2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary took place in Texas, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Democratic Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election, following the South Carolina primary the weekend before. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 262 delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, of which 228 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary. The Associated Press declared Joe Biden the winner of the primary. Prior to election day, Bernie Sanders had been ahead  in Texas polling, even in spite of Biden's powerful win in the South Carolina primary, and the Vermont Senator's campaign even had hopes of establishing a commanding lead in the delegate-rich state thanks to the high favorability Sanders had with the Latino electorate. Nevertheless, in what was coined a "surprise win", Joe Biden topped the final results with a close to five percent lead, allowing him to obtain a healthy portion of delegates. Widely seen as a blow to Sanders, his failure to win Texas helped contribute to his depleting momentum and eventual loss of front-runner  status that followed Super Tuesday. Procedure. Texas was one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday". Voting took place throughout the state from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. local time. In the primary, candidates needed to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the state senatorial district or statewide level in order to be considered viable. The 228 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 228 pledged delegates, between 2 and 10 were allocated to each of the  state's 31 state senatorial districts and another 30 allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 49 at-large pledged delegates. Differing from past custom the Super Tuesday primary as part of Stage I on the primary timetable received no bonus delegates, in order to disperse the primaries between more different date clusters and keep too many states from hoarding on the first shared date or on a March date in general. After precinct, county, and senatorial district conventions on Saturday, March 21, 2020 during which delegates to the state convention will be nominated, the  state convention will subsequently be held between Thursday, June 18 and Saturday, June 20, 2020 to vote on the 49 pledged at-large and 30 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 228 pledged delegates Texas sends to the national convention were to be joined by 34 unpledged PLEO delegates (21 members of the Democratic National Committee and 13 members of Congress, of which all were U.S. Representatives). Finally, there were 19 DNC members. Candidates. Filing for the primary began in early November 2019. The following candidates filed and were on the ballot in Texas: Running Withdrawn  Kamala Harris had been accepted onto the ballot, but had withdrawn early so that she was not put on it. Results. Results by county. † - candidates who withdrew prior to early voting, but appeared on the ballot ‡ - candidates who withdrew after early voting had started The winner in each county is denoted by bold. Analysis. Exit polls indicated Sanders winning an overwhelming share of the Latino vote, exemplifying his strong efforts at outreach to Texas's Latino community carrying with that almost every counties in the Mexican-American border as well as cities like El Paso, San Antonio and Austin. He  also won the voters under 50 of all races. Biden's strength was overwhelmingly among older people, especially whites and African-Americans in cities such as Dallas and Houston.