2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary


The 2020 Virginia Democratic presidential primary took place in Virginia, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Virginia primary was an open primary, wherein any registered voter can vote, regardless of party registration. The state awarded 124 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 99 are pledged delegates allocated at the local level.
The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the Virginia primary as polls closed. His victory was much more massive than most polls predicted. Biden won Virginia by over 30 points, winning nearly every county in the state across nearly all demographics. His strongest performances were among African-American voters, suburban voters and he also handily won nearly all rural counties dominated by white, working-class voters.

Procedure

is one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday".
Absentee voting began 45 days earlier, on January 18, 2020, for voters able to give an acceptable reason for being unable to vote on March 3.
Voting took place throughout the state from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 99 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 99 pledged delegates, between 4 and 7 are allocated to each of the state's 11 congressional districts and another 13 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials, in addition to 21 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates will be allocated as Virginia shares a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday; these numbers do not yet account for these delegates.
After city and county caucuses between Saturday, April 18, and Monday, April 20, 2020, during which district delegates will be elected for subsequent congressional district conventions on Saturday, May 2, 9, and 16, 2020, as well as the state convention. At the congressional district conventions, national convention district level delegates will be nominated. The state convention will then convene on Saturday, June 13, 2020, to vote on the 21 pledged at-large and 13 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 99 pledged delegates Virginia sends to the national convention will be joined by 25 unpledged PLEO delegates.

Candidates

Ballot access to the primary was not automatic, and potential candidates had to file a 5,000-signature petition from qualified voters, with at least 200 signatures from each of the state’s 11 congressional districts by December 12, 2019, to appear on the primary ballot.
The following candidates were on the ballot:
Running
Withdrawn

Results


CandidateVotes%Delegates
Joe Biden705,50153.3067
Bernie Sanders306,38823.1531
Elizabeth Warren142,54610.771
Michael Bloomberg128,0309.670
Tulsi Gabbard11,2880.850
Pete Buttigieg 11,1990.850
Amy Klobuchar 8,4140.640
Andrew Yang 3,3610.250
Cory Booker 1,9100.140
Tom Steyer 1,4720.110
Michael Bennet 1,4370.110
Marianne Williamson 9020.070
Julian Castro 6910.050
Deval Patrick 3700.030
Write-in votes1840.010
Total1,323,693100%99

†Candidate withdrew after absentee voting started.

Results by locality