20 2019 endorsed Sanders then Biden as presumptive nominee 170 171 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 172 173 nbsp Kirsten Gillibrand December 9 1966 age 53 Albany New York U S senator from New York 2009 present U S representative from NY 20 2007 2009 nbsp New York March 17 2019 Exploratory committee January 15 2019 August 28 2019 endorsed Biden 174 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 175 176 nbsp Seth Moulton October 24 1978 age 41 Salem Massachusetts U S representative from MA 06 2015 present nbsp Massachusetts April 22 2019 August 23 2019 ran successfully for reelection 177 endorsed Biden 178 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 179 180 nbsp Jay Inslee February 9 1951 age 69 Seattle Washington Governor of Washington 2013 present U S representative from WA 01 1999 2012 U S representative from WA 04 1993 1995 nbsp Washington March 1 2019 August 21 2019 ran successfully for reelection 181 endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee 182 1 ag 183 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 184 185 nbsp John Hickenlooper February 7 1952 age 68 Narberth Pennsylvania Governor of Colorado 2011 2019 Mayor of Denver Colorado 2003 2011 nbsp Colorado March 4 2019 August 15 2019 ran successfully for U S Senate 186 endorsed Bennet then Biden as presumptive nominee 187 188 1 ag 183 nbsp CampaignFEC filing 189 190 nbsp Mike Gravel May 13 1930 aged 90 Springfield Massachusetts U S senator from Alaska 1969 1981 Candidate for president in 2008Candidate for Vice President in 1972 nbsp California April 2 2019 Exploratory committee March 19 2019 August 6 2019 co endorsed Gabbard and Sanders 191 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 192 191 nbsp Eric Swalwell November 16 1980 age 39 Sac City Iowa U S representative from CA 15 2013 2023 nbsp California April 8 2019 July 8 2019 193 ran successfully for reelection endorsed Biden 194 195 0 ag nbsp CampaignFEC filing 196 197 nbsp Richard Ojeda September 25 1970 age 49 Rochester Minnesota West Virginia state senator from WV SD07 2016 2019 nbsp West Virginia November 11 2018 January 25 2019 ran for U S Senate lost primary 198 endorsed Biden 199 0 ag CampaignFEC filing 200 201 Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns before the primaries Ben Gleib actor comedian satirist and writer 202 203 204 Ami Horowitz conservative activist and documentary filmmaker endorsed Donald Trump 205 206 207 Brian Moore activist Green nominee for U S Senate from Florida in 2006 Socialist and Liberty Union nominee for president in 2008 130 Ken Nwadike Jr documentary filmmaker motivational speaker and peace activist 208 209 failed verification Political positions EditMain article Political positions of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary candidatesDebates and forums EditMain articles 2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and 2020 Democratic Party presidential forums In December 2018 the Democratic National Committee DNC announced the schedule for 12 official DNC sanctioned debates set to begin in June 2019 with six debates in 2019 and the remaining six during the first four months of 2020 Candidates were allowed to participate in forums featuring multiple other candidates as long as only one candidate appeared on stage at a time Any presidential candidates who participated in unsanctioned debates with each other would have lost their invitations to the next DNC sanctioned debate 210 211 No unsanctioned debates took place during the 2019 2020 debate season The DNC also announced that it would not partner with Fox News as a media sponsor for any debates 212 213 Fox News last held a Democratic debate in 2003 214 All media sponsors selected to host a debate were as a new rule required to appoint at least one female moderator for each debate to ensure there would not be a gender skewed treatment of the candidates and debate topics 