Election Name: | 2024 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary |
Country: | New Jersey |
Type: | primary |
Ongoing: | Yes |
Previous Election: | 2020 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2028 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Election Date: | June 4, 2024 |
Outgoing Members: | MT |
Elected Members: | NM |
Votes For Election: | 146 delegates (126 pledged and 20 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention |
Map Size: | 250px |
Image1: | File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg |
Candidate1: | Joe Biden |
Color1: | 224192 |
Home State1: | Delaware |
Popular Vote1: | 458,281 |
Percentage1: | 88.2% |
Delegate Count1: | 124 |
Candidate2: | Uncommitted |
Color2: | 000000 |
Home State2: | – |
Popular Vote2: | 46,988 |
Percentage2: | 9.1% |
Delegate Count2: | 2 |
The 2024 New Jersey Democratic presidential primary took place on June 4, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 146 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.[1]
Incumbent President Joe Biden announced on April 25, 2023, his bid for a second term.[2] Biden won the primary. Uncommitted received two delegates to the Democratic National Convention.[3]
The New Jersey Secretary of State identified the following candidates (listed alphabetically) as Democratic Party primary candidates in 2024:[4]
See also: Israel–Hamas war protest vote movements. On March 25, 2024, a coalition of delegates filed nominating petitions under the slogan "Justice for Palestine, Permanent Ceasefire Now". The organizing effort, spearheaded by the Democratic Socialists of America, was part of a national movement inspired by the Listen to Michigan campaign that won over 100,000 votes in a protest of President Joe Biden's policy in the Israel-Hamas war.[5]