2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
February 3 to August 11, 2020
  • 3,979 delegates to the Democratic National Convention
  • 1,990 delegates needed to win[1][a]
 
Candidate Joe Biden Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren
Home state Delaware Vermont Massachusetts
Delegate count 2,720 1,114 61
Contests won 46 9[b] 0
Popular vote 19,080,074 9,680,121 2,831,566
Percentage 51.7% 26.2% 7.7%
 
Candidate Michael Bloomberg Pete Buttigieg
Home state New York Indiana
Delegate count 49 24
Contests won 1 1
Popular vote 2,552,320 924,279
Percentage 6.9% 2.5%
First place by initial pledged delegate allocation First place by popular vote First place by convention roll call
  Joe Biden   Bernie Sanders   Pete Buttigieg   Michael Bloomberg

Previous Democratic nominee

Hillary Clinton

 Democratic nominee

Joe Biden

Presidential primaries and caucuses were organized by the Democratic Party to select delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2020 election. The primaries and caucuses took place in all 50 U.S. states, in the District of Columbia, in five U.S. territories, and through Democrats Abroad. They occurred between February 3 and August 11, 2020.

Former Vice President Joe Biden led in the polls throughout most of 2019. The 2020 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses were marred by technical problems; 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 won New Hampshire and Nevada. Biden, whose campaign fortunes had suffered from losses in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, made a comeback by overwhelmingly winning the South Carolina primary. After Biden won South Carolina, and one day before the Super Tuesday primaries, several candidates dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden. Biden then won 10 out of 15 contests on Super Tuesday.

On April 8, after Sanders withdrew from the race, Biden became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Biden and his running mate, U.S. senator Kamala Harris of California, were nominated for president and vice president by delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Biden and Harris won the presidency and vice presidency in the general election on November 3, defeating incumbent President Donald Trump and incumbent Vice President Mike Pence.

Overview

A total of 29 major candidates declared their 2020 Democratic presidential candidacies. With the exception of a brief period in October 2019 when Senator Elizabeth Warren experienced a surge in support, former vice president Joe Biden led in the polls throughout 2019.[3] Eighteen of the 29 declared candidates withdrew before the first primary contest. 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 caucuses. The certified results of the caucuses showed Mayor Pete Buttigieg winning the most delegates, while Senator Bernie Sanders won the popular vote in the state. Sanders then won the New Hampshire primary in a narrow victory over Buttigieg before comfortably winning the Nevada caucus, solidifying his status as the front-runner for the nomination.[4][5] Sanders received significant support from Asian, Hispanic,[6] and young voters.[7]

Biden, whose campaign fortunes had suffered from losses in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, made a comeback by overwhelmingly winning the South Carolina primary. Biden was helped by strong support from African American voters, an endorsement from South Carolina U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn, and Democratic establishment concerns about nominating Sanders.[8] After Biden won South Carolina, and one day before the Super Tuesday primaries, several candidates dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden; before that time, polling saw Sanders leading with a plurality in most Super Tuesday states.[9] Biden then won 10 out of 15 contests on Super Tuesday, beating back challenges from Sanders, Warren, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and solidifying his lead.[9] As the primaries proceeded, they were overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was declared to be a global pandemic on March 11, 2020.[10] Between March 19 and April 7, most states in the country issued stay-at-home orders, and the overwhelming majority of campaign activity was suspended.

On April 8, 2020, Biden became the presumptive Democratic 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] 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 nominated for president and vice president by delegates at the Democratic National Convention on August 18 and 19.[16][17] Biden and Harris won the presidency and vice presidency in the general election on November 3, defeating the Republican ticket of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.

Background

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

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 a number of changes to the process of nomination at the state level. A decline in the number of caucuses occurred after 2016. Democrats in Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Washington all switched from various forms of caucuses to primaries. Hawaii, Kansas, and North Dakota switched to party-run "firehouse primaries".[29]

This resulted in the lowest number of caucuses in the Democratic Party's recent history. Only three states (Iowa, Nevada, and Wyoming) and four territories (American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas, and U.S. Virgin Islands) used them. 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.[30] Rather than eliminating candidates until a single winner is chosen, voters' choices were reallocated until all remaining candidates have at least 15%, the threshold to receive delegates to the convention.[31]

