Results of the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

Below is a detailed tally of the results of the 2020 Republican Party presidential primary elections in the United States. In most U.S. states outside New Hampshire, votes for write-in candidates remain untallied.

Primary elections and caucuses can be binding or nonbinding in allocating delegates to the respective state delegations to the Republican National Convention. But the actual election of the delegates can be at a later date. Delegates are (1) elected at conventions, (2) from slates submitted by the candidates, (3) selected by the party's state chairman or (4) at committee meetings or (5) elected directly at the party's caucuses and primaries. Until the delegates are apportioned, the delegate numbers are by nature projections, but it is only in the states with nonbinding caucuses where they are not allocated at the primary or caucus date.

Several states decided to cancel their primaries and caucuses. They cited the fact that Republicans canceled several state primaries when George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush sought a second term in 1992 and 2004, respectively, and Democrats scrapped some of their primaries when Bill Clinton and Barack Obama were seeking reelection in 1996 and 2012, respectively. Hawaii was the only state among the cancelled races to officially appoint their pledged delegates immediately to incumbent President Donald Trump in 2019. Donald Trump's over 18 million votes he received in the Republican Primary is the most ever for an incumbent President in a primary.

Overview of results Major candidates

The table below shows the four candidates that have either (a) held public office, (b) been included in a minimum of five independent national polls, or (c) received substantial media coverage. The president's challengers withdrew from the race after the primaries started, or in the case of De la Fuente, accepted one or more 3rd party nominations.

