The 2024 Colorado Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 86 delegates to the Democratic National Convention was allocated to presidential candidates.[2] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.
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Biden won the primary in a landslide, though "Noncommitted delegates" won about 9% of the vote.
Candidates
editThe following candidates filed:[3]
- Joe Biden
- Gabriel Cornejo
- Frankie Lozada
- Stephen P. Lyons
- Jason Palmer
- Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato
- Dean Phillips
- Marianne Williamson
Endorsements
editJoe Biden
U.S. Senators
- Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator from Colorado (2009–present), Superintendent of Denver Public Schools (2005–2009)[4]
- John Hickenlooper, U.S. Senator from Colorado (2021–present), 42nd Governor of Colorado (2011–2019), 43rd Mayor of Denver (2003–2011)[4]
U.S. Representatives
- Diana DeGette, U.S. Representative from CO-01 (1997–present)[5]
- Joe Neguse, U.S. Representative from CO-02 (2019–present)[5]
- Ed Perlmutter, U.S. Representative from CO-07 (2007–2023)[6]
- Brittany Pettersen, U.S. Representative from CO-07 (2023–present)[4]
Organizations
U.S. Representatives
- David Skaggs, former U.S. Representative from CO-02 (1987–1999)[8]
Organizations
Results
edit| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 477,365 | 82.5% | 72 | 72 | |
| Noncommitted Delegate | 52,122 | 9.0% | |||
| Dean Phillips | 17,936 | 3.1% | |||
| Marianne Williamson | 16,761 | 2.9% | |||
| Gabriel Cornejo | 4,313 | 0.7% | |||
| Jason Palmer | 3,986 | 0.7% | |||
| Armando Perez-Serrato | 2,591 | 0.5% | |||
| Frankie Lozada | 2,402 | 0.4% | |||
| Stephen Lyons | 1,481 | 0.3% | |||
| Total: | 578,957 | 100% | 72 | 72 | |
Results by county
edit| 2024 Colorado Democratic primary
(results per county)[19] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| County | Joe Biden | Noncommitted Delegate | Dean Phillips | Marianne Williamson | Gabriel Cornejo | Jason Palmer | Armando Perez-Serrato | Frankie Lozada | Stephen Lyons | Total votes cast | |||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adams | 29,725 | 79.03% | 3,626 | 9.64% | 1,255 | 3.34% | 1,336 | 3.55% | 490 | 1.30% | 431 | 1.15% | 326 | 0.87% | 254 | 0.68% | 168 | 0.45% | 37,611 |
| Alamosa | 1,074 | 80.75% | 110 | 8.27% | 32 | 2.41% | 47 | 3.53% | 10 | 0.75% | 15 | 1.13% | 26 | 1.95% | 11 | 0.83% | 5 | 0.38% | 1,330 |
| Arapahoe | 51,523 | 83.00% | 5,466 | 8.81% | 1,837 | 2.96% | 1,573 | 2.53% | 503 | 0.81% | 454 | 0.73% | 247 | 0.40% | 280 | 0.45% | 193 | 0.31% | 62,076 |
| Archuleta | 1,266 | 86.65% | 88 | 6.02% | 41 | 2.81% | 44 | 3.01% | 2 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.48% | 5 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.41% | 1,461 |
| Baca | 99 | 64.71% | 27 | 17.65% | 8 | 5.23% | 10 | 6.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 3.27% | 1 | 0.65% | 2 | 1.31% | 1 | 0.65% | 153 |
| Bent | 227 | 74.92% | 45 | 14.85% | 7 | 2.31% | 7 | 2.31% | 1 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.66% | 6 | 1.98% | 3 | 0.99% | 5 | 1.65% | 303 |
| Boulder | 48,565 | 83.71% | 5,315 | 9.16% | 1,608 | 2.77% | 1,613 | 2.78% | 325 | 0.56% | 223 | 0.38% | 140 | 0.24% | 159 | 0.27% | 71 | 0.12% | 58,019 |