Several states which did not use paper ballots widely in 2016 and 2018, adopted them for the 2020 primary and general elections,[32] to minimize potential interference in vote tallies, a concern raised by intelligence officials,[33] election officials[34] and the public.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37][38][39]

Rules for number of delegates

Number of pledged delegates per state

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.[40][41] 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 three or more neighboring states.[40]

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.[42][40] Districts which have voted Democratic in the past get more delegates, and fewer delegates are allocated for swing districts and Republican districts.[40] 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.[43][44][45]

Candidate threshold

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.[43][46] These rules apply at the state level to state delegates and within each district for those delegates. The 15% threshold was established in 1992[47] to limit "fringe" candidates.[48] 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.[48][49][47]

Schedule and results

  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

  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 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[c] 		[e]14[d]
23,605 (13.7%) 		9
45,652 (26.5%) 		5
34,909 (20.3%)
16 (0.0%) 		[f]12[e]
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[f] 		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 		[h]19[g]
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%) 		[i]8[h]
168,695 (17.6%) 		[j]9[i]
177,727 (18.5%)
10,037 (1.0%)
11,811 (1.2%)
24 Maine
205,937 		[k]13[j]
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 		[l]45[k]
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 		[m]43[l]
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%) 		[n]5[m]
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%) 		[o]3[n]
35,727 (16.2%) 		[p]3[o]
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%)[p]
892 (2.2%)[q]
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%)[r]
24,868 (4.1%)
10,333 (1.7%)[r]
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[s] 		8
10,834 (54.8%) 		7
8,755 (44.3%) 		0
Eliminated 7th 		0
Eliminated 3rd 		0
Eliminated 6th 		0
Eliminated 5th 		0
Eliminated 4th
170 (0.9%)[t]
April 17 14 Wyoming
15,391[s] 		10
10,912 (70.9%) 		4
4,206 (27.3%) 		0
Eliminated 7th 		0
Eliminated 5th 		0
Eliminated 6th 		0
Eliminated 4th 		0
Eliminated 2nd
273 (1.8%)[t]
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[s] 		29
110,041 (74.9%) 		10
33,142 (22.6%) 		0
Eliminated 3rd 		0
Eliminated 1st
3,690 (2.5%)[t]
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[s] 		16
21,215 (60.5%) 		8
12,337 (35.2%) 		0
Eliminated 9th 		0
Eliminated 7th 		0
Eliminated 5th 		0
Eliminated 3rd 		0
Eliminated 8th
1,492 (4.3%)[t]
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[u] 		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%) 		[w]2[v]
71,984 (13.4%)
274 New York
1,759,039 		230
1,136,679 (64.6%) 		[x]44[w]
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%) 		[y]5[x]
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 		2,720
19,080,074 (51.68%) 		[z]1,114[y]
9,680,121 (26.22%) 		[aa]61[z]
2,831,566 (7.67%) 		[ab]49[aa]
2,552,320 (6.91%) 		[ac]24[ab]
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

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,[65] and in early May, the judge ruled in favor of Yang.[66]

2020 Democratic primaries altered due to COVID-19.
Primary Original
schedule 		Altered
schedule 		Vote in
person? 		Last
changed 		Ref.
Ohio March 17 April 28[ac] Canceled March 25 [67][68]
Georgia March 24 June 9 Held April 9 [69][70]
Puerto Rico March 29 July 12 Held May 21 [71][72][73]
Alaska April 4 April 10[ad] Canceled March 23 [74]
Wyoming April 4 April 17[ae] Canceled March 22 [75]
Hawaii April 4 May 22[af] Canceled March 27 [76][77][78]
Louisiana April 4 July 11[ag] Held April 14 [79][80]
Maryland April 28 June 2 Held March 17 [81]
Pennsylvania April 28 June 2 Held March 27 [82]
Rhode Island April 28 June 2 Held March 23 [83]
New York April 28 June 23 Held April 27 [84][85][86]
Delaware April 28 July 7 Held May 7 [87][88]
Connecticut April 28 August 11 Held April 17 [89]
Kansas May 2 May 2[ah] Canceled March 30 [90]
Guam May 2 June 6 Held June 4 [91]
Indiana May 5 June 2 Held March 20 [92]
West Virginia May 12 June 9 Held April 1 [93]
Kentucky May 19 June 23 Held March 16 [94]
New Jersey June 2 July 7[ai] Held April 8 [95]

In addition, the DNC elected to delay the 2020 Democratic National Convention from July 13–16 to August 17–20.[96]

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.[97]

Nominee

Democratic nominee for the 2020 presidential election
Candidate Born Most recent position Home state Campaign
Announcement date 		Total pledged delegates[98] Popular
vote[99] 		Contests won Running mate Ref.

