2024 Arizona Democratic presidential primary
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2024 Arizona Democratic presidential primary
| country = Arizona
| type = primary
| ongoing = Yes
| previous_election = 2020 Arizona Democratic presidential primary
| previous_year = 2020
| next_election = 2028 Arizona Democratic presidential primary
| next_year = 2028
| election_date = March 19, 2024
| elected_members = IL
| votes_for_election = 85 delegates (72 pledged and 13 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
| map_image = Arizona Democratic Presidential Primary Election Results by County, 2024.svg
| map_size = 250px
| map_caption = County results{{col-begin}}
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Biden
{{legend|#4169cd|70 – 80%}}
{{legend|#3352a2|80 – 90%}}
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| image1 = File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 160x160px
| candidate1 = Joe Biden
| color1 = 224192
| home_state1 = Delaware
| popular_vote1 = 375,110
| percentage1 = 89.3%
| delegate_count1 = 72
| image2 = File:Marianne Williamson (48541662667) (cropped).jpg
| colour2 = e05a9d
| candidate2 = Marianne Williamson
| home_state2 = Washington, D.C.
| popular_vote2 = 15,844
| percentage2 = 3.8%
| delegate_count2 = 0
| outgoing_members = WA
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| time_zone = MST
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{{Elections in Arizona sidebar}}
The 2024 Arizona Democratic presidential primary was held on March 19, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 85 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.{{cite web |title=Arizona Democratic Delegation 2024|url=https://www.thegreenpapers.com/P24/AZ-D#0305 |publisher=The Green Papers |access-date=September 11, 2023}} The contest was held alongside Illinois, Kansas and Ohio.
President Biden won in a landslide, winning every county.{{cite web |title=Arizona Democratic Primary Election Results|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/19/us/elections/results-arizona-democratic-presidential-primary.html? |publisher=The New York Times |access-date=March 26, 2024}}
Candidates
The filing deadline was December 11, 2023.{{Cite web |title=Important dates in the 2024 presidential race |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Important_dates_in_the_2024_presidential_race |access-date=December 12, 2023 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}} The following candidates filed:{{Cite web |title=2024 Presidential Preference Election Filed Candidates |url=https://apps.azsos.gov/election/2024/ppe_cand/2024_ppe_candidates_filed.pdf |access-date=December 11, 2023 |website=Arizona Secretary of State}}
- Joe Biden
- Gabriel Cornejo
- Frankie Lozada
- Stephen Lyons
- Jason Palmer
- Dean Phillips (withdrawn)
- Marianne Williamson
Endorsements
{{Main article|Endorsements in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries}}
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US Senators
- Mark Kelly, U.S. Senator from Arizona (2020–present){{cite web |author1=McCammond, Alexi |author2=Treene, Alayna |author3=Solender, Andrew |date=August 5, 2022 |title=Dems dodge on Biden '24 |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/08/05/democrats-unwilling-to-back-biden |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328001852/https://www.axios.com/2022/08/05/democrats-unwilling-to-back-biden |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |work=Axios}}
US Representatives
- Ruben Gallego, U.S. Representative from {{ushr|AZ|3|AZ-03}} (2023–present) and {{ushr|AZ|7|AZ-07}} (2017–2023), candidate for U.S. Senator from Arizona in 2024
- Gabby Giffords, U.S. Representative from {{ushr|AZ|8|AZ-08}} (2007–2012), wife of U.S. Senator Mark Kelly{{Cite web |last1=Min Kum |first1=Seung |last2=Long |first2=Colleen |date=August 10, 2023 |title=Major gun safety groups come together to endorse Joe Biden for president in 2024 |url=https://apnews.com/article/gun-violence-mass-shooting-ee14c09c89dbf3335d9a2ded89613efb |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=The Associated Press}}
Local officials
- Kate Gallego, 62nd Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona (2019–present){{Cite web |last=Stockburger |first1=George |date=May 10, 2023 |title=Josh Shapiro, Malcolm Kenyatta named to Biden-Harris Campaign National Advisory Board|url=https://www.abc27.com/pennsylvania-politics/josh-shapiro-malcolm-kenyatta-named-to-biden-harris-campaign-national-advisory-board/ |website=ABC27/WHTM-TV}}
Organizations
- Democratic Party of Arizona{{cite web |date=April 25, 2023 |title=.@JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris are coming off of the best midterm for a sitting president since FDR and prevailed over the MAGA extremist agenda. The stakes are too high to sit on the sidelines, let's finish the job, Arizona! |url=https://twitter.com/azdemparty/status/1650857222614966274?s=20 |website=Twitter}}
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Results
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Polling
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! Poll source ! Date(s) ! Sample ! Margin ! Joe ! Robert F. ! Marianne ! Undecided |
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| style=border-right-style:hidden | | style=border-right-style:hidden | March 6, 2024 | colspan=8 | Phillips suspends his candidacy |
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| style=border-right-style:hidden | | style=border-right-style:hidden | February 28, 2024 | colspan=8 | Williamson re-launches her candidacy |
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| style=border-right-style:hidden | | style=border-right-style:hidden | February 7, 2024 | colspan=8 | Williamson suspends her candidacy |
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| style=border-right-style:hidden | | style=border-right-style:hidden | October 27, 2023 | colspan=8 | Phillips announces his candidacy |
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| style=border-right-style:hidden | | style=border-right-style:hidden | October 9, 2023 | colspan=8 | Kennedy withdraws from the Primaries |
Emerson College[https://emersoncollegepolling.com/arizona-2024-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-independent-candidacy-could-help-democrats-for-u-s-senate/ Emerson College]
| August 2–4, 2023 | 516 (LV) | ± 2.6% | {{party shading/Democratic}}|65% | 10% | 2% | 21% |
See also
Notes
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RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear}}
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