2024 Colorado Democratic presidential primary
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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.
Biden won the primary in a landslide, though "Noncommitted delegates" won about 9% of the vote.
Candidates[edit]
The following candidates filed:[3]
- Joe Biden
- Gabriel Cornejo
- Frankie Lozada
- Stephen P. Lyons
- Jason Palmer
- Armando “Mando” Perez-Serrato
- Dean Phillips
- Marianne Williamson
Endorsements[edit]
Joe 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
- National organization and Colorado chapters of the Democratic Socialists of America[9][10][11][12]
- Denver Chapter of Local Berniecrats[17]
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 | |
| Source: [18] | |||||
Results by county[edit]
| 2024 Colorado Democratic primary
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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[edit]
- 2024 Colorado Republican presidential primary
- 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 United States presidential election in Colorado
- 2024 United States elections
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