215 Debate schedule Debate Date Time ET Viewers Location Sponsor s Moderator s 1A June 26 2019 9 11 p m 24 3 million 15 3m live TV 9m streaming 216 Arsht Center Miami Florida 217 NBC NewsMSNBCTelemundo Jose Diaz BalartSavannah GuthrieLester HoltRachel MaddowChuck Todd 218 1B June 27 2019 9 11 p m 27 1 million 18 1m live TV 9m streaming 219 2A July 30 2019 8 10 30 p m 11 5 million 8 7m live TV 2 8m streaming Fox Theatre Detroit Michigan 220 CNN Dana BashDon LemonJake Tapper 221 2B July 31 2019 222 8 10 30 p m 13 8 million 10 7m live TV 3 1m streaming 223 3 September 12 2019 8 11 p m 14 04 million live TV 224 Health and Physical Education Arena Texas Southern University Houston Texas 225 ABC NewsUnivision Linsey DavisDavid MuirJorge RamosGeorge Stephanopoulos 226 4 October 15 2019 227 8 11 p m 8 8 million 8 34m live TV 0 45m streaming 228 Rike Physical Education Center Otterbein University Westerville Ohio CNNThe New York Times 229 Erin BurnettAnderson CooperMarc Lacey 230 5 November 20 2019 231 9 11 p m 7 9 million 6 6m live TV 1 3m streaming 232 Oprah Winfrey sound stage Tyler Perry Studios Atlanta Georgia 233 MSNBCThe Washington Post Rachel MaddowAndrea MitchellAshley ParkerKristen Welker 234 6 December 19 2019 8 11 p m 235 14 6 million 6 17m live TV 8 4m streaming 236 Gersten Pavilion Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles California 237 PBSPolitico Tim AlbertaYamiche AlcindorAmna NawazJudy Woodruff 238 7 January 14 2020 9 11 15 p m 239 11 3 million 7 3m live TV 4 0m streaming 240 Sheslow Auditorium Drake University Des Moines Iowa 241 242 CNNThe Des Moines Register Wolf BlitzerBrianne PfannenstielAbby Phillip 243 8 February 7 2020 8 10 30 p m 244 11 0 million 7 8m live TV 3 2m streaming 245 Thomas F Sullivan Arena Saint Anselm College Manchester New Hampshire 241 246 ABC NewsWMUR TVApple News Linsey DavisMonica HernandezDavid MuirAdam SextonGeorge Stephanopoulos 244 9 February 19 2020 9 11 p m 247 33 16 million 19 66m live TV 13 5m streaming 248 249 250 Le Theatre des Arts Paris Las Vegas Paradise Nevada 247 NBC NewsMSNBCTelemundoThe Nevada Independent Vanessa HaucLester HoltHallie JacksonJon RalstonChuck Todd 247 10 February 25 2020 8 10 p m 251 30 4 million 15 3m live TV 15 1m streaming 252 Gaillard Center Charleston South Carolina 241 CBS NewsBETTwitterCongressional Black Caucus Institute 253 Margaret BrennanMajor GarrettGayle KingNorah O DonnellBill Whitaker 253 11 March 15 2020 8 10 p m 254 11 4 million 10 8m live TV 0 6m streaming 255 CNN studioWashington D C 256 CNNUnivisionCongressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD Dana BashIlia CalderonJake Tapper 256 Primary election polling EditMain articles Nationwide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and Statewide opinion polling for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries The following graph depicts the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators from December 2018 to April 2020 Graphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Polling aggregates Joe Biden Others Undecided Bernie Sanders Tulsi Gabbard Elizabeth Warren Michael Bloomberg Amy Klobuchar Pete Buttigieg Andrew Yang Cory Booker Kamala Harris Beto O Rourke Debates Caucuses and primaries COVID 19 pandemic national emergency declarationItalics indicate withdrawn candidates bold indicates events Timeline EditMain article Timeline of the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries NomineeExploratorycommitteeSuspendedcampaignMidtermelectionsIowacaucusesNew HampshireprimarySouth CarolinaprimarySuperTuesdayNational emergency declared due tocoronavirusWisconsin primaryDemocraticconventionWonelectionBallot access EditFiling for the primaries began in October 2019 257 258 nbsp indicates that the candidate was on the ballot for the primary contest nbsp indicates that the candidate was a recognized write in 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