| Broomfield | 8,440 | 83.75% | 853 | 8.46% | 317 | 3.15% | 281 | 2.79% | 58 | 0.58% | 57 | 0.57% | 19 | 0.19% | 29 | 0.29% | 24 | 0.24% | 10,078 |
| Chaffee | 2,540 | 83.01% | 272 | 8.89% | 93 | 3.04% | 106 | 3.46% | 19 | 0.62% | 11 | 0.36% | 11 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.13% | 3,060 |
| Cheyenne | 35 | 58.33% | 14 | 23.33% | 4 | 6.67% | 1 | 1.67% | 1 | 1.67% | 2 | 3.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 5.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 60 |
| Clear Creek | 1,041 | 81.90% | 101 | 7.95% | 38 | 2.99% | 60 | 4.72% | 5 | 0.39% | 11 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.55% | 2 | 0.16% | 1,271 |
| Conejos | 749 | 80.28% | 60 | 6.43% | 20 | 2.14% | 25 | 2.68% | 13 | 1.39% | 15 | 1.61% | 40 | 4.29% | 8 | 0.86% | 3 | 0.32% | 933 |
| Costilla | 490 | 79.16% | 69 | 11.15% | 6 | 0.97% | 12 | 1.94% | 7 | 1.13% | 7 | 1.13% | 15 | 2.42% | 6 | 0.97% | 7 | 1.13% | 619 |
| Crowley | 161 | 80.90% | 12 | 6.03% | 8 | 4.02% | 11 | 5.53% | 3 | 1.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.50% | 2 | 1.01% | 1 | 0.50% | 199 |
| Custer | 433 | 90.21% | 20 | 4.17% | 7 | 1.46% | 15 | 3.13% | 1 | 0.21% | 3 | 0.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 480 |
| Delta | 1,994 | 81.62% | 201 | 8.23% | 58 | 2.37% | 107 | 4.38% | 16 | 0.65% | 38 | 1.56% | 9 | 0.37% | 7 | 0.29% | 13 | 0.53% | 2,443 |
| Denver | 74,724 | 80.89% | 10,403 | 11.26% | 2,648 | 2.62% | 2,419 | 2.62% | 673 | 0.73% | 588 | 0.64% | 423 | 0.46% | 369 | 0.40% | 133 | 0.14% | 92,380 |
| Dolores | 82 | 75.23% | 8 | 7.34% | 3 | 2.75% | 5 | 4.59% | 1 | 0.92% | 4 | 3.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.92% | 5 | 4.59% | 109 |
| Douglas | 27,301 | 84.57% | 2,315 | 7.17% | 1,229 | 3.81% | 805 | 2.49% | 186 | 0.58% | 186 | 0.58% | 93 | 0.29% | 105 | 0.33% | 62 | 0.19% | 32,282 |
| Eagle | 3,916 | 85.04% | 316 | 6.86% | 164 | 3.56% | 123 | 2.67% | 23 | 0.50% | 24 | 0.52% | 23 | 0.50% | 13 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.07% | 4,605 |
| El Paso | 42,314 | 82.63% | 3,993 | 7.80% | 1,730 | 3.38% | 1,673 | 3.27% | 507 | 0.99% | 339 | 0.66% | 223 | 0.44% | 274 | 0.54% | 153 | 0.30% | 51,206 |
| Elbert | 1,302 | 81.99% | 123 | 7.75% | 54 | 3.40% | 56 | 3.53% | 9 | 0.57% | 18 | 1.13% | 8 | 0.50% | 6 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.76% | 1,588 |
| Fremont | 2,671 | 83.94% | 242 | 7.61% | 88 | 2.77% | 98 | 3.08% | 18 | 0.57% | 21 | 0.66% | 19 | 0.60% | 9 | 0.28% | 16 | 0.50% | 3,182 |
| Garfield | 4,032 | 83.03% | 422 | 8.69% | 137 | 2.82% | 154 | 3.17% | 31 | 0.64% | 39 | 0.80% | 14 | 0.29% | 17 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.21% | 4,856 |
| Gilpin | 669 | 80.80% | 81 | 9.78% | 23 | 2.78% | 36 | 4.35% | 4 | 0.48% | 6 | 0.72% | 3 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.24% | 828 |
| Grand | 1,251 | 83.79% | 110 | 7.37% | 54 | 3.62% | 48 | 3.22% | 8 | 0.54% | 9 | 0.60% | 3 | 0.20% | 6 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.27% | 1,493 |
| Gunnison | 1,664 | 82.54% | 194 | 9.62% | 65 | 3.22% | 49 | 2.43% | 14 | 0.69% | 11 | 0.55% | 10 | 0.69% | 7 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.10% | 2,016 |
