March 3, 2020 - Super Tuesday

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 Delegates (1,357 Pledged)
Summary
: Late exits of Buttigieg and Klobuchar left just five candidates actively competing on March 3—Biden, Bloomberg, Gabbard, Sanders, Warren.  Super Tuesday results established Joe Biden as the clear frontrunner.  He won primaries in 10 states to four for Bernie Sanders. Despite his huge investment Michael Bloomberg only managed a win in American Samoa; Tulsi Gabbard also picked up two delegates in the territory.  Bloomberg ended his campaign on March 4 and Elizabeth Warren withdrew on March 5 leaving essentially a Biden-Sanders race.

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Candidate Share of the Vote—Best to Worst

15,743,452 votes were tallied in the 14 Democratic primaries compared to 8,551,104 votes in 13 Republican primaries.*  Biden received a cumulative total of 5,471,339 votes (34.76%), Sanders 4,850,078 (30.80%), Warren 2,102,332 (13.35%) and Bloomberg 1,995,042 (12.67%).   Here are the states ranked by share of the vote for each of the top for candidates:

Biden:
Alabama (63.3%), Virginia (53.3%), North Carolina (43.0%), Tennessee (41.7%), Arkansas (40.6%), Oklahoma (38.7%), Minnesota (38.6%), Texas (34.6%), Maine (33.9%), Massachusetts (33.5%), California (27.9%), Colorado (24.6%), Vermont (21.9%), Utah (18.4%)

Sanders: Vermont (50.6%), Colorado (37.0%), Utah (36.1%), California (36.0%), Maine (33.0%), Texas (29.9%), Minnesota (29.9%), Massachusetts (26.7%), Oklahoma (25.4%), Tennessee (25.0%), North Carolina (24.2%), Virginia (23.2%), Arkansas (22.4%), Alabama (16.5%)

Warren: Massachusetts (21.5%), Colorado (17.6%), Utah (16.2%), Maine (15.8%), Minnesota (15.4%), Oklahoma (13.4%), California (13.2%), Vermont (12.5%), Texas (11.4%), Virginia (10.8%), North Carolina (10.5%), Tennessee (10.4%), Arkansas (10.3%), Alabama (5.7%)

Bloomberg: Colorado (18.5%), Arkansas (16.7%), Tennessee (15.5%), Utah (15.4%), Texas (14.4%), Oklahoma (13.9%), North Carolina (13.0%), California (12.1%), Maine (12.0%) and Massachusetts (11.8%), Alabama (11.7%), Virginia (9.7%), Vermont (9.4%), Minnesota (8.32%)



- Tables Below Show the 5 Major Active Candidates as well as Former Candidates Obtaining 2% or More of the Vote; Others Listed Beneath the Tables. -

ALABAMA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (52 pledged delegates)

Official Results 2,332 precincts - Alabama Secretary of State | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
GABBARD
OTHERS (9)
UNCOMM.
TOTAL
286,065
(63.28%)
74,755
(16.54%)
52,750
(11.67%)
25,847
(5.72%)
1,038
(0.23%)
7,668
(1.70%)
3,700
(0.82%)
452,093
Others on ballot: Bennet 2,250 (0.50%), Buttigieg 1,416 (0.31%), Steyer 1,048 (0.23%), Klobuchar 907 (0.20%), Yang 875 (0.19%), Booker 740 (0.16%), Delaney 294 (0.07%), Williamson 224 (0.05%), Castro 184 (0.04%).

NOTES
Alabama des not have early voting.  The state provided Biden with his strongest showing of the night as he obtained 63.28% of the vote.

Republican turnout was boosted by a competitive primary to select a challenger to U.S. Sen. Doug Jones.  Trump won the Republican presidential primary with 96.22% of the 722,809 votes tallied (about 270,000 more votes than in the Democratic primary).

Total Ballots Cast: 1,189,069   Total Registered Voters: 3,576,107   Voter Turnout: 33.25%.

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ARKANSAS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (31 pledged delegates)

Official Results 2,570 of 2,570 Precincts Reporting - Arkansas Secretary of State | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (11)
TOTAL
93,012
(40.59%)
51,413
(22.44%)
38,312
(16.72%)
22,971
(10.03%)
7,649
(3.34%)
7,009
(3.06%)
1,593
(0.70%)
7,163
(3.13%)
229,122
Others on ballot: Steyer 2,053 (0.90%), Harris 715 (0.31%), Yang 715 (0.31%), Bennet 574 (0.25%), Booker 572 (0.25%), Williamson 501 (0.22%), Bullock 485 (0.21%), Delaney 443 (0.19%), Sestak 408 (0.18%), Boyd 393 (0.17%), Castro 304 (0.13%).

