2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Oregon Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, and was the only contest on that date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Georgia and Kentucky primaries, previously scheduled for May 19, were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic, while Oregon already had a total vote-by-mail primary. The Oregon primary was a closed primary. The state awarded 74 delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of whom 61 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 66% of the vote. Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign a month earlier, received 20.6%.
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 Election results by county
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| Elections in Oregon |
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| Pledged national convention delegates | |
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| Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 9 |
| CD2 | 6 |
| CD3 | 12 |
| CD4 | 7 |
| CD5 | 7 |
| PLEO | 7 |
| At-large | 13 |
| Total pledged delegates | 61 |
Procedure
Oregon was the only state to vote on May 19, 2020 in the Democratic primaries. Two bills had been introduced in the state house in January 2019 that would have shifted the whole primary date to the second Tuesday in March in even-numbered years (which would be tantamount to a primary a week after Super Tuesday), with the first empowering the Oregon secretary of state the power to shift the date and the second permitting a primary move for the purpose of regional clustering,[1] but neither bill moved beyond committee. Another bill introduced by Republicans in the state senate in March 2019 had also proposed shifting the Oregon primary to join Super Tuesday states on the first Tuesday in March with a separate presidential primary rather than a consolidated primary, but no further action was taken on the bill since an initial public hearing.[2]
Oregon, a vote-by-mail state, was expected to accept mail-in ballots until 8:00 p.m. local time. Candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level to be considered viable. The 61 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 6 and 12 were allocated to each of the state's five congressional districts and another 7 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 13 at-large pledged delegates.[3] Originally planned with 52 delegates, the final number included an approximate 20% bonus of 9 additional delegates awarded by the Democratic National Committee due to the May date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[4]
Congressional district conventions and state conventions instead of meeting voted by mail between May 27 and June 12 on district-level and statewide delegates to the Democratic National Convention. The 61 pledged delegates Oregon sent to the national convention were joined by 13 unpledged PLEO delegates (6 members of the Democratic National Committee; 6 members of Congress, including both senators and four U.S. representatives; and the governor Kate Brown).[3][5]
Candidates
The following candidates were on the ballot in Nebraska:[6]
- Joe Biden
- Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)
- Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
- Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Bernie Sanders |
Joe Biden |
Undecided | Beto O'Rourke |
Kamala Harris |
Elizabeth Warren |
Cory Booker |
Andrew Yang |
Pete Buttigieg |
Other |
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| Sanders suspends his campaign | |||||||||||||
| Gabbard withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Warren withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Klobuchar withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Buttigieg withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Yang withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Booker withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Harris withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| O'Rourke withdraws from the race | |||||||||||||
| Zogby Analytics | Mar 18–19, 2019 | 238 | ± 6.4% | 27% | 26% | 11% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 7% [lower-alpha 1] |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[8] |
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| Joe Biden | 408,315 | 65.99 | 46 |
| Bernie Sanders (withdrawn) | 127,345 | 20.58 | 15 |
| Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn) | 59,355 | 9.59 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn) | 10,717 | 1.73 | |
| Write-in votes | 12,979 | 2.10 | |
| Total | 618,711 | 100% | 61 |
Notes
- Additional candidates
- Castro, Delaney, Gabbard, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Inslee, and McAuliffe with 1%
References
- Putnam, Josh (January 11, 2019). "Pair of Oregon Bills Would Move Primary to March, but with a Twist". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- Putnam, Josh (March 18, 2019). "Oregon Senate Bill Would Create Separate Super Tuesday Presidential Primary". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- "Oregon Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
- "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "2020 Elections". Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- "May 19, 2020, Primary Election Abstract of Votes" (PDF). Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved May 20, 2020.