2020 Maryland Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Maryland Democratic presidential primary took place on June 2, 2020, after being rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It was originally going to take place on April 28, 2020, as one of several states in the "Acela primary" voting on the same date in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Maryland primary was a closed primary, with the state awarding 120 delegates, of whom 96 were pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the primary results. Joe Biden won the primary with 83.7% of  the vote, one of hist best results in the whole primary cycle, and earning all delegates. There was no other candidate gaining a relevant vote amount. Procedure. Maryland held its postponed primary on June 2 alongside seven other states, of which four had their regular original voting date on that day. Voting took place throughout the state from 7 a.m. until 8 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 96 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated  proportionally on the basis of the primary results. Of these, between 7 and 9 were allocated to each of the state's 8 congressional districts and another 10 were allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 21 at-large pledged delegates. Originally planned with 79 delegates, the final number included a 25% bonus of 17 additional delegates on the 69 district and at-large delegates by the Democratic National Committee, 10% for the original April date, which belonged to Stage II on the primary timetable, and an additional 15% for the regional "Acela" cluster alongside  originally five other states that would have voted on the same day (two of those states, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, had postponed their primary to the same date). District-level national convention delegates were voted on by the voters during the presidential primary, with no need for an additional confirmation by partie bodies. The state party committee would have met on May 23, 2020, to vote on the 21 pledged at-large and 10 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention. The 96 pledged delegates Maryland sent to the national convention were to be joined by 23 unpledged  PLEO delegates (13 members of the Democratic National Committee; 9 members of Congress, including both Senators and 7 U.S. Representatives; and former DNC chair Joe Andrew). Finally, there was one more DNC member. Candidates. The following individuals qualified for the ballot in Maryland: Running Withdrawn John Delaney had also qualified but had submitted an official withdrawal on February 3 so that he could be taken off the ballot. There was also an uncommited option. Results.