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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 3 March 20201
Precinct Caucus: Saturday 7 March 2020
County Assemblies/Conventions: Saturday 7 March - Wednesday 1 April 2020
District Assemblies/Conventions: Thursday 2 April - Friday 17 April 2020
State Assembly/Convention: Saturday 18 April 2020
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.21  26.58%42  53.16%
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie"29  36.71%36  45.57%
abstention 1   1.27%
Bloomberg, Michael Rubens "Mike"9  11.39% 
Warren, Elizabeth Ann8  10.13% 
(available)12  15.19% 
Total79 100.00%79 100.00%

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Colorado Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
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2020 Delegate Selection Plan as of 1 March 2019 from the Colorado Democratic Party.

2020 Delegate Selection Plan from the Colorado Democratic Party.


2020 Presidential Primary Candidate List from the Colorado Secretary of State.

Results of the Presidential Primary from the Colorado Democratic Party.


2020 Election Calendar from the Colorado Secretary of State.


The Colorado Democrats will apportion their delegates by primary in 2020. Voters approved Proposition 107 in the 2016 general election which restores the presidential primary election. SB 17-305 1-4-1203: "A presidential primary election shall be held on a Tuesday on a date designated by the governor. The date selected for the primary must be no earlier than the date the national rules of the major political parties provide for state delegations to the party's national convention to be allocated without penalty and not later than the third Tuesday in March"

Primary Elections FAQs from the Colorado Secretary of State.


Returns from the Colorado Secretary of State.


30 April 2019: Governor Jared Polis (Democratic) and Secretary of State Jena Griswold (Democratic) officially announce 3 March 2020 as Colorado's presidential primary date.


   

Colorado has same-day voter registration [CTS 1-2-217.7]. Unaffiliated voters may vote in either the Democratic or Republican primary election, but not both. [CRS 1-7-201(2.3)]. Voters who are affiliated with a major political party may switch their affiliation no later than 29 days before the primary election. State law restricts participation in Party caucuses and conventions to registered Party members [CRS 1-3-101]. Unaffiliated voters are allowed to vote in a party primary without affiliating with the party [CRS 1-7-201(2.3)].


Tuesday 3 March 2020: Colorado Primary. Hours end at 7:00p MST (0200 UTC). Colorado votes mostly by mail. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary
Source: Colorado Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 4 April 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders355,29337.00%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.236,56524.64%
Michael Rubens "Mike" Bloomberg177,72718.51%
Elizabeth Ann Warren168,69517.57%
Tulsi Gabbard10,0371.05%
Andrew Yang3,9880.42%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer3,3230.35%
Cory Anthony Booker1,2760.13%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, III1,1360.12%
Marianne Williamson1,0860.11%
Rita Anna-Maria Krichevsky4450.05%
Robert Carr "Robby" Wells, Jr.3300.03%
Deval Laurdine Patrick2270.02%
Total960,128100.00%

Votes cast for Michael Bennet, Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg, John K. Delaney, Amy Jean Klobuchar will not be counted as they have submitted withdrawal forms to the Secretary of State.

 

67 of 79 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Colorado Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be pledged National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 44 district delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 7 congressional districts.
  • 23 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 14 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 9 Pledged PLEOs

Primary
Estimate from Colorado Democratic Party.

ContestBidenBloombergSandersWarren
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD1  9  2  2  3  2
CD2  9  2  2  3  2
CD3  5  2  1  2   
CD4  5  1  1  2  1
CD5  4  1  1  1  1
CD6  6  2  1  2  1
CD7  6  1  1  3  1
PLEO  9  4 (withdrew)   5 (withdrew) 
At-Large  14  6 (withdrew)   8 (withdrew) 
Total
Delegates
  67  21  9  29  8

Candidates Michael Bennet, Pete Buttigieg, John Delaney, and Amy Klobuchar have submitted their withdrawal paperwork to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office, and therefore will not be counted in the vote allocation.

The Party will calculate the allocation of national convention delegates to the presidential contenders based on the results of the certified presidential preference primary returns on 16 March 2020.

Undated notes from the Colorado Democratic Party: The four Democratic Presidential Candidates who met threshold on Super Tuesday were Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. The four of them are the candidates who qualify for Congressional District-level delegates. Joe Biden is the candidate still in the race who met threshold on Super Tuesday. As a result, he is who qualifies for statewide delegates.

 

Saturday 7 March 2020: Colorado Precinct Caucus. Hours reportedly begin at 2:00p MST (2100 UTC). First tier Caucuses meet in each precinct to elected delegates to the County Assemblies/Conventions.

There are two separate processes in Colorado that are dealt with simultaneously: Caucuses and conventions elect Colorado's National Delegates according the the results of the primary while assemblies designate candidates for nomination at the June Colorado state primary.

A fine point: In some counties delegates are elected from the precinct caucuses to the congressional and/or state assembly/conventions. In other counties, delegates are elected from the precinct caucuses to the county assembly/conventions and then to the congressional assembly/convention and state assembly/conventions.

 

Saturday 7 March - Wednesday 1 April 2020: County Assemblies/Conventions - held no later than 25 days after the precinct caucuses. The Assemblies/Conventions meet to elect delegates to the Congressional District and State Conventions.

 

Thursday 2 April - Friday 17 April 2020: Congressional District Assemblies/Conventions. National Convention district delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

 

Saturday 18 April 2020: State Assembly/Convention convenes. Hours begin at 11:00a MDT (1700 UTC). National Convention At-large and Pledged PLEO delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 12 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 12 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 5 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 5 Members of Congress (1 Senator and 4 Representatives).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 1 Distinguished Party Leader (former DNC Chairman Roy Romer).

These 12 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

Notes

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

1 Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

 

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Documentation
  Historical Analysis of the Presidential Nominating Process  
  Historical Analysis of the apportionment of delegate votes at the National Conventions of the two major parties  
  Primary/Caucus/Convention Glossary  
  Statutory Election Information of the Several states / Presidential Primary  
  Dates of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES re: selection and/or allocation/distribution of Delegates to Major Party National Conventions  
 
  Major Third Party Presidential Nomination Process  
 
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