2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

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2,550 delegate votes (2,443 pledged and 107 unpledged) to the Republican National Convention[1] 1,276[1] delegates votes needed to win
Candidate Donald Trump Bill Weld Home state Florida[2][a] Massachusetts Delegate count 2,549[1] 1[1] Contests won 56[b][c] 0 Popular vote 18,159,752[1] 454,402[1] Percentage 93.99% 2.35%
First place by first-instance vote   Donald Trump
Previous Republican nominee Donald Trump Republican nominee Donald Trump

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Presidential primaries and caucuses of the Republican Party took place in many U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories from February 3 to August 11, 2020, to elect most of the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. Delegates to the national convention in other states were elected by the respective state party organizations. The delegates to the national convention voted on the first ballot to select Donald Trump as the Republican Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election, and selected Mike Pence as the vice-presidential nominee.

President Donald Trump informally launched his bid for reelection on February 18, 2017. He launched his reelection campaign earlier in his presidency than any of his predecessors did. He was followed by former governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld, who announced his campaign on April 15, 2019, and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh, who declared his candidacy on August 25, 2019. Former governor of South Carolina and U.S. representative Mark Sanford launched a primary challenge on September 8, 2019. In addition, businessman Rocky De La Fuente entered the race on May 16, 2019, but was not widely recognized as a major candidate.

In February 2019, the Republican National Committee voted to provide undivided support to Trump.^[5][6] Several states canceled their primaries and caucuses.^[7] Other states were encouraged to use "winner-takes-all" or "winner-takes-most" systems to award delegates instead of using proportional allocation.^[8][9]

Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee on March 17, 2020, after securing a majority of pledged delegates.^[10] Donald Trump received over 18 million votes in the Republican primary, the most ever for an incumbent president in a primary as well as the most for any Republican in a presidential primary.^{[citation needed]}

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