Election Name: | 2020 Colorado Republican presidential primary |
Country: | Colorado |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Colorado Republican presidential caucuses |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Election Date: | March 3, 2020 |
Outgoing Members: | CA |
Elected Members: | ME |
Votes For Election: | 37 Republican National Convention delegates |
Image1: | File:Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Donald Trump |
Color1: | 283681 |
Home State1: | Florida[1] |
Popular Vote1: | 628,876 |
Percentage1: | 92.26% |
Delegate Count1: | 37 |
Candidate2: | Bill Weld |
Color2: | 00A9E0 |
Home State2: | Massachusetts |
Popular Vote2: | 25,698 |
Percentage2: | 3.77% |
Delegate Count2: | 0 |
The 2020 Colorado Republican presidential primary took place in the US state of Colorado on March 3, 2020.
Various state Republican parties had cancelled their state primaries or caucuses, including Nevada, South Carolina and Kansas.[2] This was going to be the case in Colorado, but advertising executive Robert Ardini filed on the first day permitted, triggering a law that states that the primary cannot be cancelled if more than one person has filed.[3] Ardini was followed by perennial candidate Rocky de la Fuente, former governor Bill Weld, incumbent Donald Trump, Matthew John Matern, Joe Walsh, and Zoltan Istvan. De La Fuente, who was on the list when the ballot order was being decided,[4] was not on the final ballot list, having withdrawn his name because of the state's "sore loser" law.
The primary was held by mail. Overseas and military voters were sent ballots on January 18, 2020, and in-state voters were sent them on February 10. The primary lasted until Super Tuesday (March 3) when all envelopes were opened and votes counted.[5]
The state uses a "winner-take-most" system. If a candidate wins 50% or more of the vote, it's "winner-take-all". Otherwise, delegates are proportionally allocated to candidates who received 20% or more of the vote.
Candidate | Votes | % | Estimated delegates[8] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
(incumbent) | 628,876 | 92.26 | 37 | |
25,698 | 3.77 | 0 | ||
(withdrawn) | 13,072 | 1.92 | 0 | |
7,239 | 1.06 | 0 | ||
3,388 | 0.50 | 0 | ||
3,350 | 0.49 | 0 | ||
Total | 681,623 | 100% | 37 |
County | Donald Trump | Bill Weld | Joe Walsh | Matthew John Matern | Robert Ardini | Zoltan Istvan | Total votes cast | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |||
Adams | 39,107 | 93.04 | 1,235 | 2.94 | 814 | 1.94 | 488 | 1.16 | 209 | 0.50 | 181 | 0.43 | 42,034 | |
Alamosa | 1,780 | 93.44 | 47 | 2.47 | 42 | 2.20 | 24 | 1.26 | 10 | 0.52 | 2 | 0.10 | 1,905 | |
Arapahoe | 56,051 | 90.37 | 2,927 | 4.72 | 1,461 | 2.36 | 809 | 1.30 | 397 | 0.64 | 377 | 0.61 | 62,022 | |
Archuleta | 2,526 | 93.14 | 82 | 3.02 | 47 | 1.73 | 39 | 1.44 | 11 | 0.41 | 7 | 0.26 | 2,712 | |
Baca | 1,137 | 98.61 | 5 | 0.43 | 7 | 0.61 | 2 | 0.17 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,153 | |
