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91 Democratic National Convention delegates (75 pledged with 49 on district-level and 26 statewide; 16 unpledged) The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by first place popular vote winner
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Elections in Minnesota |
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Pledged national convention delegates | |
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Type | Del. |
CD1 | 5 |
CD2 | 6 |
CD3 | 7 |
CD4 | 8 |
CD5 | 10 |
CD6 | 4 |
CD7 | 4 |
CD8 | 5 |
PLEO | 10 |
At-large | 16 |
Total pledged delegates | 75 |
The 2020 Minnesota Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 15 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Minnesota primary, only the fifth in the state's history and the first since 1992, was an open primary, with the state awarding 91 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 75 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary. Early voting was possible for just over six weeks beginning January 17, 2020.
Former vice president Joe Biden had played virtually no role in the polls heading into the primary but benefitted from the withdrawal and endorsement of senator Amy Klobuchar on the previous day, the original front-runner in her home state, and won with almost 39% of the vote, gathering 38 delegates and winning in 76 counties. Senator Bernie Sanders lost many counties he had won in 2016, when he won the state easily by double digit margins against Hillary Clinton, and placed second with around 30% and 27 delegates, his only strongholds having been in college towns, St. Cloud and the Minneapolis and St. Paul city limits.[1] While senator Elizabeth Warren narrowly surpassed the 15% threshold and won 10 delegates, former mayor Michael Bloomberg and Klobuchar, who despite her withdrawal had carried a number of counties due to early voting, placed fourth and fifth without winning delegates.
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