Joe Biden 		November 20, 1942
(age 77)
Scranton, Pennsylvania 		Vice President of the United States
(2009–2017) 		Delaware
Campaign
April 25, 2019
FEC filing
Secured nomination:
June 5, 2020 		2720 / 3979 (68%) 19,080,074
(51.68%) 		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 		Kamala Harris [100]

Withdrew during the primaries

Major candidates who withdrew during the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Candidate Born Most recent position Home state Campaign announced Campaign suspended Campaign Total pledged delegates[98] Popular vote[99] Contests won 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)[101]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		1114 / 3979 (28%) 9,679,213
(26.63%) 		9
CA, CO, DA, NV, NH,
ND, MP, UT, VT 		[102][103]

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)[104]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		2 / 3979 (0%) 273,940
(0.76%) 		0 [105][106]

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)[107]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		61 / 3979 (2%) 2,780,873
(7.77%) 		0 [108][109]

Michael Bloomberg 		February 14, 1942
(age 78)
Boston, Massachusetts 		Mayor of New York City
(2002–2013) 		New York November 24, 2019
Exploratory committee: November 21, 2019 		March 4, 2020
(endorsed Biden)[110]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		49 / 3979 (1%) 2,475,130
(6.92%) 		1
AS 		[111][112]

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)[113]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		7 / 3979 (0%) 524,400
(1.47%) 		0 [114][113]

Pete Buttigieg 		January 19, 1982
(age 38)
South Bend, Indiana 		Mayor of South Bend
(2012–2020) 		Indiana April 14, 2019
Exploratory committee: January 23, 2019 		March 1, 2020
(endorsed Biden)[115]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		24 / 3979 (1%) 912,214
(2.55%) 		1
IA 		[116][117]

Tom Steyer 		June 27, 1957
(age 63)
Manhattan, New York 		Hedge fund manager California July 9, 2019 February 29, 2020
(endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[118]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0 258,848
(0.72%) 		0 [119][120]

Deval Patrick 		July 31, 1956
(age 64)
Chicago, Illinois 		Governor of Massachusetts
(2007–2015) 		Massachusetts November 14, 2019 February 12, 2020
(endorsed Biden)[121]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0 27,116
(0.08%) 		0 [122][123]

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)[124]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0 62,260
(0.17%) 		0 [125][126]

Andrew Yang 		January 13, 1975
(age 45)
Schenectady, New York 		Entrepreneur
 New York November 6, 2017 February 11, 2020
(endorsed Biden)[127]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0 160,231
(0.45%) 		0 [128][129]

Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns during the primaries:

Withdrew before the primaries

Major candidates who withdrew before the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Candidate Born Most recent position Home state Campaign
announced 		Campaign
suspended 		Campaign Popular vote 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)[136]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		19,342 [137][138]

Cory Booker 		April 27, 1969
(age 51)
Washington, D.C. 		U.S. senator from New Jersey
(2013–present) 		New Jersey February 1, 2019 January 13, 2020
(ran successfully for reelection;[139]
endorsed Biden)[140]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		31,575 [141][142]

Marianne Williamson 		July 8, 1952
(age 68)
Houston, Texas 		Author California January 28, 2019
Exploratory committee:
November 15, 2018 		January 10, 2020
(endorsed Sanders, later Biden as nominee)[143][144]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		22,334 [145][146]

Julián Castro 		September 16, 1974
(age 45)
San Antonio, Texas 		U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
(2014–2017) 		Texas January 12, 2019
Exploratory committee: December 12, 2018 		January 2, 2020
(endorsed Warren, later Biden as presumptive nominee)[147][148]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		37,037 [149][150]

Kamala Harris 		October 20, 1964
(age 55)
Oakland, California 		U.S. senator from California
(2017–2021) 		California January 21, 2019 December 3, 2019
(endorsed Biden[151] who later chose Harris as his vice presidential running-mate)
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		844 [152][153]

