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The 2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place in Alabama on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election. The open primary allocated 50 pledged delegates towards the Republican National Convention, distributed with the "winner take most" system of allocating delegates.[2] This system states that a candidate must receive 20% of the vote to receive any delegates statewide or by congressional district, but only if the winner gets less than 50% of the aggregate vote. Should they receive more than 50% of the vote statewide or by congressional district, it becomes winner-take-all.[3]
Only two candidates ran in this primary: incumbent President Donald Trump, whose sole challenger was former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. As typical with primary challenges to incumbent presidents,[4] Trump practically ran unopposed, receiving 96.22% of the vote[5] and all 50 delegates.[6] He also carried every single county and congressional district.[5] Weld received a mere 1.52% of the vote, and uncommitted ballots comprised the remaining 2.27% of the vote.
The election corresponded with the highly competitive Republican primary for the 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama, which likely boosted turnout.
- ^ Matthew Choi (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
- ^ Brian Lyman (November 8, 2019). "Bloomberg news: Michael Bloomberg launches presidential campaign in Alabama". The Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "Explaining the Super Tuesday primaries: The Republicans". National Constitution Center.
- ^ Waxman, Olivia B. (October 10, 2019). "Could Trump Lose the Republican Nomination? Here's the History of Primary Challenges to Incumbent Presidents". Time. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
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