NOTES
Early Voting Feb. 17- Mar. 2, 2020.

Biden carried all counties except Washington County (Fayetteville), which Sanders won with 34.7% of the vote.

Mosie Boyd, who did campaign in Iowa and NH, is a Fort Smith native and runs the True Grit Law Firm there.

Delegate Selection

On the Republican side Trump won the presidential primary with 97.13% of the 246,044 votes tallied (17,000 more votes than in the Democratic primary).

Total Ballots Cast: 487,409   Total Registered Voters: 1,740,172   Voter Turnout: 28.01%.

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CALIFORNIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (415 pledged delegates)

Official Results 20,346 of 20,346 Precincts Reporting - Calfornia Secretary of State | Ballots [PDF]
SANDERS
BIDEN
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
STEYER
GABBARD
OTHERS (12)
TOTAL
2,080,846
(36.0%)
1,613,854
(27.9%)
762,555
(13.2%)
701,803
(12.1%)
249,256
(4.3%)
126,961
(2.2%)
113,092
(2.0%)
33,769
(0.6%)
102,194
(%)
5,784,330
Others on ballot: Yang 43,571 (0.8%), Castro 13,892 (0.2%), Bennet 7,377 (0.1%), Williamson 7,052 (0.1%) De La Fuente III 6,151 (0.1%), Booker 6,000 (0.1%), Delaney 4,606 (0.1%), Ellinger 3,424 (0.1%), Sestak 3,270 (0.1%),Greenstein 3,190 (0.1%), Patrick 2,022 (0.0%), Boyd 1,639 (0.00%).

NOTES
Looking back to 2016, the June 7 California primary was a closing battle in the contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders; Clinton prevailed by a 53.06% to 46.04% margin with 5,173,388 votes cast.  On Sept. 17, 2017 Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 568, "The Prime Time Primary Act" (+) to move the presidential primary date up to March 3, 2020.

Homestate U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris was an early favorite; by the end of Feb. 2016 she had locked up endorsements from a passel of officials including Gov. Gavin Newsom, five statewide constitutional officers, six members of Congress and 21 members of the state Senate. 

California did see a fair bit of campaign activity.  In April-May 2019 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who had considered a run, did events with a number of the candidates including Biden, Buttigieg, Booker and Inslee.  There were also some big multi-candidate events including:

June 1 and 2, 2019  - California Democratic Party Convention.
Aug. 23, 2019 - DNC Summer Meeting.
Oct. 4-5, 2019 - SEIU Unions for All Summit.
Oct. 10, 2019 - Human Rights Campaign 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum.
Nov. 16, 2019 - California Democratic Party 2019 State Convention Presidential Forum.

California could possibly have provided Harris'  ticket to the nomination, but she suspended her campaign on Dec. 3.  Other candidates from California likewise exited before the primary.  U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell made an early exit (July 8), Marianne Williamson lasted until Nov. 18, and Tom Steyer, who did build an organization here, was out by Feb. 29.

First day to vote by mail: Feb. 3, 2020.  Deadline for requesting vote by mail ballot: Feb. 25.  Ballot must be postmarked on or before Mar. 3 and received no later than Mar. 6.

California proved to be one of few bright spots for Sanders.  His campaign announced its first staff on May 31, 2019 and ultimately opened at least 22 offices and had over 100 staff working in the state.  Second place finisher Biden had a minimal operation.  Warren had organizers around the state starting in the latter part of 2019. 

Bloomberg made a huge investment here but only managed a fourth place showing.  The Hollywood Reporter reported that Advertising Analytics data through Feb. 24 showed Bloomberg had spent $63.2 million on TV advertising in California (cable, broadcast and satellite) compared to $27.2 million for Steyer and $6.3 million for Sanders.  Bloomberg's ground game was similarly outsize.  He tapped Chris Masami Myers, executive director of the California Democratic Party, as his state director on Dec. 24, and he went on to build "the biggest primary operation in California history," opening 25 offices around the state and hiring a staff of hundreds.  The New York Times reported on Feb. 6 that, "Bloomberg has 220 staff members throughout the state, a number his campaign expects to grow to 800 by the end of the month."  