Steve Bullock 		April 11, 1966
(age 54)
Missoula, Montana 		Governor of Montana
(2013–2021) 		Montana May 14, 2019 December 2, 2019
(ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate; endorsed Biden as nominee)[154]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		549 [155][156]

Joe Sestak 		December 12, 1951
(age 68)
Secane, Pennsylvania 		U.S. representative from PA-07
(2007–2011) 		Virginia June 23, 2019 December 1, 2019
(endorsed Klobuchar, later Biden as nominee)[157][158] 		Campaign
FEC filing 		5,251 [159][160]

Wayne Messam 		June 7, 1974
(age 46)
South Bay, Florida 		Mayor of Miramar
(2015–present) 		Florida March 28, 2019
Exploratory committee: March 13, 2019 		November 19, 2019
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [161][162]

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)[163]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		1[aj][164] [165][166]

Tim Ryan 		July 16, 1973
(age 47)
Niles, Ohio 		U.S. representative from OH-13
(2013–2023) 		Ohio April 4, 2019 October 24, 2019
(ran successfully for reelection;[167]
endorsed Biden)[168]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [169][170]

Bill de Blasio 		May 8, 1961
(age 59)
Manhattan, New York 		Mayor of New York City
(2014–2021) 		New York May 16, 2019 September 20, 2019
(endorsed Sanders, later Biden as presumptive nominee)[171][172]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [173][174]

Kirsten Gillibrand 		December 9, 1966
(age 53)
Albany, New York 		U.S. senator from New York
(2009–present) 		New York March 17, 2019
Exploratory committee: January 15, 2019 		August 28, 2019
(endorsed Biden)[175]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [176][177]

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;[178]
endorsed Biden)[179]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [180][181]

Jay Inslee 		February 9, 1951
(age 69)
Seattle, Washington		 Governor of Washington
(2013–2025) 		Washington March 1, 2019 August 21, 2019
(ran successfully for reelection;[182]
endorsed Biden as presumptive nominee)[183]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		1[aj][184] [185][186]

John Hickenlooper 		February 7, 1952
(age 68)
Narberth, Pennsylvania 		Governor of Colorado
(2011–2019) 		Colorado March 4, 2019 August 15, 2019
(ran successfully for U.S. Senate;[187]
endorsed Bennet, later Biden as presumptive nominee)[188][189]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		1[aj][184] [190][191]

Mike Gravel 		May 13, 1930
(aged 90)
Springfield, Massachusetts 		U.S. senator from Alaska
(1969–1981) 		California April 2, 2019
Exploratory committee: March 19, 2019		 August 6, 2019
(co-endorsed Gabbard and Sanders)[192]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [193][192]

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[194]
(ran successfully for reelection; endorsed Biden)[195][196]
__________
Campaign
FEC filing 		0[aj] [197][198]

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 unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate; [199]
endorsed Biden)[200] 		Campaign
FEC filing
 0[aj] [201][202]

Other notable individuals who were not major candidates terminated their campaigns before the primaries:

Declined to run

A number of individuals considered a run, either publicly or privately, but ultimately decided against it.[211][212]

Political positions

Debates and 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.[213][214] 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.[215][216] Fox News last held a Democratic debate in 2003.[217] 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.[218]

