2020 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Tennessee 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 Tennessee primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 73 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 64 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
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73 delegates (64 pledged, 9 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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| Elections in Tennessee |
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| Government |
| Pledged national convention delegates | |||
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| Type | Del. | Type | Del. |
| CD1 | 4 | CD6 | 4 |
| CD2 | 4 | CD7 | 5 |
| CD3 | 4 | CD8 | 4 |
| CD4 | 4 | CD9 | 7 |
| CD5 | 6 | ||
| PLEO | 8 | At-large | 14 |
| Total pledged delegates | 64 | ||
Former vice president Joe Biden easily decided the primary, winning almost 42% of the vote and 36 delegates and benefitting from overwhelming African-American support, as well as rural support among predominantly white working-class voters. Senator Bernie Sanders took 25% of the vote gaining 22 delegates, while former mayor Michael Bloomberg reached the threshold with slightly more than 15% but was not allocated any statewide delegates due to his withdrawal the next day. Otherwise Biden would have had 33 delegates, Sanders 20 delegates and Bloomberg 10 delegates. Senator Elizabeth Warren received a single district delegate.