2020 Republican Party presidential primaries

The **2020 Republican Party presidential primaries and caucuses** were a series of elections which took place in many U.S. state's, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories. These elections selected the 2,550 delegates to send to the Republican National Convention. The Republican National Convention selected the Republican Party's nominee in the 2020 election.

On March 17, Donald Trump won more than half of the delegates for the election and became the presumptive nominee. Later, on August 24, the delegates voted for Trump as the official nominee.

## Background

Donald Trump launched his bid for re-election on February 18, 2017. Other candidates who ran were Bill Weld, Joe Walsh,and Mark Sanford. Mark Sandord launched the third primary challenge on September 8, 2019 and withdrew from the race two months later.

In February 2019, the Republican National Committee voted to provide undivided support to Trump. Seven states have decided to cancel their primaries and caucuses.

### Nominee

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|colspan="28" style="background:#F1F1F1;"|<big>**2020 Republican Party ticket**</big>|||
|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for President***|style="width:3em; width:200px;"|***for Vice President***|
|President of the United States <small>(2017-present)</small>|Vice President of the United States <small>(2017-present)</small>|||
|colspan=2|**Campaign**|||
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### Other candidates

|scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|Bill Weld|scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|Joe Walsh|scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|Rocky De La Fuente|scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|Zoltan Istvan|scope="col" style="width:3em; font-size:120%;"|Mark Sanford|
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|colspan="8" style="text-align:center; font-size:120%; color:white; background:;"|_Candidates in this section are sorted by state ballot access_|||||||||
|<small>(1991–1997)</small>|<small>(2011–2013)</small>|Businessman|Transhumanist|<small>(1995–2001, 2013–2019)</small> <small>(1998–2002)</small>||||||
|Campaign FEC filing|Campaign FEC filing|Campaign FEC filing|FEC filing|Campaign FEC filing||||||
|<small>**1** delegate</small> <small>**286,564** votes (1.97%)</small>|<small>**169,713** votes (1.17%)</small>|<small>**73,119** votes (0.50%)</small>|<small>**14,291** votes (0.10%)</small>|<small>**4,258** votes (0.03%)</small>||||||

### Convention site

On July 20, 2018, the Republican National Convention chose Charlotte, North Carolina as the site for their 2020 national convention. The convention will be held between August 24 to August 27.

## Convention site

On July 20, 2018, the Republican National Convention chose Charlotte, North Carolina as the site for their 2020 national convention. The convention will be held between August 24 to August 27.

## Timeline

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|style="background:purple;"||Midterm elections|style="background:#007F33;"||Iowa caucuses|style="background:orange"||Super Tuesday|style="background:red;"||Republican convention|

## Infobox (election)

- **election name**: 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
- **country**: United States
- **type**: primary
- **ongoing**: no
- **previous election**: 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
- **previous year**: 2016
- **next election**: 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- **next year**: 2024
- **election date**: February 3 to June 2, 2020
- **votes for election**: 2,552 delegate votes (2,442 pledged and 110 unpledged) to the 2020 Republican National Convention, Republican National Convention
- **needed votes**: 1,276 delegates
- **party name**: no
- **image1**:
- **candidate1**: **Donald Trump**
- **color1**: 283681
- **states carried1**: 33
- **popular vote1**: **13,682,123**
- **percentage1**: **94.14%**
- **delegate count1**: **1,797**
- **image2**:
- **candidate2**: Bill Weld
- **color2**: 29AB87
- **states carried2**: 0
- **popular vote2**: 286,564
- **percentage2**: 1.97%
- **delegate count2**: 1
- **map image**: Republican Party presidential primaries results, 2020.svg
- **map size**: 300px
- **map caption**: **First place by first-instance vote**
- **title**: Republican nominee
- **before election**: Donald Trump
- **after election**: Donald Trump