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)[219] 		Arsht Center,
Miami, Florida[220] 		NBC News
MSNBC
Telemundo 		José Díaz-Balart
Savannah Guthrie
Lester Holt
Rachel Maddow
Chuck Todd[221]
1B June 27, 2019 9–11 p.m. ~27.1 million
(18.1m live TV; 9m streaming)[222]
2A July 30, 2019 8–10:30 p.m. ~11.5 million
(8.7m live TV; 2.8m streaming) 		Fox Theatre,
Detroit, Michigan[223] 		CNN Dana Bash
Don Lemon
Jake Tapper[224]
2B July 31, 2019[225] 8–10:30 p.m. ~13.8 million
(10.7m live TV; 3.1m streaming)[226]
3 September 12, 2019 8–11 p.m. 14.04 million live TV[227] Health and Physical Education Arena,
Texas Southern University,
Houston, Texas[228] 		ABC News
Univision 		Linsey Davis
David Muir
Jorge Ramos
George Stephanopoulos[229]
4 October 15, 2019[230] 8–11 p.m. ~8.8 million
(8.34m live TV; 0.45m streaming)[231] 		Rike Physical Education Center,
Otterbein University,
Westerville, Ohio 		CNN
The New York Times[232] 		Erin Burnett
Anderson Cooper
Marc Lacey[233]
5 November 20, 2019[234] 9–11 p.m. ~7.9 million
(6.6m live TV; 1.3m streaming)[235] 		Oprah Winfrey sound stage,
Tyler Perry Studios,
Atlanta, Georgia[236] 		MSNBC
The Washington Post 		Rachel Maddow
Andrea Mitchell
Ashley Parker
Kristen Welker[237]
6 December 19, 2019 8–11 p.m.[238] ~14.6 million
(6.17m live TV; 8.4m streaming)[239] 		Gersten Pavilion,
Loyola Marymount University,
Los Angeles, California[240] 		PBS
Politico 		Tim Alberta
Yamiche Alcindor
Amna Nawaz
Judy Woodruff[241]
7 January 14, 2020 9–11:15 p.m.[242] ~11.3 million
(7.3m live TV; 4.0m streaming)[243] 		Sheslow Auditorium,
Drake University,
Des Moines, Iowa[244][245] 		CNN
The Des Moines Register 		Wolf Blitzer
Brianne Pfannenstiel
Abby Phillip[246]
8 February 7, 2020 8–10:30 p.m.[247] ~11.0 million
(7.8m live TV; 3.2m streaming)[248] 		Thomas F. Sullivan Arena,
Saint Anselm College,
Manchester, New Hampshire[244][249] 		ABC News
WMUR-TV
Apple News 		Linsey Davis
Monica Hernandez
David Muir
Adam Sexton
George Stephanopoulos[247]
9 February 19, 2020 9–11 p.m.[250] ~33.16 million
(19.66m live TV; 13.5m streaming)[251][252][253] 		Le Théâtre des Arts,
Paris Las Vegas,
Paradise, Nevada[250] 		NBC News
MSNBC
Telemundo
The Nevada Independent 		Vanessa Hauc
Lester Holt
Hallie Jackson
Jon Ralston
Chuck Todd[250]
10 February 25, 2020 8–10 p.m.[254] ~30.4 million
(15.3m live TV; 15.1m streaming)[255] 		Gaillard Center,
Charleston, South Carolina[244] 		CBS News
BET
Twitter
Congressional Black Caucus Institute[256] 		Margaret Brennan
Major Garrett
Gayle King
Norah O'Donnell
Bill Whitaker[256]
11 March 15, 2020 8–10 p.m.[257] ~11.4 million
(10.8m live TV; 0.6m streaming)[258] 		CNN studio
Washington, D.C.[259] 		CNN
Univision
Congressional Hispanic Caucus BOLD 		Dana Bash
Ilia Calderón
Jake Tapper[259]

Primary election polling

The following graph depicts the standing of each candidate in the poll aggregators from December 2018 to April 2020.

Timeline

Nominee
Exploratory
committee
Suspended
campaign
Midterm
elections
Iowa
caucuses
New Hampshire
primary
South Carolina
primary
Super
Tuesday
National emergency
declared due to
COVID-19
Wisconsin primary
Democratic
convention
Won
election

Ballot access

Filing for the primaries began in October 2019.[260][261] 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.