Buttigieg had a tiny organization but decent volunteer activity around the state, and Klobuchar less so.  Their exits right before Super Tuesday, forced their supporters (or most of them) who turned out on Election Day to look to the remaining candidates.

As a result of a 2016 law, 15 participating counties use vote centers instead of polling places.  These are intended to "make voting more easy and accessible."  Vote centers are open for a minimum of 11 days, up to and including Election Day, and voters can vote at any vote center in their county.  However, in Los Angeles County, which was using the system for the first time, there were very long lines on Election Day [PDF].

Six parties conducted presidential primaries: Dem., Rep., AIP, Lib., Grn and P&F.  The ballot for voters who are registered as No Party Preference does not have any partisan races; NPP voters can request a ballot to vote in some party primaries (AIP, Dem. and Lib.) but not others (Grn., P&F, Rep.).

This primary occurred before coronavirus shut down campaign activities, but the pandemic did have one small side effect.  On Mar. 20, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order which extended the official canvass period (for counties to process and count ballots) by 21 days, or from Mar. 5-Apr. 24.  The Secretary of State had until May 1 to certify the results.

Sanders carried 50 counties to 8 for Biden.  All the Biden counties were in Northern California (Lassen; Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras; Solano, Contra Costa and Marin). 

In the Republican primary Trump won 92.2% of 2,471,469 votes tallied.  In the Libertarian primary 13 candidates split the vote; Hornberger topped the field with 19.4% of the vote.  Phil Collins won the AIP primary, Howie Hawkins won the Green primary and Gloria La Riva won the P&F primary.  Total ballots cast was 9,687,076, the most ever in a primary election; 38.4% of the eligible voting age population cast ballots, the second highest primary turnout.

Eligible  25,251,216.  
Registered  20,660,465... Dem. 9,361,582, Rep. 4,937,986, AIP 600,057, Grn. 83,281, Lib. 175,352, P&F 95,242, Unknown 104,680, Other 120,494, NPP 5,181,791.  >
Ballots Cast  9,687,076.

Erik Hayden.  "Bloomberg's TV Ad Blitz Buries Democrats in California."  The Hollywood Reporter, Feb. 25, 2020.
Jennifer Medina "The Battle for California's 20 Million Voters Came Early This Year."  New York Times, Feb, 6, 2020.

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COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (67 pledged delegates)

Official Results 64 of 64 Counties Reporting - Colorado Secretary of State | Ballots [PDF]
SANDERS
BIDEN
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
GABBARD
OTHERS (13)
TOTAL
355,293
(37.00%)
236,565
(24.64%)
177,727
(18.51%)
168,695
(17.57%)
10,037
(1.05%)
11,811
(1.23%)
960,128
Others on ballot: Yang 3,988 (0.42%), Steyer 3,323 (0.35%), Booker 1,276 (0.13%), De La Fuente III 1,136 (0.12%), Williamson 1,086 (0.11%), Krichevsky 445 (0.05%), Wells 330 (0.03%), Patrick 227 (0.02%).  Results not reported for Bennet, Buttigieg, Delaney and Klobuchar.*

*Under Colorado law, any votes cast for candidates who formally withdraw after ballots are printed are invalid and shall not be counted. As a result, no results for these candidates will be displayed on this state results page or any individual county results page. Results for candidates who did not officially withdraw but publicly announced suspensions of their presidential campaigns are displayed on this website, because such public announcements have no legal effect under Colorado election law.

NOTES
The two Colorado candidates in the raceformer Gov. John Hickenlooper (Mar. 4, 2019-Aug. 15, 2019) and U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (May 2, 2019-Feb. 11, 2020)—both bowed out before the primary. 

Feb. 10, 2020 was the first day that mail ballots for the March 3rd Presidential Primary Election were mailed to voters.

Colroado was one of Biden's weakest states as he obtained less than one quarter of the vote; at the same time the state provide the strongest showings for Sanders (outside VT), Warren (outside MA) and Blloomberg.  Sanders carried 55 counties to 6 for Biden, 2 for Bloomberg and 1 Biden-Bloomberg tie.

