2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary
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The 2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, as one of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The District of Columbia primary is a closed primary, with the district awarding 46 delegates, of whom 20 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Former Vice President Joe Biden won the primary with 76% of the vote, earning all 20 delegates. Senator Elizabeth Warren finished second, her best performance in the 2020 primaries, while Senator Bernie Sanders came in third.
Procedure
A law passed in December 2019 moved the election from June 16 to June 2.[1][2] Voting took place across the district from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. local time. In the closed primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or municipal district in order to be considered viable. The 20 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of the 20 pledged delegates, between 6 and 7 are allocated to two municipal districts (each consisting of 4 wards) and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 5 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.[3]
The pre-primary caucus was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 9, 2020, at which district-level delegates to the national convention were designated. The state party committee will then meet after the primary on June 9 to vote on the 5 pledged at-large and 2 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 20 pledged delegates District of Columbia sends to the national convention will be joined by 26 unpledged PLEO delegates (22 members of the Democratic National Committee; 3 members of Congress, consisting of the district's delegation of its nonvoting delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and two shadow Senators; and the mayor, Muriel Bowser, in place of the place usually allotted to state governors).[3]
Results
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[5] |
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| Joe Biden | 84,093 | 75.97% | 20 |
| Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) | 14,228 | 12.85% | |
| Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) | 11,116 | 10.04% | |
| Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) | 442 | 0.40% | |
| Write-in | 809 | 0.73% | |
| Total | 110,688 | 100% | 20 |
References
- ^ "B23-0212 - Primary Date Alteration Amendment Act of 2019". Council of the District of Columbia. March 19, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
- ^ "DC Council Advances June 2 Presidential Primary Bill". Frontloading HQ. October 8, 2019. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ a b "District of Columbia Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. June 14, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- ^ "DCBOE Election Results". electionresults.dcboe.org. DC Board of Elections. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ^ "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.