2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary

2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary
	May 12, 2020
33 Democratic National Convention delegates (29 pledged with 20 on district-level and 9 statewide; 4 unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Election results by county Joe Biden

The 2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Nebraska primary was a semi-closed primary. The state awarded 33 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 29 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Joe Biden, the sole remaining Democratic candidate, won 76.8% and all delegates, with Bernie Sanders very narrowly missing out on winning a delegate in the 2nd district.[1] Nebraska was the first state in the Democratic primaries to hand all of its delegates to one candidate.

Pledged national convention delegates
Type	Del.
CD1	7
CD2	9
CD3	4
PLEO	3
At-large	6
Total pledged delegates	29

Procedure

While Nebraska Democrats previously had used caucuses as their nominating process, the party's central committee decided on December 8, 2018 to return to a primary system after the proposal had been "overwhelmingly" supported in a voice vote.[2]

Voting started and ended simultaneously throughout the state, with polling places in the Central Time Zone open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. and those in the Mountain Time Zone open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. In the semi-closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 29 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of these, between 4 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 3 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 6 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals assume Nebraska receives bonus delegates from timing and as a result of regional clustering.[1] Originally planned with 25 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 4 additional delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the May date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[3]

County conventions were subsequently held between Sunday, May 17, 2020 and Sunday, May 31, 2020 to elect delegates to the state convention, which was held between Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14, 2020. The state convention voted on Saturday, June 13, 2020 to designate national convention delegates, including 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).[1]

Candidates

The following candidates were on the ballot in Nebraska:[4]

Joe Biden
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)

Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer had also qualified but withdrew before the deadline on March 10 and were taken off the ballot.[5]

Results

2020 Nebraska Democratic presidential primary[6]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[7]
Joe Biden	126,444	76.83	29
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	23,214	14.10
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	10,401	6.32
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	4,523	2.75
Total	164,582	100%	29