Bent | 826 | 95.93 | 15 | 1.74 | 10 | 1.16 | 9 | 1.05 | 1 | 0.12 | 0 | 0.00 | 861 | |
Boulder | 18,551 | 86.21 | 1,647 | 7.65 | 618 | 2.87 | 333 | 1.55 | 186 | 0.86 | 183 | 0.85 | 21,518 | |
Broomfield | 7,371 | 89.62 | 439 | 5.34 | 200 | 2.43 | 123 | 1.50 | 51 | 0.62 | 41 | 0.50 | 8,225 | |
Chaffee | 3,364 | 92.54 | 123 | 3.38 | 69 | 1.90 | 45 | 1.24 | 20 | 0.55 | 14 | 0.39 | 3,635 | |
Cheyenne | 636 | 96.95 | 5 | 0.76 | 3 | 0.46 | 5 | 0.76 | 4 | 0.61 | 3 | 0.46 | 656 | |
Clear Creek | 1,229 | 90.84 | 63 | 4.66 | 32 | 2.37 | 15 | 1.11 | 8 | 0.59 | 6 | 0.44 | 1,353 | |
Conejos | 1,028 | 92.95 | 26 | 2.35 | 24 | 2.17 | 11 | 0.99 | 5 | 0.45 | 12 | 1.08 | 1,106 | |
Costilla | 225 | 92.59 | 7 | 2.88 | 4 | 1.65 | 4 | 1.65 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1.23 | 243 | |
Crowley | 762 | 95.01 | 18 | 2.24 | 8 | 1.00 | 11 | 1.37 | 2 | 0.25 | 1 | 0.12 | 802 | |
Custer | 1,506 | 93.25 | 61 | 3.78 | 32 | 1.98 | 8 | 0.50 | 4 | 0.25 | 4 | 0.25 | 1,615 | |
Delta | 7,198 | 96.02 | 127 | 1.69 | 91 | 1.21 | 44 | 0.59 | 19 | 0.25 | 17 | 0.23 | 7,496 | |
Denver | 25,640 | 85.30 | 2,329 | 7.75 | 944 | 3.14 | 530 | 1.76 | 279 | 0.93 | 337 | 1.12 | 30,059 | |
Dolores | 638 | 98.00 | 3 | 0.46 | 5 | 0.77 | 4 | 0.61 | 1 | 0.15 | 0 | 0.00 | 651 | |
Douglas | 54,263 | 92.60 | 2,300 | 3.92 | 951 | 1.62 | 556 | 0.95 | 277 | 0.47 | 253 | 0.43 | 58,600 | |
Eagle | 3,687 | 90.08 | 224 | 5.47 | 112 | 2.74 | 32 | 0.78 | 12 | 0.29 | 26 | 0.64 | 4,093 | |
El Paso | 101,825 | 93.57 | 3,352 | 3.08 | 1,699 | 1.56 | 1,034 | 0.95 | 484 | 0.44 | 434 | 0.40 | 108,828 | |
Elbert | 7,424 | 95.95 | 140 | 1.81 | 80 | 1.03 | 43 | 0.56 | 26 | 0.34 | 24 | 0.31 | 7,737 | |
Fremont | 9,153 | 95.90 | 142 | 1.49 | 126 | 1.32 | 64 | 0.67 | 32 | 0.34 | 27 | 0.28 | 9,544 | |
Garfield | 6,827 | 93.69 | 207 | 2.84 | 128 | 1.76 | 61 | 0.84 | 30 | 0.41 | 34 | 0.47 | 7,287 | |
Gilpin | 742 | 93.22 | 27 | 3.39 | 12 | 1.51 | 5 | 0.63 | 6 | 0.75 | 4 | 0.50 | 796 | |
Grand | 2,464 | 90.62 | 121 | 4.45 | 72 | 2.65 | 30 | 1.10 | 16 | 0.59 | 16 | 0.59 | 2,719 | |
Gunnison | 1,666 | 91.39 | 80 | 4.39 | 45 | 2.47 | 19 | 1.04 | 5 | 0.27 | 8 | 0.44 | 1,823 | |
Hinsdale | 212 | 86.18 | 18 | 7.32 | 6 | 2.44 | 3 | 1.22 | 2 | 0.81 | 5 | 2.03 | 246 | |
Huerfano | 1,125 | 94.78 | 23 | 1.94 | 26 | 2.19 | 8 | 0.67 | 5 | 0.42 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,187 | |
Jackson | 454 | 93.61 | 11 | 2.27 | 13 | 2.68 | 5 | 1.03 | 1 | 0.21 | 1 | 0.21 | 485 | |
Jefferson | 69,850 | 90.45 | 3,612 | 4.68 | 1,835 | 2.38 | 963 | 1.25 | 468 | 0.61 | 494 | 0.64 | 77,222 | |
Kiowa | 514 | 96.44 | 8 | 1.50 | 6 | 1.13 | 4 | 0.75 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.19 | 533 | |
Kit Carson | 1,973 | 96.48 | 27 | 1.32 | 22 | 1.08 | 16 | 0.78 | 1 | 0.05 | 6 | 0.29 | 2,045 | |
La Plata | 6,608 | 92.57 | 260 | 3.64 | 147 | 2.06 | 65 | 0.91 | 21 | 0.29 | 37 | 0.52 | 7,138 | |
Lake | 472 | 91.65 | 20 | 3.88 | 14 | 2.72 | 4 | 0.78 | 3 | 0.58 | 2 | 0.39 | 515 | |