Primaries and caucuses
State/
Territory 		Date Biden Sanders Gabbard Warren Bloomberg Klobuchar Buttigieg Steyer Patrick Bennet Yang Other Ref
IA[ak] Feb 3 Ballot access not required [262]
NH Feb 11 [A] [131][263]
NV[ak] Feb 22 [B] [264]
SC Feb 29 [C] [265]
AL Mar 3 [D] [266]
AR Mar 3 [E] [267]
AS[ak] Mar 3 [268]
CA Mar 3 [F] [269]
CO Mar 3 [G] [270]
ME Mar 3 [H] [271]
MA Mar 3 [D] [272]
MN Mar 3 [D] [273]
NC Mar 3 [D] [274]
OK Mar 3 [I] [275]
TN Mar 3 [D] [276][277]
TX Mar 3 [J] [278]
UT Mar 3 [K] [279]
VT Mar 3 [L] [280]
VA Mar 3 [I] [281]
DA Mar 3 –
Mar 10 		[282]
ID Mar 10 [M] [283]
MI Mar 10 [N] [284]
MS Mar 10 [285]
MO Mar 10 [O] [286]
ND[ak] Mar 10 [B] [287]
WA Mar 10 [C] [288]
MP[ak] Mar 14 [289]
AZ Mar 17 [P] [61]
FL Mar 17 [N] [290]
IL Mar 17 [C] [291]
WI Apr 7 [B] [292]
AK Apr 10 [293]
WY[ak] Apr 17 [294]
OH Apr 28 [295]
KS May 2 [296]
NE May 12 [297]
OR May 19 [298]
HI May 22 [299][300]
DC Jun 2 [301]
IN Jun 2 [302]
MD Jun 2 [I] [303]
MT Jun 2 [304]
NM Jun 2 [305]
PA Jun 2 [306]
RI Jun 2 [307]
SD Jun 2 [308]
GU[ak] Jun 6 Ballot access not required [309]
VI[ak] Jun 6 [310]
GA Jun 9 [B] [311]
WV Jun 9 [Q] [312]
KY Jun 23 [313]
NY Jun 23 [314]
DE Jul 7 [315]
NJ Jul 7 [316]
LA Jul 11 [R] [317]
PR Jul 12 [318][319]
CT Aug 11 [320]

Candidates listed in italics have suspended their campaigns.

  1. Cory Booker, Mosie Boyd, Steve Bullock, Steve Burke, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, Jason Dunlap, Michael A. Ellinger, Ben Gleib, Mark Greenstein, Kamala Harris, Henry Hewes, Tom Koos, Lorenz Kraus, Rita Krichevsky, Raymond Moroz, Joe Sestak, Sam Sloan, David Thistle, Thomas Torgeson, Robby Wells, and Marianne Williamson
  2. John Delaney
  3. Cory Booker and John Delaney
  4. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, John Delaney, and Marianne Williamson
  5. Cory Booker, Mosie Boyd, Steve Bullock, Julián Castro, John Delaney, Kamala Harris, Joe Sestak, and Marianne Williamson
  6. Cory Booker, Mosie Boyd, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, Michael A. Ellinger, Mark Greenstein, Joe Sestak, and Marianne Williamson
  7. Cory Booker, Roque De La Fuente III, Rita Krichevsky, Robby Wells, and Marianne Williamson
  8. Cory Booker and Marianne Williamson
  9. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, and Marianne Williamson
  10. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, Robby Wells, and Marianne Williamson
  11. Nathan Bloxham, Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, and Marianne Williamson
  12. Julián Castro, Mark Greenstein, and Marianne Williamson
  13. Cory Booker, Steve Burke, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, and Marianne Williamson
  14. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, John Delaney, Joe Sestak, and Marianne Williamson
  15. Cory Booker, Steve Burke, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, Bill Haas, Henry Hewes, Leonard J. Steinman II, Velma Steinman, Robby Wells, and Marianne Williamson
  16. Cory Booker, Julián Castro, Roque De La Fuente III, John Delaney, Michael A. Ellinger, Henry Hewes, and Marianne Williamson
  17. David Lee Rice
  18. Steve Burke, John Delaney and Robby Wells

National convention

The 2020 Democratic National Convention was scheduled to take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 13–16, 2020,[321][322][323] but was postponed and rescheduled to take place on August 17–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[324]

The event became a virtual "Convention Across America" with voting held online before the opening gavel, and the non-televised events held remotely over ZOOM.

Endorsements

Campaign finance

This is an overview of the money being raised and spent by each campaign for the entire period running from January 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020, as it was reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Total raised is the sum of all individual contributions (large and small), loans from the candidate, and transfers from other campaign committees. The last column, Cash On Hand (COH), has been calculated by subtracting the "spent" amount from the "raised" amount, thereby showing the remaining cash each campaign had available for its future spending as of February 29, 2020. As of February 29, 2020, the major candidates have raised $989,234,992.08.