On the Republican side Trump won the presidential primary with 92.26% of the 681,623 votes tallied (278,505 fewer votes than in the Democratic primary).

Total Ballots Cast: 1,806,325   Total Registered Voters: 3,890,445   Voter Turnout: 46.43%.


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MAINE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (24 pledged delegates)

Official Results 16 Counties Reporting - Maine Secretary of State | Ballots [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (5)
TOTAL
68,729
(33.94%)
66,826
(33.00%)
32,055
(15.83%)
24,294
(12.00%)
4,364
(2.15%)
2,826
(1.40%)
1,815
(0.90%)
1,611
(0.80%)
205,937
Others on ballot: Yang 696, Steyer 313, Patrick 218, Williamson 201, Booker 183.  Total includes Blank 3,417.

NOTES
Maine has used a caucus system in recent cycles but does have experience with presidential primaries in 1996 and 2000 (>).  On June 20, 2019 Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed into law LD 1626, "An Act To Implement a Presidential Primary System in Maine."  As FrontloadingHQ details, LD 1626 was the third attempt of the legislative session to reinstitute the primary, but was a more streamlined bill.  Turnout in the primary was stronger than anticipated in part due to a special referendum "people's veto" of a law on immunizations.

Biden's win came as somewhat of a surprise.  Sanders is from the region, and in 2016 he had handily won the caucus.  Biden carried both congressional districts and ten of 16 counties.  On the Republican side, Trump was the only candidate on the ballot and obtained 83.85% of the 113,728 votes tallied.

Total Ballots Cast: 388,393  

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MASSACHUSETTS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (91 pledged delegates)

Official Results 2,174 of 2,174 Precincts Reporting - Massachusetts Secretary of State | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (8)
N.PREF
TOTAL
473,861
(33.51%)
376,900
(26.65%)
303,864
(21.49%)
166,200
(11.75%)
38,400
(2.72%)
17,297
(1.22%)
10,548
(0.75%)
21,614
(1.53%)
5,345
(0.38%)
1,418,180
Others: Patrick 6,923 (0.49%), Steyer 6,762 (0.48%), Yang 2,708 (0.19%), Bennet 1,257 (0.09%), Delaney 675, Williamson 617, Booker 426, Castro 305, All Others 1,941 (0.38%). Total includes Blank 4,061.

NOTES
As a result of special legislation passed in Dec. 2019 a five-day early voting period was established for the primary, from Feb. 24-28, 2020 [there has been early voting in the biennial general elections in 2016 and 2018, but not in a primary].  More than 190,000 Democratic votes were cast in the early voting period.  Voting in the Democratic primary set a record at 1,418,180 compared to 1,220,296 in 2016.

Home state U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren suffered a third place finish.  Biden carried 11 counties to 3 for Sanders.

More than five times as many people voted in the Democratic primary than In the Republican primary where Trump won 87.0% of the 277,002 votes tallied.  In addition, 4,159 votes were cast in the Libertarian primary (Vermin Supreme narrowly topped a field of 10 candidates) and 1,620 votes in the Green-Rainbow primary (Dario Hunter narrowly bested 4 other candidates).

Total enrollment for the primary of 4,581,319 included: Dem. 1,491,600 (32.56%, Rep. 462,586 (10.10%), Grn-Rbw 3,807 (0.08%), Lib. 19,851 )0.43%), Unenrolled 2,564,076 (55.97%) and political designations 39,399 (0.86%).  [Unenrolled (no party) can vote in the primary; as in NH they declare a party at the check-in table at the polling location, the revert back to unenrolled after voting].

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MINNESOTA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (75 pledged delegates)

Official Results 4,110 of 4,110 Precincts Reporting -  Minnesota Secretary of State | Ballots [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
KLOBUCHAR
BUTTIGIEG
GABBARD
OTHERS (8)
UNCOMM.
TOTAL
287,553
(38.64%)
222,431
(29.89%)
114,674
(15.41%)
61,882
(8.32%)
41,530
(5.58%)
7,616
(1.02%)
2,504
(0.34%)
3,396
(0.45%)
2,612
(0.35%)
744,198
Others: Yang 1,749 (0.24%), Steyer 551 (0.07%), Bennet 315 (0.04%), Williamson 226 (0.03%), Booker 197 (0.03%), Delaney 172 (0.02%), Castro 114 (0.02%), Patrick 72 (0.01%).