DatesCandidates Donald Trump Bill Weld Rocky De La Fuente Joe WalshTotal delegates, pledged (unpledged/total), and votesPledged delegates (unpledged / soft total) (Total awarded: 2,312) 2,311(38 / 2,273)90.63% 1(0 / 1)0.04% 0(0 / 0)0% 0(0 / 0)0%2,443(107 / 2,550) (90.67% awarded)19,321,267 votes Popular votes18,159,752(93.99%) 454,402(2.35%) 108,357(0.56%) 173,519(0.90%) Dec. 11, 2019HawaiiCancelled binding caucuses 100%(19 delegates)(N/A votes) Caucus cancelled19(0/19)(N/A votes) Feb. 1, 2020KansasState convention 100% (39 delegates)(N/A votes) Primary cancelled39(0/39)(N/A votes) Feb. 3, 2020IowaProportional, binding precinct caucuses 97.14% (39 delegates)(31,421 votes) 1.31%(1 delegate)(425 votes) listed with "Other" candidates 1.08%(348 votes)40(0/40)(32,345 votes) Feb. 11, 2020New HampshireProportional, binding primary84.42% (22 delegates)(129,734 votes) 9.01%(13,844 votes)0.10%(148 votes)0.55%(838 votes)22(0/22)(153,674 votes) Feb. 22, 2020NevadaState central committee meeting100% (25 delegates)(N/A votes) Caucus cancelled25(0/25)(N/A votes) Mar. 3, 2020AlabamaProportional, binding primary96.22% (50 delegates)(696,832 votes)1.52% (10,978 votes) 50(0/50)(724,222 votes) Mar. 3, 2020ArkansasProportional, binding primary97.13% (40 delegates)(238,980 votes) 2.12% (5,216 votes)0.75% (1,848 votes) -40(0/40)(246,044 votes) Mar. 3, 2020CaliforniaProportional, binding primary92.21% (172 delegates)(2,279,086 votes) 2.71%(66,904 votes)0.99%(24,351 votes) 2.62%(64,749 votes)172(0/172)(2,471,580)ColoradoProportional, binding primary92.26% (37 delegates)(628,876 votes) 3.77%(25,698 votes) 1.92%(13,072 votes)37(0/37)(681,623 votes)MaineProportional, binding primary 83.85% (22 delegates)(95,360 votes) - - -22(0/22)(113,728 votes)MassachusettsProportional, binding primary86.32% (41 delegates)(239,115 votes) 9.18%(25,425 votes)0.24%(675 votes) 1.09%(3,008 votes)41(0/41)(277,002 votes)MinnesotaProportional, binding primary 97.67% (39 delegates)(137,275 votes) 0.32% (443 votes) 0.01% (16 votes) -39(0/39)(140,555 votes)New YorkCancelled, binding primary100% (94 delegates)(N/A votes) Primary cancelled94(0/94)(N/A votes)North CarolinaProportional, binding primary93.53% (71 delegates)(750,600 votes) 1.93%(15,486 votes) 2.04%(16,356 votes)71(0/71)(802,527 votes)OklahomaProportional, binding primary92.60% (43 delegates)(273,738 votes) 0.83%(2,466 votes) 3.72%(10,996 votes)43(0/43)(295,601 votes)TennesseeProportional, binding primary96.47% (58 delegates)(384,266 votes) 0.98%(3,922 votes) 1.05%(4,178 votes)58(0/58)(398,314 votes)TexasProportional, binding primary94.13% (155 delegates)(1,898,664 votes) 0.78%(15,824 votes)0.37%(7,563 votes) 0.73%(14,772 votes)155(0/155)(2,017,167 votes)UtahProportional, binding primary 87.79% (40 delegates)(302,751 votes) 6.86%(23,652 votes) - 2.18%(7,509 votes)40(0/40)(344,852 votes)VermontProportional, binding primary86.49% (17 delegates)(33,984 votes) 10.11%(3,971 votes)0.87%(341 votes) 17(0/17)(39,291 votes) Mar. 10, 2020IdahoProportional, binding primary94.46%(32 delegates)(112,373 votes)2.09%(2,486 votes)0.54%(637 votes) 1.97%(2,341 votes)32(0/32)(118,958 votes)MichiganProportional, binding primary 93.72%(73 delegates)(640,522 votes) 0.89%(6,099 votes) - 0.60% (4,067 votes)73(0/73)(683,431 votes)MississippiProportional, binding primary 98.62%(40 delegates)(241,985 votes)0.94%(2,311 votes)0.44%(1,085 votes) -40(0/40)(245,381 votes)MissouriProportional, binding primary 96.84%(54 delegates)(301,953 votes) 0.70%(2,171 votes) - 0.65%(2,015 votes)54(0/54)(311,793 votes)WashingtonProportional, binding primary 98.41%(43 delegates)(684,239 votes) 43(0/43)(695,275 votes) Mar. 17, 2020FloridaWinner-Take-All, binding primary 93.79%(122 delegates)(1,162,984 votes) 3.17%(39,319 votes) 0.98%(12,172 votes) 2.05%(25,464 votes)122(0/122)(1,239,939 votes)IllinoisProportional, binding primary 95.98%(67 delegates)(520,956 votes) - 4.02%(21,833 votes) -67(0/67)(542,800 votes) Apr. 7, 2020WisconsinProportional, binding primary 97.87%(52 delegates)(616,782 votes)52(0/52)(630,198 votes) Apr. 24, 2020 North DakotaState convention 100%(29 delegates)(N/A votes) Caucus cancelled0(29/29)(N/A votes) Apr 28, 2020OhioProportional, binding primary 100%(82 delegates)(713,546 votes) - - -82(0/82)(713,546 votes) May 1, 2020VirginiaState convention 100%(48 delegates)(N/A votes) Primary cancelled 48(0/48)(N/A votes) May 9, 2020ArizonaState convention 100%(57 delegates)(N/A votes) Primary cancelled57(0/57)(N/A votes) May 12, 2020NebraskaProportional, binding primary91.40% (36 delegates) (243,721 votes) 8.60% (22,934 votes) 36(0/36)(266,655 votes) May 19, 2020OregonProportional, binding primary93.71% (28 delegates) (361,010 votes) 28(0/28)(385,257 votes) June 2, 2020MarylandProportional, binding primary 86.83% (38 delegates)(297,198 votes) 13.17% (45,092 votes) - -38(0/38)(342,290 votes)District of ColumbiaProportional, binding primary 100%(19 delegates)(1,559 votes) 19(0/19)(1,559 votes)PennsylvaniaProportional, binding primary 92.14% (34 delegates)(1,053,616 votes)6.07% (69,427 votes)1.79% (20,456 votes)34(54/88)(1,143,499 votes)Rhode IslandProportional, binding primary87.13%(19 delegates)(19,176 votes)5.52%(1,214 votes)0.83%(182 votes) -19(0/19)(22,009 votes)MontanaProportional, binding primary93.82% (27 delegates)(200,174 votes) 27(0/27)(213,358 votes)New MexicoProportional, binding primary 91.25% (22 delegates)(144,067 votes) 22(0/22)(157,876 votes)South DakotaProportional, binding primary Primary cancelled29(0/29)(N/A votes)IndianaProportional, binding primary 91.89% (58 delegates)(504,726 votes) 8.11% (44,520 votes) 58(0/58)(549,246 votes) June 5, 2020Puerto RicoCaucus 100%(23 delegates)(N/A votes) 23(0/23)(N/A votes) June 9, 2020West VirginiaProportional, binding primary 94.39%(35 delegates)(198,741 votes)1.77%(0 delegates)(3,721 votes)0.73%(0 delegates)(1,537 votes)1.81%(0 delegates)(3,806 votes)35(0/35)(210,557 votes)GeorgiaProportional, binding primary 100%(76 delegates)(947,352 votes) (0 delegates)(0 votes)(0 delegates)(0 votes) (0 delegates)(0 votes)76(0/76)(947,352 votes) June 23, 2020KentuckyProportional, binding primary 86.65%(46 delegates)(371,723 votes)46(0/46)(429,006 votes) July 7, 2020New JerseyProportional, binding primary 100%(49 delegates)(404,214 votes)49(0/49)(404,214 votes)DelawareProportional, binding primary88.05%(16 delegates)(28,876 votes)11.95%(0 delegates)(3,920 votes)16(0/16)(32,796 votes) July 11, 2020LouisianaProportional, binding primary95.90%(46 delegates)(195,910 votes) 1.65%(0 delegates)(3,320 votes)1.14%(0 delegates)(2,336 votes)46(0/46)(204,295 votes) Aug. 11, 2020ConnecticutProportional, binding primary78.37%(28 delegates)(71,667 votes) -7.43%(0 delegates)(6,791 votes)28(0/28)(91,452 votes) Not shown: Alaska, Wyoming, South Carolina, American Samoa, Guam, Virgin Islands, Northern Marianas Legend:   1st place(popular vote) 2nd place(popular vote) 3rd place(popular vote) Candidate haswithdrawn Candidate unable to appear on ballot