Results by county[6]
County	Joe Biden		Tulsi Gabbard		Bernie Sanders		Elizabeth Warren
County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Adams	1,483	77.60%	65	3.40%	242	12.66%	121	6.33%
Antelope	216	77.42%	22	7.89%	20	7.17%	21	7.53%
Arthur	9	90.00%	1	10.00%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%
Banner	12	92.31%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	7.69%
Blaine	14	93.33%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	1	6.67%
Boone	246	74.55%	28	8.48%	29	8.79%	27	8.18%
Box Butte	442	79.21%	24	4.30%	57	10.22%	35	6.27%
Boyd	60	78.95%	3	3.95%	6	7.89%	7	9.21%
Brown	57	69.51%	5	6.10%	14	17.07%	6	7.32%
Buffalo	1,900	76.74%	91	3.68%	331	13.37%	154	6.22%
Burt	477	82.38%	15	2.59%	52	8.98%	35	6.04%
Butler	352	78.22%	20	4.44%	47	10.44%	31	6.89%
Cass	1,584	81.52%	77	3.96%	183	9.42%	99	5.10%
Cedar	358	71.31%	46	9.16%	46	9.16%	52	10.36%
Chase	84	73.68%	8	7.02%	8	7.02%	14	12.28%
Cherry	147	74.24%	10	5.05%	23	11.62%	18	9.09%
Cheyenne	313	78.45%	14	3.51%	45	11.28%	27	6.77%
Clay	266	74.72%	19	5.34%	49	13.76%	22	6.18%
Colfax	354	77.80%	28	6.15%	41	9.01%	32	7.03%
Cuming	304	80.21%	22	5.80%	23	6.07%	30	7.92%
Custer	327	80.94%	27	6.68%	28	6.93%	22	5.45%
Dakota	664	80.10%	29	3.50%	98	11.82%	38	4.58%
Dawes	389	71.12%	20	3.66%	91	16.64%	47	8.59%
Dawson	562	77.52%	26	3.59%	98	13.52%	39	5.38%
Deuel	44	80.00%	1	1.82%	4	7.27%	6	10.91%
Dixon	270	76.49%	26	7.37%	31	8.78%	26	7.37%
Dodge	2,016	80.10%	88	3.50%	275	10.93%	138	5.48%
Douglas	43,383	77.23%	1,157	2.06%	8,236	14.66%	3,401	6.05%
Dundy	35	68.63%	2	3.92%	6	11.76%	8	15.69%
Fillmore	325	78.13%	23	5.53%	37	8.89%	31	7.45%
Franklin	137	86.71%	7	4.43%	7	4.43%	7	4.43%
Frontier	80	87.91%	5	5.49%	4	4.40%	2	2.20%
Furnas	120	75.00%	11	6.88%	19	11.88%	10	6.25%
Gage	1,558	82.09%	73	3.85%	170	8.96%	97	5.11%
Garden	67	82.72%	4	4.94%	6	7.41%	4	4.94%
Garfield	52	92.86%	0	0.00%	2	3.57%	2	3.57%
Gosper	73	82.95%	2	2.27%	9	10.23%	4	4.55%
Grant	10	76.92%	1	7.69%	0	0.00%	2	15.38%
Greeley	155	75.24%	20	9.71%	14	6.80%	17	8.25%
Hall	2,633	78.29%	116	3.45%	418	12.43%	196	5.83%
Hamilton	393	79.88%	23	4.67%	46	9.35%	30	6.10%
Harlan	119	73.01%	14	8.59%	19	11.66%	11	6.75%
Hayes	17	85.00%	2	10.00%	0	0.00%	1	5.00%
Hitchcock	86	76.79%	3	2.68%	13	11.61%	10	8.93%
Holt	289	76.25%	21	5.54%	43	11.35%	26	6.86%
Hooker	28	75.68%	0	0.00%	6	16.22%	3	8.11%
Howard	327	78.61%	26	6.25%	37	8.89%	26	6.25%
Jefferson	438	81.41%	23	4.28%	51	9.48%	26	4.83%
Johnson	281	80.75%	17	4.89%	33	9.48%	17	4.89%
Kearney	305	83.56%	17	4.66%	28	7.67%	15	4.11%
Keith	255	81.73%	12	3.85%	27	8.65%	18	5.77%
Keya Paha	28	82.35%	3	8.82%	1	2.94%	2	5.88%
Kimball	103	80.47%	3	2.34%	18	14.06%	4	3.13%
Knox	436	78.14%	31	5.56%	51	9.14%	40	7.17%
Lancaster	27,239	75.23%	757	2.09%	5,659	15.63%	2,552	7.05%
Lincoln	1,480	78.68%	108	5.74%	193	10.26%	100	5.32%
Logan	10	71.43%	1	7.14%	0	0.00%	3	21.43%
Loup	33	80.49%	0	0.00%	7	17.07%	1	2.44%
Madison	1,062	75.37%	66	4.68%	170	12.07%	111	7.88%
McPherson	9	75.00%	0	0.00%	2	16.67%	1	8.33%
Merrick	299	74.38%	24	5.97%	45	11.19%	34	8.46%
Morrill	173	89.64%	3	1.55%	10	5.18%	7	3.63%
Nance	153	81.38%	8	4.26%	16	8.51%	11	5.85%
Nemaha	388	79.35%	17	3.48%	56	11.45%	28	5.73%
Nuckolls	218	84.82%	10	3.89%	15	5.84%	14	5.45%
Otoe	882	80.99%	36	3.31%	112	10.28%	59	5.42%
Pawnee	179	84.04%	8	3.76%	18	8.45%	8	3.76%
Perkins	84	83.17%	7	6.93%	1	0.99%	9	8.91%
Phelps	329	76.87%	23	5.37%	48	11.21%	28	6.54%
Pierce	155	74.52%	12	5.77%	26	12.50%	15	7.21%
Platte	1,099	77.67%	90	6.36%	145	10.25%	81	5.72%
Polk	217	86.11%	11	4.37%	9	3.57%	15	5.95%
Red Willow	325	74.71%	27	6.21%	54	12.41%	29	6.67%
Richardson	487	81.17%	25	4.17%	52	8.67%	36	6.00%
Rock	30	73.17%	1	2.44%	5	12.20%	5	12.20%
Saline	824	80.47%	37	3.61%	103	10.06%	60	5.86%
Sarpy	12,244	78.64%	367	2.36%	2,154	13.83%	805	5.17%
Saunders	1,160	78.06%	80	5.38%	160	10.77%	86	5.79%
Scotts Bluff	1,249	81.32%	65	4.23%	158	10.29%	64	4.17%
Seward	900	79.30%	48	4.23%	117	10.31%	70	6.17%
Sheridan	112	78.32%	7	4.90%	13	9.09%	11	7.69%
Sherman	197	73.78%	16	5.99%	37	13.86%	17	6.37%
Sioux	38	79.17%	3	6.25%	4	8.33%	3	6.25%
Stanton	185	73.12%	17	6.72%	29	11.46%	22	8.70%
Thayer	247	82.06%	8	2.66%	25	8.31%	21	6.98%
Thomas	24	88.89%	0	0.00%	3	11.11%	0	0.00%
Thurston	259	64.75%	13	3.25%	107	26.75%	21	5.25%
Valley	199	81.56%	12	4.92%	20	8.20%	13	5.33%
Washington	1,153	83.25%	41	2.96%	134	9.68%	57	4.12%
Wayne	310	77.31%	13	3.24%	45	11.22%	33	8.23%
Webster	172	79.63%	9	4.17%	18	8.33%	17	7.87%
Wheeler	30	85.71%	2	5.71%	0	0.00%	3	8.57%
York	493	81.35%	23	3.80%	56	9.24%	34	5.61%

References

"Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
Moring, Roseann; Mertes, Micah (December 9, 2018). "Nebraska Democratic Party votes to discontinue caucuses and return to primary system". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
"2020 Elections" (PDF). Nebraska Statewide Ballot Certified Candidates for Presidential Primary Finalized. March 16, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
"2020 Elections" (PDF). Presidential candidates identified for Nebraska’s primary ballot. March 16, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
"Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers: Primary Election, May 12, 2020" (PDF). Nebraska Board of State Canvassers. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
"Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved May 13, 2020.

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[GP-1] "Nebraska Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[2] Moring, Roseann; Mertes, Micah (December 9, 2018). "Nebraska Democratic Party votes to discontinue caucuses and return to primary system". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[3] "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.

[4] "2020 Elections" (PDF). Nebraska Statewide Ballot Certified Candidates for Presidential Primary Finalized. March 16, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[5] "2020 Elections" (PDF). Presidential candidates identified for Nebraska’s primary ballot. March 16, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.

[NE-SOS-results-6] "Official Report of the Nebraska Board of State Canvassers: Primary Election, May 12, 2020" (PDF). Nebraska Board of State Canvassers. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[NE-AP-delegates-7] "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved May 13, 2020.