Election Name: | 2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2016 Pennsylvania Republican primary |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2024 Pennsylvania Republican primary |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Election Date: | June 2, 2020 |
Outgoing Members: | NM |
Elected Members: | RI |
Votes For Election: | 34 Republican National Convention delegates |
Candidate1: | Donald Trump |
Country: | Pennsylvania |
Image1: | Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg |
Color1: | 283681 |
Home State1: | Florida[1] |
Popular Vote1: | 1,053,616 |
Percentage1: | 92.1% |
Delegate Count1: | 34 |
Type: | presidential |
Candidate2: | Bill Weld (withdrawn) |
Home State2: | Massachusetts |
Delegate Count2: | 0 |
Popular Vote2: | 69,427 |
Percentage2: | 6.1% |
Colour2: | 00A9E0 |
The 2020 Pennsylvania Republican presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, as one of 7 contests scheduled for that day in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election.
Even though the Republican National Committee mailed Pennsylvania voters encouraging mail-in voting, describing it as a "convenient and secureā option, most Republicans expressed opposition to the prospect. Earlier, the Republican-controlled House blocked a proposal to mail every Pennsylvanian a mail-in ballot application. This was in response to President Trump's skepticism of the practice, expressing concern mail-in voting may result in voter fraud that would potentially benefit the Democratic Party.[2]
Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[4] | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Donald Trump | 1,053,616 | 92.1% | 34 | |
Bill Weld | 69,427 | 6.1% | 0 | |
Rocky De La Fuente | 20,456 | 1.8% | 0 | |
Total | 1,143,499 | 100% | 34 |
Trump was declared the winner in the Republican primary, and received all of the state's 34 pledged delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention (the state also has 54 unpledged delegates).[4]