  Candidate who has withdrawn
Campaign finances by candidate
Candidate Total raised Individual contributions Debt Spent COH
Total Unitemized Pct
Joe Biden[325] $134,790,836 $134,425,574 $53,187,451 39.57% $0 $108,403,972 $26,386,865
Michael Bennet[326] $7,514,313 $6,795,438 $2,336,988 34.39% $0 $7,343,017 $171,295
Michael Bloomberg[327] $1,062,963,445 $916,332 $847,932 92.54% $14,789,537 $1,051,783,859 $11,179,585
Cory Booker[328] $26,022,021 $22,780,231 $7,706,938 33.83% $848,391 $25,697,926 $324,095
Steve Bullock[329] $5,513,606 $5,489,635 $1,753,850 31.95% $0 $5,426,704 $86,902
Pete Buttigieg[330] $102,739,747 $101,397,049 $43,744,949 43.14% $2,726,793 $96,727,933 $6,011,814
Julian Castro[331] $10,302,020 $10,264,194 $6,620,621 64.50% $0 $9,740,367 $561,654
Bill de Blasio[332] $1,423,279 $1,423,240 $142,001 9.98% $100,351 $1,418,570 $4,709
John Delaney[333] $29,438,502 $2,582,672 $346,526 13.42% $1,493,250 $29,418,380 $42,165
Tulsi Gabbard[334] $15,101,213 $12,423,632 $7,104,998 57.19% $93,239 $14,461,004 $640,210
Kirsten Gillibrand[335] $15,951,202 $6,278,790 $1,979,345 31.52% $0 $14,493,053 $1,458,149
Mike Gravel[336] $330,059 $330,059 $322,076 97.58% $0 $249,480 $2,544
Kamala Harris[337] $41,077,632 $39,259,853 $15,720,913 40.04% $1,070,014 $40,741,479 $336,153
John Hickenlooper[338] $3,509,495 $3,352,659 $562,301 16.77% $0 $3,509,495 $0
Amy Klobuchar[339] $53,957,026 $49,878,773 $22,256,527 44.62% $0 $51,675,390 $2,281,636
Jay Inslee[340] $6,942,575 $6,911,292 $3,455,790 50.00% $0 $6,895,255 $47,319
Wayne Messam[341] $126,918 $124,318 $38,835 31.24% $81,876 $126,918 $0
Seth Moulton[342] $2,292,043 $1,498,825 $342,499 22.85% $216,528 $2,285,828 $6,214
Richard Ojeda[343] $119,478 $77,476 $48,742 62.91% $44,373 $117,507 $1,971
Beto O'Rourke[344] $18,533,565 $18,448,678 $9,436,714 51.15% $10,825 $18,251,127 $282,439
Deval Patrick[345] $3,105,910 $2,670,871 $271,909 10.18% $250,000 $3,041,852 $64,058
Tim Ryan[346] $1,341,246 $1,285,074 $435,025 33.85% $0 $1,340,943 $304
Bernie Sanders[347] $214,887,421 $201,327,757 $114,214,155 56.73% $0 $204,090,570 $16,252,830
Joe Sestak[348] $449,345 $440,127 $107,003 24.31% $0 $445,768 $3,577
Tom Steyer[349] $347,533,363 $3,719,361 $2,505,879 67.37% $24,000 $347,268,261 $265,219
Eric Swalwell[350] $2,604,856 $892,373 $340,385 38.14% $0 $2,604,856 $0
Elizabeth Warren[351] $128,442,944 $115,863,061 $66,516,352 57.41% $1,295,996 $123,908,764 $4,534,180
Marianne Williamson[352] $8,218,677 $8,209,773 $4,698,946 57.24% $238,180 $8,146,249 $72,428
Andrew Yang[353] $41,802,018 $41,141,162 $20,455,232 49.72% $2,010 $41,286,953 $604,061

Maps

Map legend
  Joe Biden
  Bernie Sanders
  Elizabeth Warren
  Michael Bloomberg
  Pete Buttigieg
  Amy Klobuchar
  Tom Steyer
  Tie

