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2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions
 
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Presidential Nominating Process
Primary: Tuesday 17 March 2020 (presumably)
Congressional District Caucuses and Executive Board Meeting: Tuesday 24 March - Saturday 13 June 2020
Republicans
CandidateDelegate Votes
Hard TotalFloor
Trump, Donald John122 100.00%122 100.00%
Total122 100.00%122 100.00%

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

 
 

Election Dates for 2020 and Candidates and Races from the Florida Department of State.

Delegates from the Republican Party of Florida.


Returns from the Florida Department of State.


   

"If ... a political party has only one presidential candidate, neither the name of the candidate nor the names of the candidate's delegates shall be printed on the ballot." [Florida Statute 103.101, paragraph 4]

Tuesday 17 March 2020 (presumably): Florida Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p EDT (1100-2300 UTC) / 7:00a-7:00p CDT (1200-0000 UTC). Relatively small portions of this state are in CT and so the vast majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary
Source: Florida Department of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Wednesday 29 April 2020.
Included in Nationwide vote.

CandidatePop
Vote
%
Donald John Trump1,162,98493.79%
William Floyd "Bill" Weld39,3193.17%
Joe Walsh25,4642.05%
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente, Jr.12,1720.98%
Total1,239,939100.00%
 

All 122 of Florida's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated in today's Florida Presidential Primary. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B. and D]

  • The Republican presidential candidate receiving the highest number of statewide votes at the Florida Presidential Preference Primary shall be awarded all delegates (including the 3 party leaders, the National Committeeman, the National Committeewoman, and the chairman of the Florida's Republican Party) to the Republican National Convention.

National Convention Delegates are bound through the 3rd ballot unless the candidate withdraws or releases his/her delegates. "The Chairman ... shall be bound to ... cast all Delegate at Large votes ... during the first three convention ballots .... If the candidate... releases the delegates or withdraws his or her candidacy, then said delegate votes will not be bound to any candidate. [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 B.]

 

Tuesday 24 March - Saturday 13 June 2020: Congressional District Caucuses meets to elect the National Convention District delegates, 3 per CD, according to the results of the primary. Executive Board Meeting meets to elect the At-Large delegates according to the results of the primary.

Within one week after the Presidential Preference Primary, each Republican presidential candidate whose name appeared on the Presidential Preference Primary ballot shall submit to the Chairman of the Republican Party of Florida a list of proposed delegates ... who shall be considered as candidates ... to be elected as delegates.... The names ... of the proposed candidate's supporters shall be distributed ... to the various ... electing bodies prior to the holding of any elections for the purpose of electing delegates .... [Republican Party of Florida Rule 10 C.]

 

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

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?Mode=Constitution&Submenu=3&Tab=statutes
Election Authority
 • Florida Department of State - Division of Elections
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Florida House of Representatives
 • Florida Senate
 • The Florida Monitor Weekly Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Republican
 • Republican Party of Florida
Media & others
 • Charlotte Sun-Herald - Charlotte Harbor
 • Citrus County Chronicle - Crystal River
 • El Nueve Herald - Miami
 • Florida News Center
 • Florida Politics (blog)
 • Gadsden County Times
 • Gulfshore Business
 • KeysNews.com - The Florida Keys
 • Lake City Reporter
 • New Times - Broward-Palm Beach
 • News Leader - Fernandina Beach
 • News-Sun - Avon Park - Lake Placid - Sebring
 • Orlando Sentinel
 • Palatka Daily News
 • Politics1.com - Florida
 • Sayfie Review
 • South Florida Sun-Sentinel - Broward - Palm Beach - Miami-Dade
 • St. Petersburg Times
 • Tampa Bay Times - St. Petersburg
 • The Apalachicola Times
 • The Beaches Leader - Jacksonville
 • The Westside Gazette - BlackPressUSA - Broward County
 • WBBH TV - NBC - Fort Myers
 • WCJB TV - ABC - Gainesville - Lake City - Ocala
 • WCTV - CBS - Tallahassee
 • WEAR TV - ABC - Pensacola
 • WESH TV - NBC - Winter Park
 • WFOR TV - CBS - Miami - Fort Lauderdale
 • WFTS TV - ABC - Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota
 • WFTV TV - ABC - Orlando
 • WINK TV - CBS - Fort Myers
 • WINZ AM - CC - Miami
 • WJHG TV - NBC - Panama City
 • WJXT TV - Jacksonville
 • WJXX TV - ABC and WTLV TV - NBC - Jacksonville
 • WKMG TV - CBS - Orlando
 • WPBF TV - IBS - West Palm Beach
 • WPTV TV - NBC - West Palm Beach
 • WSCV-TV - Telemundo 51 - Miami - Ft. Lauderdale
 • WSVN TV - FOX - Miami
 • WTSP TV - CBS - Tampa
 • WTVJ TV - NBC - Miramar
 • WTVT TV - FOX - Tampa Bay
 • WTXL TV - ABC - Tallahassee
 


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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  
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  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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