NOTES
Absentee voting occurred from Jan. 17-Mar. 2, 2020; voters turning out early in the absentee voting period were among the first in the country to actually cast votes (see also Vermont).

Home state U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar's suspension of her campaign and endorsement of Biden the day before the primary paved the way for his win.  Bloomberg's 8.32% was his weakest showing of any of the Super Tuesday states.

Delegate Selection

More than five times as many votes were cast in the Democratic primary than in the Republican primary, where Trump faced no opposition and won 97.67% of the 140,555 votes tallied. 

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NORTH CAROLINA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (110 pledged delegates)

Official Results 2,670 of 2,670 Precincts Reporting -  North Carolina State Board of Elections | Ballots [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
NO PREF.
GABBARD
OTHERS (8)
TOTAL
572,271
(42.95%)
322,645
(24.22%)
172,558
(12.95%)
139,912
(10.50%)
43,632
(3.27%)
30,742
(2.31%)
21,808
(1.64%)
6,622
(0.50%)
21,192
(1.59%)
1,332,382
Others: Steyer 10,679 (0.80%), Yang 2,973 (0.22%), Booker 2,181 (0.16%), Bennet 1,978 (0.15%), Patrick 1,341 (0.10%), Williamson 1,243 (0.09%), Delaney 1,098 (0.08%), Castro 699 (0.05%). [Steyer finished ahead of Gabbard, but not active, less than 2 percent so not included in table; see note at top].

NOTES
In-person early voting ran from Feb. 13-29, 2020 (17 days). Voters could register and vote at the same time.  Voter ID requirements have been a subject of legal wrangling here since the legislature passed a law in 2013; in a Dec. 31, 2019 order, a federal district court issued a temporary injunction blocking the most recent version of the voter ID law from taking effect. 

Biden carried 95 of 100 counties; Sanders won in 5 counties in western North Carolina.  Bloomberg opened his first field office in the country in Charlotte on Dec. 15, 2019.

Over half a million more votes were tallied in the Democratic primary than in the Republican primary, where Trump faced scant opposition and won 93.53% of the 802,527 votes tallied.  In the Libertarian primary 6,110 votes were split among 16 candidates; no preference emerged as the clear winner with 33.09%.  The Green (330 votes) and Constitution Parties (281 votes) also held primaries.

Total Ballots Cast: 2,164,731   Total Registered Voters: 6,940,995   Voter Turnout: 31.19%.

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OKLAHOMA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (37 pledged delegates)

Official Results 1,948 of 1,948 Precincts Reporting -  Oklahoma State Election Board | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
KLOBUCHAR
BUTTIGIEG
GABBARD
OTHERS (7)
TOTAL
117,633
(38.66%)
77,425
(25.45%)
42,270
(13.89%)
40,732
(13.39%)
6,733
(2.21%)
5,115
(1.68%)
5,109
(1.68%)
9,264
(3.04%)
304,281
Others on ballot: Steyer 2,006 (0.66%), Yang 1,997 (0.66%), Booker 1,530 (0.50), Bennet 1,273 (0.42%), Williamson 1,158 (0.38%), Patrick 680 (0.22%),
Castro 620 (0.20%).

NOTES
11,114 votes were cast by absentee mail, 18,383 in early voting and 274,784 on Election Day.
Biden won convincingly, carrying all five congressional districts.  Turnout in the Democratic primary was a bit lower than the 335,843 ballots in 2016.  For Sanders 2020 produced a very different result than 2016 when, as the alternative to Hillary Clinton, he won the primary with 51.88% of the vote.  This time voters had additional choices, most notably Bloomberg and Warren.  Warren is originally from Oklahoma and routinely mentioned that fact in her campaign speeches.  Bloomberg announced one of the signature proposals of his campaign, the Greenwood Initiative, on economic justice for black Americans, in Tulsa on Jan. 15, 2020.

Trump  won 92.6% of the 295,601 votes tallied in the Republican primary. 

Total Ballots Cast: 2,164,731   Total Registered Voters: 6,940,995   Voter Turnout: 31.19%.