On the ballot in one or more states

The following other candidates are listed by the number of states, that they are on the ballot.

National popular vote totals for other candidates Candidate Votes No. states on ballotUncommitted, "write-ins", errors, and other non-votes206,920Several† Matthew John Matern40,276 10 (CA, CO, ID, LA, MO, NH, OK, TX, UT, WV) Bob Ely11,956 8 (ID, MO, LA, NH, OK, TX, UT, WV) Zoltan Istvan14,291 5 (CA, CO, NH, OK, TX) Robert Ardini20,293 4 (CA, CO, NH, UT) Mark Sanford 4,258 1 (MI) Mary Maxwell929 1 (NH) Eric Merrill524 1 (NH) William N. Murphy447 1 (NH) Stephen B. Comley, Sr.202 1 (NH) Rick Kraft109 1 (NH) Juan Payne83 1 (NH) President R. Boddie72 1 (NH) Larry Horn65 1 (NH) Star Locke66 1 (NH) †Several states provide the number of write-in votes without specifying who they're for.

Results As President Trump ran unopposed in several state primaries, and caucuses were canceled to grant him bound delegations by fiat, only contested elections will be listed below.

Early states Iowa

The Iowa Republican caucus was held on February 3, 2020.

New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Republican primary took place on February 11, 2020.

Super Tuesday (March 3, 2020) Super Tuesday began with the start of early voting in Minnesota on January 17, 2020, followed by Vermont the following day. By the end of February, all 14 states holding primaries had a substantial number of votes already cast.

In Minnesota, Georgia and Maine, the president ran unopposed.

Alabama

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Massachusetts

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

March 10 Idaho

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

March 17 Florida

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