2020 District of Columbia Democratic presidential primary

The District of Columbia was one of eight entities (originally 5 entities, before postponment of several primaries due to the COVID-19 pandemic) holding primaries on June 2, 2020, alongside Indiana, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and South Dakota. A law passed in December 2019 had moved the election from June 16 to June 2.{{cite web|url=http://lims.dccouncil.us/Legislation/B23-0212?FromSearchResults=true|title=B23-0212 - Primary Date Alteration Amendment Act of 2019|publisher=Council of the District of Columbia|date=March 19, 2019|access-date=May 19, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://frontloading.blogspot.com/2019/10/dc-council-advances-june-2-presidential.html|title=DC Council Advances June 2 Presidential Primary Bill|publisher=Frontloading HQ|date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2019}} Voting took place across the district from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. local time. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at municipal districts or the whole federal district in order to be considered viable. The 20 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, 6 and 7 were allocated to the two municipal districts (each consisting of 4 of Washington, D.C.'s wards) and another 2 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 5 at-large delegates. Originally planned with 17 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 3 additional delegates on the 11 district and 4 at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the June date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.{{cite web|title=Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/D-Timing.phtml|publisher=The Green Papers|date=November 24, 2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|title=The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/D-Alloc.phtml?sort=Unpl|publisher=The Green Papers|date=November 24, 2021|access-date=November 26, 2022}}

A pre-primary caucus, in order to designate the different presidential candidates' municipal district-level delegate slates, would have been held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 9, 2020, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic it was replaced with an online election between April 25 and May 21. The state party committee then met after the primary to vote on the 2 pledged PLEO delegates on June 4, to finally vote on the 13 municipal district delegates on June 9, and to vote on the 5 at-large delegates on June 11. The delegation also included 25 unpledged PLEO delegates: 21 members of the Democratic National Committee, 3 "members of Congress" (consisting of the congressional nonvoting delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton and two non-congressional shadow senators), and the mayor Muriel Bowser.

The following individuals appeared on the ballot in the District of Columbia:{{cite web |url=https://www.dcboe.org/CMSPages/GetFile.aspx?guid=4b82c135-e9bd-4cc8-b3d6-f2870ad06274|title=Democratic Candidates in the June 2, 2020 Primary Election |website=www.dcboe.org |access-date=April 14, 2022}}

• Joe Biden
• Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)
• Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)
• Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)

• 2020 District of Columbia Republican presidential primary

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• [https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P20/DC-D The Green Papers delegate allocation summary]
• [https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/5256c4_a7c73f10059443998741252df5df271f.pdf District of Columbia Democratic State Committee delegate selection plan]

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