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TENNESSEE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (64 pledged delegates)

Official Results 1,962 of 1,962 Precincts Reporting - Tennessee Secretary of State | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (8)
UNCOMM.
TOTAL
215,390
(41.72%)
129,168
(25.02%)
79,789
(15.46%)
53,732
(10.41%)
17,102
(3.31%)
10,671
(2.07%)
2,278
(0.44%)
6,929
(1.34%)
1,191
(0.23%)
516,250
Others on ballot: Steyer 1,932 (0.37%), Bennet 1,650 (0.32%), Yang 1,097 (0.21%), Booker 953 (0.18%), Williamson 498 (0.10%), Delaney 378 (0.07%), Castro 239 (0.05%), Patrick 182 (0.04%).

NOTES
Turnout was significantly higher than the 372,222 votes tallied in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary.  Of 516,250 total votes, 169,447 or 32.8% of the total, were cast during twelve days of early voting, Feb. 12-25, 2020 except Sundays (>).  Biden achieved a decisive win, carrying 92 counties to 3 for Sanders.

Trump  won 96.47% of the 398,314 votes tallied in the Republican primary.

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TEXAS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (228 pledged delegates)

Official Results  254 of 254 Counties / 5,212 of 5,212 Polling Locations Reporting - Texas Secretary of State | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
BLOOMBERG
WARREN
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (10)
TOTAL
725,562
(34.64%)
626,339
(29.91%)
300,608
(14.35%)
239,237
(11.42%)
82,671
(3.95%)
43,291
(2.07%)
8,688
(0.41%)
68,032
(3.25%)
2,094,428
Others on ballot: Castro 16,688 (0.80%), Steyer 13,929 (0.67%), Bennet 10,324 (0.49%), Yang 6,674 (0.32%), De La Fuente 5,469 (0.26%), Booker 4,941 (0.24%), Williamson 3,918 (0.19%), Delaney 3,280 (0.16%), Wells 1,505 (0.07%), Patrick 1,304 (0.06%).

NOTES
By the time of the primary, the two candidates from Texas had dropped out.  Former U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, whose candidacy ran from Mar. 14-Nov. 1, 2019, endorsed Biden just before the primary on Mar. 2.  Former HUD Sec. Julián Castro, whose campaign lasted for about a year from exploratory launch on Dec. 12 to suspension on Jan. 2, 2020, endorsed Warren on Jan. 6.

In the early voting period from Feb. 18-Feb. 28, 2020, 1,001,220 Democrats voted (886,333 in person and 114,887 by mail).  Over two million votes were tallied in the 2020 Democratic primary, or 600,000 more than in 2016.  Texas Democratic Party Executive Director Manny Garcia stated, “Turnout in the 2020 Democratic primary shattered our expectations with over 2 million Texans making their voices be heard. We had more ballots cast than Texas Republicans in the Texas Primary. The momentum is clearly on our side. The people of Texas are standing up and fighting for quality healthcare, strong neighborhood schools, and an economy that works for all. Texas is the biggest battleground state in the country. The energy among Texas Democrats will carry us to victory up and down the ballot in November.”

Biden carried over 200 counties including the three most populous (Harris, Dallas and Tarrant); Sanders carried the fourth and fifth most populous counties (Bexar and Travis) and did particularly well in the Southwest part of the state.  It must be pointed out that some Texas counties are very sparsely populated.  Census population estimates as of July 2018 showed eight counties with populations of less than one thousand (>); in King County, population 228, only two Democratic votes were tallied in the presidential primary.

Trump  won 94.13% of the 2,017,167 votes tallied in the Republican primary.

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UTAH PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (29 pledged delegates)

Official Results  29 of 29 Counties Reporting - Utah Elections Division (2) | Ballots [PDF]
SANDERS
BIDEN
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (8)
TOTAL
79,728
(36.14%)
40,674
(18.44%)
35,727
(16.20%)
33,991
(15.41%)
18,734
(8.49%)
7,603
(3.45%)
1,704
(0.77%)
2,421
(1.10%)
220,582
Others on ballot: Yang 950 (0.43%), Steyer 703 (0.32%), Williamson 220 (0.10%), Castro 159 (0.07%), Booker 138 (0.06%), De La Fuente 127 (0.06%),
Bloxham 69 (0.03%), Patrick 55 (0.02%).

NOTES
In 2016 Utah Democrats and Republicans held caucuses on March 22 described as chaotic.  In Mar. 2017 the legislature passed and the governor signed H.B. 204 allowing the parties to hold presidential primaries.  In Mar. 2019 the legislature pased and the governor signed S.B. 242 setting the March 3 date and other details.