Larimer | 41,351 | 90.73 | 2,214 | 4.86 | 967 | 2.12 | 555 | 1.22 | 249 | 0.55 | 239 | 0.52 | 45,575 | |
Las Animas | 1,886 | 96.03 | 28 | 1.43 | 30 | 1.53 | 11 | 0.56 | 6 | 0.31 | 3 | 0.15 | 1,964 | |
Lincoln | 1,320 | 96.42 | 15 | 1.10 | 19 | 1.39 | 9 | 0.66 | 2 | 0.15 | 4 | 0.29 | 1,369 | |
Logan | 4,795 | 95.98 | 76 | 1.52 | 71 | 1.42 | 27 | 0.54 | 12 | 0.24 | 15 | 0.30 | 4,996 | |
Mesa | 27,382 | 94.58 | 673 | 2.32 | 432 | 1.49 | 239 | 0.83 | 113 | 0.39 | 113 | 0.39 | 28,952 | |
Mineral | 235 | 93.25 | 8 | 3.17 | 5 | 1.98 | 2 | 0.79 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0.79 | 252 | |
Moffat | 2,997 | 96.12 | 39 | 1.25 | 35 | 1.12 | 26 | 0.83 | 11 | 0.35 | 10 | 0.32 | 3,118 | |
Montezuma | 5,034 | 94.98 | 109 | 2.06 | 77 | 1.45 | 46 | 0.87 | 11 | 0.21 | 23 | 0.43 | 5,300 | |
Montrose | 9,115 | 95.89 | 174 | 1.83 | 117 | 1.23 | 56 | 0.59 | 27 | 0.28 | 17 | 0.18 | 9,506 | |
Morgan | 4,754 | 95.58 | 84 | 1.69 | 82 | 1.65 | 28 | 0.56 | 15 | 0.30 | 11 | 0.22 | 4,974 | |
Otero | 3,105 | 94.49 | 56 | 1.70 | 64 | 1.95 | 39 | 1.19 | 12 | 0.37 | 10 | 0.30 | 3,286 | |
Ouray | 854 | 91.63 | 43 | 4.61 | 17 | 1.82 | 10 | 1.07 | 3 | 0.32 | 5 | 0.54 | 932 | |
Park | 3,493 | 93.92 | 110 | 2.96 | 57 | 1.53 | 27 | 0.73 | 12 | 0.32 | 20 | 0.54 | 3,719 | |
Phillips | 1,153 | 95.76 | 12 | 1.00 | 22 | 1.83 | 9 | 0.75 | 6 | 0.50 | 2 | 0.17 | 1,204 | |
Pitkin | 872 | 87.11 | 71 | 7.09 | 33 | 3.30 | 16 | 1.60 | 3 | 0.30 | 6 | 0.60 | 1,001 | |
Prowers | 2,355 | 96.75 | 20 | 0.82 | 29 | 1.19 | 15 | 0.62 | 7 | 0.29 | 8 | 0.33 | 2,434 | |
Pueblo | 18,358 | 94.66 | 384 | 1.98 | 344 | 1.77 | 158 | 0.81 | 76 | 0.39 | 73 | 0.38 | 19,393 | |
Rio Blanco | 1,986 | 96.69 | 34 | 1.66 | 18 | 0.88 | 9 | 0.44 | 4 | 0.19 | 3 | 0.15 | 2,054 | |
Rio Grande | 1,944 | 92.62 | 47 | 2.24 | 62 | 2.95 | 29 | 1.38 | 7 | 0.33 | 10 | 0.48 | 2,099 | |
Routt | 2,411 | 88.57 | 153 | 5.62 | 86 | 3.16 | 38 | 1.40 | 10 | 0.37 | 24 | 0.88 | 2,722 | |
Saguache | 656 | 94.93 | 13 | 1.88 | 15 | 2.17 | 6 | 0.87 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.14 | 691 | |
San Juan | 74 | 86.05 | 7 | 8.14 | 3 | 3.49 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 2.33 | 0 | 0.00 | 86 | |
San Miguel | 456 | 89.76 | 29 | 5.71 | 14 | 2.76 | 5 | 0.98 | 2 | 0.39 | 2 | 0.39 | 508 | |
Sedgwick | 678 | 94.04 | 16 | 2.22 | 15 | 2.08 | 9 | 1.25 | 1 | 0.14 | 2 | 0.28 | 721 | |
Summit | 1,915 | 86.77 | 145 | 6.57 | 98 | 4.44 | 21 | 0.95 | 11 | 0.50 | 17 | 0.77 | 2,207 | |
Teller | 5,813 | 95.40 | 161 | 2.64 | 60 | 0.98 | 37 | 0.61 | 9 | 0.15 | 13 | 0.21 | 6,093 | |
Washington | 1,641 | 96.19 | 29 | 1.70 | 20 | 1.17 | 6 | 0.35 | 6 | 0.35 | 4 | 0.23 | 1,706 | |
Weld | 41,037 | 94.42 | 1,193 | 2.75 | 550 | 1.27 | 366 | 0.84 | 166 | 0.38 | 148 | 0.34 | 43,460 | |
Yuma | 2,372 | 96.54 | 24 | 0.98 | 25 | 1.02 | 24 | 0.98 | 7 | 0.28 | 5 | 0.20 | 2,457 | |
Total | 628,876 | 92.26 | 25,698 | 3.77 | 13,072 | 1.92 | 7,239 | 1.06 | 3,388 | 0.50 | 3,350 | 0.49 | 681,623 |