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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
County/Legislative Conventions: Saturday 30 May 2020 (presumably)
State Executive Meeting: Saturday 6 June 2020
Primary (results delayed until 30 June): Tuesday 23 June 20201
Democrats
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.52  86.67%60 100.00%
Uncommitted2   3.33% 
(available)6  10.00% 
Total60 100.00%60 100.00%

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

 
 

16 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, state officials have moved the primaries from 19 May to 23 June. This date is outside the DNC's window, the 2nd Tuesday in June (9 June), for state parties to hold their primaries and caucuses.

12 May 2020: The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee unanimously granted a waiver for the late primary date.

2020 Presidential Delegate Selection Plan from the Kentucky Democrats.

2020 Primary Candidate Filings from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections.

Primary results from a media source.

Primary returns from the Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections.


   

Saturday 30 May 2020 (presumably): County/Legislative Conventions meet to elect delegates to the Congressional and State Conventions.

 

Due to COVID-19, the selection of the pledged delegates at the District and State Conventions originally scheduled for Saturday 6 June 2020 will be held at a 27 June at the State Executive Meeting, Delegates, assuming that the results of the primary are certified by the Secretary of State.

Saturday 6 June 2020: State Executive Meeting.

National Convention district and statewide delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 6 National Convention delegates consist of

  • 6 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
    • 4 Democratic National Committee members.
    • 1 Member of Congress (0 Senators and 1 Representative).
    • 1 Governor.
    • 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 6 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

 

This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Participation in Kentucky's delegate selection process is open to all voters who wish to participate as Democrats. Kentucky holds closed party primaries. Voters must identify party preference at the time of registration (at least 29 days before the election) to be eligible to vote in the primary election. If the voter is already registered in Kentucky, but not registered as a Democrat, the voter must register as a Democrat by 31 December 2019 to participate in the Democratic Primary.

Tuesday 23 June 2020: Kentucky Primary (results delayed until 30 June). Hours 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CDT [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EDT. CDT voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EDT. Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary (results delayed until 30 June)
Source: State Board of Elections.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Saturday 25 July 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.365,28467.91%
Bernard "Bernie" Sanders65,05512.09%
Uncommitted58,36410.85%
Elizabeth Ann Warren15,3002.84%
Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg9,1271.70%
Andrew Yang7,2671.35%
Tulsi Gabbard5,8591.09%
Amy Jean Klobuchar5,2960.98%
Thomas Fahr "Tom" Steyer2,6560.49%
Michael Farrand Bennet2,5140.47%
Deval Laurdine Patrick1,1830.22%
Total537,905100.00%
 

54 of 60 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Kentucky Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

  • 36 district delegates are to be allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of the State's 6 congressional districts.
  • In addition, 18 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
    • 12 at-large National Convention delegates
    • 6 Pledged PLEOs

Primary (results delayed until 30 June)
Source: State Board of Elections.
Status: Unofficial.
Estimate by County to CD interpolation as of 27 July 2020..

ContestBidenSandersUncommitted
 Pop
Vote
Qual
Vote
DelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDelPop
Vote
AllocDel
CD169,27456,151442,7943.04835,970  13,3570.9521
CD280,78153,913553,9135.00059,081  10,111  
CD3144,771108,33010108,33010.0001019,963  5,604  
CD476,98251,639651,6396.00069,494  8,577  
CD545,26035,887326,9892.25625,027  8,8980.7441
CD6120,80281,616881,6168.000815,517  11,814  
PLEO537,870365,2816365,2816.000665,052  58,361  
At-Large537,870365,28112365,28112.0001265,052  58,361  
Total
Delegates
  54  52     2
 

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.

 

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Kentucky Constitution.
Election Authority
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Media & others
  Bowling Green Daily News
  Central Kentucky News-Journal - Campbellsville
  Lexington Herald-Leader
  Messenger-Inquirer - Owensboro
  Page One - Politics in Kentucky
  Politics1.com - Kentucky
  State Journal - Frankfort
  The Advocate Messenger - Danville
  The Kentucky Post - Covington
  The Kentucky Standard - Bardstown
  The Ledger Independent - Maysville
  The Ledger Independent - Maysville
  The Paducah Sun - Paducah
  The Times Leader - Princeton
  The Vermont Cynic
  The Winchester Sun
  WAVE TV - NBC - Louisville
  WBKO TV - ABC - Bowling Green
  WHAS TV - ABC - Louisville
  WKYT & WYMT TV - CBS - Lexington
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  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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