"All counties in Utah now vote by mail."  Mail ballots were sent to voters Feb 11-18, 2020.  In person early voting occurred from Feb. 18-Feb. 28, 2020 or Mar. 2 in some jurisdictions.  Salt Lake County accounted for 56.7% of votes tallied in the Democratic primary (125,111 of 220,582).

Sanders carried 21 counties, Biden 7 and 1 tie.

In the Republican primary, Trump won 87.79% of 344,852 votes tallied.

Total Active Voters (2/3/20): 1,460,493: Rep. 699,459 (47.89%), Unaff. 488,312 (33.43%), Dem. 203,500 (13.93%), IAP 44,227, Lib. 15,887, Const. 5,507, Grn. 1,899, Uni. 1,702.

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VERMONT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (16 pledged delegates)

Official Results  246 of 246 Precincts Reporting - Vermont Secretary of State (2) | Ballot [PDF]
SANDERS
BIDEN
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
GABBARD
OTHERS (6+w/ins)
TOTAL
79,921
(50.57%)
34,669
(21.94%)
19,785
(12.52%)
14,828
(9.38%)
3,709
(2.35%)
1,991
(1.26%)
1,303
(0.82%)
1,446
(0.92%)
158,032
Others on ballot: Yang 591 (0.37%), Steyer 202 (0.13%), Patrick 137 (0.09%), Williamson 135 (0.09%), Stewart 110 (0.07%), Castro 52 (0.03%), w/ins 219 (0.14%).
and total includes 57 overvotes and 323 blank votes

NOTES
The presidential primary was on the same day as town meeting day.  Early voting started on Jan. 17, 2020.  Sanders easily won in his home state.  (In an interesting parenthetical note, former candidate Marianne Williamson is listed on the ballot as being from Iowa).

In the Republican primary, Trump won 86.49% of 39,291 votes tallied.

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VIRGINIA PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY (99 pledged delegates)

Official Results   of Precincts Reporting - Virginia Department of Elections | Ballot [PDF]
BIDEN
SANDERS
WARREN
BLOOMBERG
GABBARD
BUTTIGIEG
KLOBUCHAR
OTHERS (7)
TOTAL
705,501
(53.31%)
306,388
(23.15%)
142,546
(10.77%)
128,030
(9.67%)
11,288
(0.85%)
11,199
(0.85%)
8,414
(0.64%)
10,143
(0.77%)
1,323,509
Others on ballot: Yang 3,361 (0.25%), Booker 1,910 (0.14%), Steyer 1,472 (0.11%), Bennet 1,437 (0.11%), Williamson 902 (0.07%), Castro 691 (0.05%), Patrick 370 (0.03%)

NOTES
Virginia was one of only two Super Tuesday states where Biden obtained more than 50% of the vote.  He carried all congressional districts.  His strongest showing was in the 3rd CD (Newport News, rep. by Rpbert Scott).  He was just below 50% in CDs 11 (NoVA rep. by Gerald Connolly), 8 (NoVA rep. by Don Beyer) and 9 (western tip of the state rep. by Morgan Griffin).

The Virginia Department of Elections notes, "Virginia residents do not register by party. Because of that, and the fact that the Democrats are the only party holding a presidential primary (Virginia Republicans will choose their delegates to the Republican National Convention at a state convention), any registered Virginia voter can vote in the March 3, 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary."

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AMERICAN SAMOA CAUCUS (6 pledged delegates)

BLOOMBERG
GABBARD
SANDERS
BIDEN
WARREN
TOTAL
175
(49.9%)
103
(29.3%)
37
(10.5%)
31
(8.8%)
5
(1.4%)
315


NOTES
Bloomberg put staff on the ground, did paid advertising, and on March 2 won the endorsement of chief Fa'alagiga Nina Tua'au-Glaude. The territory provided his only win on Super Tuesday.  Gabbard, who was born on America Samoa, started her campaign late but did win a couple of delegates.


American Samoa Democratic Party

"The caucus will be held at the Samoa Sports Center Building (the old bowling alley/club side) from 9am until 2pm. You may register and vote on the same day at any time between 6am and 11:30am. You can register on our website at http://asdems.com/ under the "party registration" tab.

"To vote you should bring your American Samoa Voter's ID or proof of residency in the Territory as a US National or US Citizen. If you are 17 but will be 18 by the November 3rd election this year, you may also vote."

