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2020 Massachusetts Republican primary

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Candidate Donald Trump Bill Weld
Home state Florida[1] Massachusetts
Delegate count 41 0
Popular vote 207,495[2] 21,926
Percentage 87.8% 9.3%

The 2020 Massachusetts Republican primary will take place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. Massachusetts will hold a semi-closed primary, where 42 delegates will be awarded proportionally amongst any candidate who receives more than 5% of the popular vote.[3]

Results

Incumbent United States President Donald Trump is being challenged by three candidates: businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente of California, former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Walsh withdrew from the race prior to the primary. De La Fuente was not on the initial ballot list, but he successfully petitioned to get onto the ballot following its release.[4] Donald Trump won Massachusetts in a landslide over Former Governor Bill Weld, winning almost every town.https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/03/03/results-2020-massachusetts-republican-primary

2020 Massachusetts Republican primary[5]
Candidate Votes % Estimated
delegates
Rocky De La Fuente 600 0.2%
Donald Trump 212,960 87.7% 41
Bill Weld 22,702 9.3%
Joe Walsh (withdrawn) 2,774 1.1%
Total 0 100% 42

References

  1. ^ Matthew Choi (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved February 3, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ https://sos.nh.gov/nhsos_content.aspx?id=8589996914&terms=2020%20republican
  3. ^ "Explaining the Super Tuesday primaries: The Republicans". National Constitution Center. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Winger, Richard. "Rocky De La Fuente Qualifies for Republican Massachusetts Presidential Primary by Petition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Mass. Elections [@VotingInMass] (December 20, 2019). "These are your 2020 Presidential Primary ballots, Massachusetts" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2019 – via Twitter.