2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary

2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary
	June 2, 2020
46 Democratic National Convention delegates (34 pledged with 23 district-level and 11 statewide; 12[lower-alpha 1] unpledged); The number of pledged delegates won is determined by the popular vote
	Election results by county Joe Biden

The 2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary took place on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, as part of the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The New Mexico primary was a closed primary, with the state awarding 46 delegates, of whom 34 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 73% of the vote, while Bernie Sanders, who had suspended his campaign two months earlier, received 15%.

Procedure

New Mexico was one of seven states voting on June 2 in the Democratic primaries, along with Indiana, Maryland, Montana, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, and the District of Columbia.[1] Four of these states had moved their elections to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15% at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 34 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of the 34 pledged delegates, between 5 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 3 congressional districts and another 4 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 7 at-large pledged delegates.[2] Originally planned with 29 delegates, the final number included a 20% bonus of 5 additional delegates in the 30 district and at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee due to the June date, which belonged to Stage III on the primary timetable.[3][4]

State delegates were planned to designate district-level delegates for the national convention at district conventions on June 13. On June 20, the state post-primary convention would have voted on the 7 pledged at-large and 4 PLEO delegates. The 29 pledged delegates New Mexico sent to the national convention were to be joined by 11 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee; the entire congressional delegation, consisting of both Senators and all 3 U.S. Representatives; the governor Michelle Lujan Grisham; and former DNC chair Fred R. Harris). Finally, there was one more DNC member.[2]

Pledged national convention delegates
Type	Del.
CD1	9
CD2	5
CD3	9
PLEO	4
At-large	7
Total pledged delegates	34

Candidates

The following candidates appeared on the ballot:

Running

Joe Biden

Withdrawn

There was also an option for uncommitted delegates.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 2]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Michael Bloomberg	Cory Booker	Pete Buttigieg	Tulsi Gabbard	Amy Klobuchar	Bernie Sanders	Elizabeth Warren	Andrew Yang	Other	Undecided
	Apr 8, 2020	Sanders suspends his campaign
	Mar 1–19, 2020	Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Bloomberg, Warren, and Gabbard withdraw from the race
	Jan 13–Feb 11, 2020	Booker and Yang withdraw from the race
Emerson Polling	Jan 3–6, 2020	447 (RV)	± 4.6%	27%	3%	2%	7%	2%	2%	28%	8%	10%	11%[lower-alpha 3]	-

Results

2020 New Mexico Democratic presidential primary[5]
Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[6]
Joe Biden	181,700	73.30	30
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	37,435	15.10	4
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	14,552	5.87
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	4,026	1.62
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	2,735	1.10
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	971	0.39
Uncommitted Delegate	6,461	2.61
Total	247,880	100%	34

Notes

originally 11 unpledged delegates
Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 10%

References

Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"New Mexico Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.
"Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
"The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
"2020 Primary Election Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
"Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

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[1] riginally 11 unpledged delegates

[key-6] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[7] Steyer with 1%; Bennet, Delaney, Patrick, and Williamson with 0%; someone else with 10%

[FHQ-primarydates-2] Putnam, Josh. "The 2020 Presidential Primary Calendar". Frontloading HQ. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[GP-3] "New Mexico Democratic Delegation 2020". The Green Papers. May 3, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

[4] "Democratic Timing Penalties and Bonuses". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

[5] "The Math Behind the Democratic Delegate Allocation - 2020". The Green Papers. November 24, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.

[NM-SOS-results-8] "2020 Primary Election Results". New Mexico Secretary of State. Retrieved 14 October 2020.

[NM-AP-delegates-9] "Delegate Tracker". interactives.ap.org. Associated Press. Retrieved June 3, 2020.