See:
Fili Sagapolutele.  "Bloomberg campaign rolled out in American Samoa."  Samoa News, Mar. 1, 2020.

AP.  "Here's why Bloomberg scored a decisive Super Tuesday win in American Samoa over Tulsi Gabbard."  Hawaii News Now, Mar. 5, 2020.


Tulsi 2020 March 5, 2020 press release

American Samoa Democratic Party Confirms Tulsi Gabbard Wins Two Delegates  

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (U.S. Rep, Hawaii) received confirmation today that she won two delegates during the Super Tuesday election in American Samoa after a strong second place finish there.

“Our campaign has been in touch with the American Samoa Democratic Party, and it has been confirmed to us that Tulsi received two pledged delegates, not one as has been previously reported,” said campaign spokesperson Cullen Tiernan.

The Gabbard campaign is requesting all media outlets correct their delegate counters to reflect this confirmation.

Tulsi remains focused on bringing her campaign message directly to the American people. This Saturday, she will attend a town hall in Las Vegas moderated by NORML. There, she will discuss criminal justice reform, and she will continue to share her vision for ending our engagement in costly regime change wars, the new Cold War and arms race, and investing US resources in serving the needs of the American people.

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REPUBLICAN RESULTS

In 13 primaries Trump won 7,963,393 votes of 8,550,982 tallied or 93.13%.

Alabama
Trump 695,469 (96.22%), Weld 10,062 (1.52%), Uncommitted 16,378 (2.27%).  Total: 722,809.

Arkansas
Trump 238,980 (97.13%), Weld 5,216 (2.12%), De La Fuente 1,848 (0.75%).  Total: 246,044.

California
Trump 2,279,120 (92.2%), Weld 66,904 (2.7%), Walsh 64,749 (2.6%), De La Fuente 24,351 (1.0%), Matern 15,469 (0.6%), Ardini 12,857 (0.5%), Istvan 8,141(0.3%).  Total: 2,471,591.

Colorado
Trump 628,876 (92.26%), Weld 25,698 (3.77%), Walsh 13,072 (1.92%), Matern 7,239 (1.06%), Ardini 3,388 (0.50%), Istvan 3,350 (0.49%).  Total: 681,623.

Maine

Trump 95,360 (83.85%), Blank 18,368 (16.15%).  Total: 113,728.

Massachusetts

Trump 239,115 (87.0%), Weld 25,425 (9.3%), Walsh 3,008 (1.1%), De La Fuente 675 (0.2%), All Others 2,152 (0.8%), No Preference 4,385 (16%), Blanks 2,242.  Total: 277,002.

Minnesota
Trump 137,275 (97.67%), Write In 3,280 (2.33%).  Total: 140,555.

North Carolina
Trump 750,600 (93.53%), No Pref. 20,085 (2.50%), Walsh 16,356 (2.04%), Weld 15,486 (1.93%).  Total: 802,527.

Oklahoma
Trump 273,738 (92.6%), Walsh 10,996 (3.72%), Matern 3,810 (1.29%), Ely 3,294 (1.11%), De La Fuente 2,466 (0.83%), Istvan 1,297 (0.44%).  Total: 295,601.

Tennessee
Trump 384,266 (96.47%), Walsh 4,178 (1.05%), Weld 3,922 (0.98%), Uncomm. 5,948 (1.49%).  Total: 398,314.

Texas
Trump 1,898,664 (94.13%), Uncomm. 71,803 (3.56%), Weld 15,824 (0.78%), Walsh 14,772 (0.73%), De La Fuente 7,563 (0.37%), Ely 3,582 (0.18%), Matern 3,512 (0.17%), Istvan 1,447 (0.07%).  Total 2,017,167.

Utah
Trump 302,751 (87.79%), Weld 23,652 (6.86%), Walsh 7,509 (2.18%), Matern 5,751 (1.67%), Ardini 3,971 (1.15%), Ely 1,218 (0.35%).  Total: 344,852.

Vermont
Trump 33,984 (86.49%), Weld 3,971 (10.11%), De La Fuente 341 (0.87%), w/ins 480 (1.22%), overvotes 37 (0.09%), blank 478 (1.22%).  Total: 39,291.

Virginia
State party opted not to hold primary; delegates to be selected at state convention.