2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place through April 28, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. In-person voting, originally scheduled for March 17, 2020 (along with three different states), had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ohio primary was a semi-open primary and awarded 154 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 136 were pledged delegates allocated based on the results of the primary.
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154 delegates (136 pledged, 18 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||
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Election results by county
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| Elections in Ohio |
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| Pledged national convention delegates | |||
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| Type | Del. | Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 6 | CD9 | 6 |
| CD2 | 5 | CD10 | 6 |
| CD3 | 7 | CD11 | 9 |
| CD4 | 4 | CD12 | 6 |
| CD5 | 5 | CD13 | 6 |
| CD6 | 3 | CD14 | 6 |
| CD7 | 4 | CD15 | 6 |
| CD8 | 4 | CD16 | 6 |
| PLEO | 18 | At-large | 29 |
| Total pledged delegates | 136 | ||
The legislature and governor ultimately made the decision to run an all-mail primary, with no in-person voting, allowing votes to be received through April 28. Former vice president Joe Biden, the only Democrat still in the race, won the primary with more than 72% of the vote and 115 delegates. Senator Bernie Sanders caught 21 delegates, surpassing the threshold with around 17%.