| Hinsdale | 57 | 86.36% | 3 | 4.55% | 2 | 3.03% | 2 | 3.03% | 1 | 1.52% | 1 | 1.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 66 |
| Huerfano | 859 | 82.44% | 83 | 7.97% | 25 | 2.40% | 24 | 2.30% | 11 | 1.06% | 11 | 1.06% | 19 | 1.82% | 3 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.67% | 1,042 |
| Jackson | 38 | 92.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 4.88% | 1 | 2.44% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 41 |
| Jefferson | 62,174 | 82.52% | 6,902 | 9.16% | 2,470 | 3.28% | 2,160 | 2.87% | 452 | 0.60% | 502 | 0.67% | 224 | 0.30% | 288 | 0.38% | 173 | 0.23% | 75,345 |
| Kiowa | 26 | 65.00% | 9 | 22.50% | 2 | 5.00% | 1 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 5.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 40 |
| Kit Carson | 161 | 71.24% | 40 | 17.70% | 8 | 3.54% | 10 | 4.42% | 1 | 0.44% | 2 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.44% | 1 | 0.44% | 226 |
| La Plata | 6,080 | 84.05% | 612 | 8.46% | 194 | 2.68% | 218 | 3.01% | 28 | 0.39% | 45 | 0.62% | 21 | 0.29% | 20 | 0.28% | 16 | 0.22% | 7,234 |
| Lake | 577 | 79.26% | 77 | 10.58% | 21 | 2.88% | 25 | 3.43% | 9 | 1.24% | 8 | 1.10% | 6 | 0.82% | 4 | 0.55% | 1 | 0.14% | 728 |
| Larimer | 36,046 | 83.28% | 3,768 | 8.71% | 1,252 | 2.89% | 1,324 | 3.06% | 309 | 0.71% | 205 | 0.47% | 122 | 0.28% | 173 | 0.40% | 85 | 0.20% | 43,284 |
| Las Animas | 1,442 | 78.84% | 223 | 12.19% | 45 | 2.46% | 50 | 2.73% | 15 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.55% | 19 | 1.04% | 14 | 0.77% | 11 | 0.60% | 1,829 |
| Lincoln | 120 | 71.01% | 23 | 13.61% | 6 | 3.55% | 6 | 3.55% | 1 | 0.59% | 5 | 2.96% | 3 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 5 | 2.96% | 169 |
| Logan | 699 | 78.01% | 99 | 11.05% | 29 | 3.24% | 26 | 2.90% | 5 | 0.56% | 22 | 2.46% | 7 | 0.78% | 2 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.78% | 896 |
| Mesa | 9,719 | 84.15% | 807 | 6.99% | 383 | 3.32% | 339 | 2.94% | 63 | 0.55% | 107 | 0.93% | 53 | 0.46% | 42 | 0.36% | 36 | 0.31% | 11,549 |
| Mineral | 127 | 77.44% | 13 | 7.93% | 8 | 4.88% | 10 | 6.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 2.44% | 2 | 1.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 164 |
| Moffat | 290 | 78.17% | 32 | 8.63% | 19 | 5.12% | 15 | 4.04% | 5 | 1.35% | 3 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.81% | 3 | 0.81% | 371 |
| Montezuma | 1,898 | 84.69% | 178 | 7.94% | 58 | 2.59% | 68 | 3.03% | 8 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.22% | 7 | 0.31% | 12 | 0.54% | 2,241 |
| Montrose | 2,658 | 86.41% | 191 | 6.21% | 84 | 2.73% | 82 | 2.67% | 9 | 0.29% | 21 | 0.68% | 10 | 0.33% | 12 | 0.39% | 9 | 0.29% | 3,076 |
| Morgan | 844 | 73.01% | 140 | 12.11% | 44 | 3.81% | 52 | 4.50% | 14 | 1.21% | 22 | 1.90% | 24 | 2.08% | 10 | 0.87% | 6 | 0.52% | 1,156 |
| Otero | 1,137 | 80.75% | 103 | 7.32% | 37 | 2.63% | 40 | 2.84% | 13 | 0.92% | 29 | 2.06% | 28 | 1.99% | 16 | 1.14% | 5 | 0.36% | 1,408 |
| Ouray | 808 | 89.18% | 41 | 4.53% | 21 | 2.32% | 26 | 2.87% | 3 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.22% | 906 |
| Park | 1,394 | 84.79% | 116 | 7.06% | 44 | 2.68% | 53 | 3.22% | 14 | 0.85% | 12 | 0.73% | 5 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.18% | 1,644 |