See also

National Conventions
Presidential primaries

Notes

  1. 2,376 of 4,749 delegates needed to win any subsequent ballots at a contested convention.[1] The number of extra unpledged delegates (superdelegates), who after the first ballot at a contested convention would participate in any subsequently needed nominating ballots (together with the 3,979 pledged delegates), was 770 in the end.[2] The exact number of superdelegates had not been fully clear beforehand as it always was subject to change due to possible deaths, resignations, accessions, or potential election as a pledged delegate.[1]
  2. Although Sanders and Buttigieg both earned 9 delegates from New Hampshire, it is counted as a win for Sanders as he won the popular vote.
  3. Includes only the final caucus alignment, after voters supporting non-viable candidates in the first round were allowed to transfer their vote to a different candidate.
  4. 8 (but not all) statewide delegates were reallocated towards Biden as the sole remaining candidate at the state convention on June 13, 3 from Sanders, 3 from Warren, and 2 from Buttigieg. Sanders and Buttigieg retained a part of their statewide delegates, and Iowa's allocation apparently did not follow any logical rule pattern.[50][51]
  5. Prior to reallocation at the state convention on June 13, Buttigieg had won the caucus with 14 initial delegates, which was the electoral but not final step of delegate selection.
  6. Includes only the final caucus alignment, after voters supporting non-viable candidates in the first round were allowed to transfer their vote to a different candidate and ranked-choice early voting ballots were reallocated to candidates receiving at least 15%.
  7. 2 statewide delegates initially awarded to Bloomberg were reallocated to Biden at the state convention on 30 May as the former withdrew.[52]
  8. Statewide delegates (theoretically 4) were directly left out of the calculation for Warren due to her withdrawal.[53]
  9. Statewide delegates (theoretically 5) were directly left out of the calculation for Bloomberg due to his withdrawal.[54]
  10. 2 statewide delegates initially awarded to Warren were reallocated to Biden at the state convention on May 30 as the former withdrew.[55]
  11. 8 statewide delegates initially awarded to Warren were reallocated to Biden at the state committee meeting on May 16 as the former withdrew.[56]
  12. 5 statewide delegates initially awarded to Warren were reallocated to Biden at the state convention on May 31 as the former withdrew.[57]
  13. Statewide delegates (theoretically 5) were directly left out of the calculation for Bloomberg due to his withdrawal.[58]
  14. Statewide delegates (theoretically 2) were directly left out of the calculation for Warren due to her withdrawal.[59]
  15. Statewide delegates (theoretically 2) were directly left out of the calculation for Bloomberg due to his withdrawal.[60]
  16. Suspended campaign during the voting period.
  17. Suspended campaign during the voting period and officially withdrew from the ballot on March 7.
  18. While Bloomberg, Klobuchar and four other candidates had formally withdrawn and were not published in the final state canvass, those ballots were included by the state as part of overall cast ballots and any media covering the primary reported individual vote tallies for those candidates.[61][62][63]
  19. Includes only the final-round count of a ranked-choice ballot, in which the candidates receiving the fewest votes are progressively eliminated and their votes reallocated to voters' highest-ranked remaining choice, until only candidates receiving at least 15% remain.
  20. Inactive votes from the final round, which had no choice for a viable candidate with 15% (Biden, Sanders) listed.
  21. Does not include votes cast in the March 24 presidential preference primary before it was canceled.[64]
  22. Two delegates were awarded to Uncommitted.
  23. According to the final results, Sanders would have mathematically received 45 delegates, but the results were not completed before the national convention.
  24. According to the final results, Sanders would have mathematically received 9 delegates, but it seems that the results were not completed before the national convention.
  25. Following an agreement between Sanders and Biden for party unity, Sanders was allowed to retain all of his statewide delegates (with the exception of 3 from Iowa, which would put his initial result at 1,117 delegates) despite national party rules demanding the reallocation of statewide delegates from withdrawn candidates to the remaining candidates.
  26. Warren initially won 79 delegates, but 18 statewide delegates were allocated to Biden as the sole remaining candidate.
  27. Bloomberg initially won 51 delegates, but 2 statewide delegates were allocated to Biden as the sole remaining candidate.
  28. Buttigieg initially won 26 delegates, but 2 statewide delegates were allocated to Biden as the sole remaining candidate.
  29. First rescheduled to June 2, then shifted back to April 28 with in-person voting canceled; mail-in ballots must be received by 7:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020 to be counted.
  30. Mail-in ballots must be received by April 10 to be counted.
  31. Mail-in ballots must be received by April 17 to be counted.
  32. Mail-in ballots must be received by May 22; results to be announced on May 23.
  33. The original rescheduled date was on June 20 before being delayed for the second time.
  34. Mail-in ballots must be received by May 2.
  35. Mail-in ballots must be received by July 14 to be counted.
  36. Candidate did not appear on any ballots.
  37. Caucus

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