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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 3 March 2020 (presumably)
Precinct Caucuses: Saturday 7 March 2020 (presumably)
County Assemblies: Sunday 8 March - Wednesday 1 April 2020
Congressional District Conventions: Saturday 4 April - Friday 17 April 2020
State Convention: Saturday 18 April 2020 (presumably)
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John37 100.00%37 100.00%
Total37 100.00%37 100.00%

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Colorado Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress
 
Colorado State and Local Government

 
 

Congressional District Convention Delegate Allocation, State Convention Delegate Allocation, and Bylaws from the Colorado Republican Party.


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


2020 Election Calendar from the Colorado Secretary of State.


Returns from the Colorado Secretary of State.


In the 2016 general election, voters approved Proposition 107 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"

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 (presumably): Colorado Primary. Hours end at 7:00p MST (0200 UTC). Colorado votes mostly by mail. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

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

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump628,87692.26%
William Floyd "Bill" Weld25,6983.77%
Joe Walsh13,0721.92%
Matthew John "Matt" Matern7,2391.06%
Robert Ardini3,3880.50%
Zoltan Gyurko Istvan3,3500.49%
Total681,623100.00%

All of Colorado's 37 delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's Colorado Presidential Primary. [CRC Bylaws, Art. XIII.A.1.a]

  • If one candidate receives a majority of the statewide vote (more than 50% (TBD)), that candidate is allocated all of the delegates.
  • If no candidate receives a majority of the statewide vote, each presidential candidate receiving 20% or more of the statewide vote shall be allocated delegates accordingly based on their percentage of the vote total of those candidates who met the 20% threshold. (no mention of what to do if too many delegates are allocated due to rounding)

Primary
Source: Colorado Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 4 April 2020.

ContestTrumpWeld
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
%DelPop
Vote
%Del
Statewide681,623681,62337628,87692.262%3725,6983.770% 
Total
Delegates
  37  37   

Winner-take-all for Trump.

 

Precinct caucus attendees must be registered to vote and affiliated with the Republican Party by TBD and must be a resident of their precinct by TBD to be eligible to participate in their precinct caucus.

Saturday 7 March 2020 (presumably): Precinct Caucuses meet in each precinct at 10:00a MST (1700 UTC) to choose delegates to the County Assemblies and District Conventions. Caucuses last about 1.5 hours. There are 2,917 (TBD) precincts.

  • There is no formal system applied in the Precinct Caucus to relate the presidential preference of the participants to the choice of the precinct's delegates to the Colorado County Assemblies and District Conventions; (NOTE: It is the District Conventions and the State Convention that will actually elect Republican National Convention delegates to presidential contenders).
 

Sunday 8 March - Wednesday 1 April 2020: County Assemblies. County Assemblies elect delegates to the Congressional District and State Conventions.

 

Saturday 4 April - Friday 17 April 2020: Congressional District Conventions.

Distict Caucuses choose the 6 National Convention Delegates (3 in each of Colorado's District) according to the results of the Presidential Primary along with the district's delegates to the Colorado State Republican Convention.

 

Saturday 18 April 2020 (presumably): The Colorado State Republican Convention convenes. The State Convention chooses 13 of 37 delegates from Colorado to the Republican National Convention. Delegate Selection: Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.

  • National Convention Delegates are bound according to the results of the Presidential Primary.

In addition, 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Colorado's Republican Party, will attend the convention by virtue of their position, bound according to the results of the Primary.

Candidates for national convention delegate need not identify the presidential candidate they are pledged to support, but may do so at their option. CRC Bylaws, Art. XIII, §A.3.c.

If a Presidential candidate releases his delegates through public declaration or written notification, the candidate's name is not placed in nomination, or the candidate does not otherwise qualify for nomination under the rules of the Republican National Convention, CRC Chairman shall release ... Delegates ... allocated to that candidate. Such National Delegates released may cast their ballots as each may choose, and the CRC Chairman shall announce the delegation’s vote accordingly. The Chairman shall release the National Delegates by category in the following order, and within category as the Chairman directs: First, Delegates pledged to such candidate; second, the National Committeeman and National Committee Woman; third, unpledged Delegates; fourth, others [CRC Bylaws, Art. XIII.A.1.a]. On any succeeding ballot for President and on all ballots for other purposes the individual delegates are released to cast their ballots as each may choose [CRC Bylaws, Art. XIII.A.1.a].

 

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.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Colorado Secretary of State
  Colorado Secretary of State - Elections Center
  Secretary of State - Elections & Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Colorado General Assembly
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Media & others
  Aspen Daily News
  Aurora Daily Sun & Sentinel
  BizWest - Boulder
  Colorado Daily - Boulder
  Colorado Political News - ColoradoPols.com
  Criag Daily Press
  Delta County Independent
  Denver Post
  Glenwood Springs Post Independent
  Greeley Tribune
  Gunnison Country Times
  Haxtun-Fleming Herald
  Lamar Daily News
  Mineral County Miner
  Monte Vista Journal
  Montrose Daily Press
  Pine River Times - Bayfield
  Politics1.com - Colorado
  Rifle Citizen Telegram
  Rio Blanco Herald Times
  Summit Daily News - Frisco
  The Aspen Times
  The Canyon Courier - Evergreen
  The Colorado Independent - Denver
  The Daily Camera - Boulder
  The Daily Sentinel - Grand Junction
  The Daily Times-Call - Longmont
  The Daily Times-Call - Longmont
  The Durango Herald
  The Fort Morgan Times
  The Gazette - Colorado Springs
  The Herald Democrat - Leadville
  The Journal Advocate - Sterling
  The Mountain Mail - Salida
  The Mountain-Ear - Nederland
  Times-Call - Longmont
  Vail Daily
 


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Delegate Counts
  Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Summary   --   Republican Pledged and Unpledged Summary  
  Democratic Hard and Soft Summary   --   Republican Hard and Soft Summary  
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Commentary: THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY? or, Politicus Unbound
 
Delegate Allocation
  Democratic Quick Reference   --   Republican Quick Reference  
  The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation   --   The Math Behind the Republican Delegate Allocation  
  Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses  
 
  Democratic Delegate Pledging and Voter Eligibility   --   Republican Delegate Selection and Voter Eligibility  
 
  Primaries at a Glance  
 
  Results Status and Date Retrieved  
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  Estimating the Delegate Count  
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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  
 
  Straw Polls  
 
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