| Phillips | 115 | 71.43% | 18 | 11.18% | 15 | 9.32% | 6 | 3.73% | 1 | 0.62% | 3 | 1.86% | 2 | 1.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.62% | 161 |
| Pitkin | 2,085 | 87.31% | 138 | 5.78% | 74 | 3.10% | 64 | 2.68% | 7 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.29% | 7 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.13% | 2,388 |
| Prowers | 372 | 74.70% | 55 | 11.04% | 23 | 4.62% | 16 | 3.21% | 4 | 0.80% | 11 | 2.21% | 7 | 1.41% | 7 | 1.41% | 3 | 0.60% | 498 |
| Pueblo | 13,937 | 81.99% | 1,473 | 8.67% | 453 | 2.67% | 505 | 2.97% | 138 | 0.81% | 177 | 1.04% | 183 | 1.08% | 75 | 0.44% | 57 | 0.34% | 16,998 |
| Rio Blanco | 150 | 81.52% | 11 | 5.98% | 9 | 4.89% | 9 | 4.89% | 2 | 1.09% | 2 | 1.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.54% | 184 |
| Rio Grande | 754 | 81.25% | 73 | 7.87% | 19 | 2.05% | 36 | 3.88% | 10 | 1.08% | 4 | 0.43% | 14 | 1.51% | 9 | 0.97% | 9 | 0.97% | 928 |
| Routt | 2,588 | 86.64% | 196 | 6.56% | 109 | 3.65% | 62 | 2.08% | 5 | 0.17% | 15 | 0.50% | 5 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.10% | 4 | 0.13% | 2,987 |
| Saguache | 624 | 79.29% | 80 | 10.17% | 28 | 3.56% | 35 | 4.45% | 7 | 0.89% | 4 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.13% | 3 | 0.38% | 787 |
| San Juan | 91 | 81.25% | 6 | 5.36% | 2 | 1.79% | 8 | 7.14% | 3 | 2.68% | 1 | 0.89% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.89% | 112 |
| San Miguel | 923 | 85.78% | 86 | 7.99% | 33 | 3.07% | 23 | 2.14% | 3 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.37% | 3 | 0.28% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,076 |
| Sedgwick | 110 | 83.97% | 14 | 10.69% | 2 | 1.53% | 4 | 3.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.76% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 131 |
| Summit | 2,649 | 84.42% | 255 | 8.13% | 121 | 3.86% | 59 | 1.88% | 20 | 0.64% | 12 | 0.38% | 7 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.19% | 9 | 0.29% | 3,138 |
| Teller | 1,640 | 84.80% | 142 | 7.34% | 54 | 2.79% | 60 | 3.10% | 8 | 0.41% | 15 | 0.78% | 5 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.31% | 1,934 |
| Washington | 95 | 77.24% | 7 | 5.69% | 4 | 3.25% | 10 | 8.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 2.44% | 2 | 1.63% | 1 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.81% | 123 |
| Weld | 15,568 | 81.38% | 1,578 | 8.25% | 688 | 3.60% | 598 | 3.13% | 210 | 1.10% | 170 | 0.89% | 122 | 0.64% | 105 | 0.55% | 92 | 0.48% | 19,131 |
| Yuma | 222 | 68.31% | 44 | 13.54% | 14 | 4.31% | 20 | 6.15% | 6 | 1.85% | 12 | 3.69% | 3 | 0.92% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 1.23% | 325 |
| Total | 477,365 | 82.45% | 52,122 | 9.00% | 17,936 | 3.10% | 16,761 | 2.90% | 4,313 | 0.74% | 3,986 | 0.69% | 2,591 | 0.45% | 2,402 | 0.41% | 1,481 | 0.26% | 578,957 |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Jewish Voice for Peace Action [@JvpAction] (March 4, 2024). "JVP Action endorses "uncommitted" in the remaining Democratic presidential primaries This is a warning to Biden. We reject his support for Israel's assault on Gaza. By choosing to be complicit in genocide, he is also ignoring his voters and terrifyingly paving a path for Trump🧵" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2024 – via Twitter.
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