2020 Texas Republican presidential primary

For primaries in other races, see 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Texas and 2020 United States Senate election in Texas.

2020 Texas Republican presidential primary

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Candidate  | Donald Trump | Uncommitted
Home state  | Florida[1] | N/A
Delegate count  | 117 | 0
Popular vote  | 1,898,664[2] | 71,803
Percentage  | 94.13% | 3.56%
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The 2020 Texas Republican presidential primary took place in Texas, United States, on March 3, 2020, as one of 13 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the Republican Party primaries for the 2020 presidential election. The Texas primary was an open primary, with the state awarding 155 delegates towards the 2020 Republican National Convention.[3]

## Candidates[edit]

Filing for the primary began in early November 2019.[4] The following candidates have filed and are on the ballot in Texas:[5]

Running

* Rocky De La Fuente
* Zoltan Istvan
* Matthew Matern
* Donald J. Trump
* Bill Weld

Withdrawn

* Joe Walsh

## Results[edit]

2020 Texas Republican Party presidential primary[6]

Candidate  | Popular vote  | Delegates
Count  | Percentage
Donald Trump | 1,898,664 | 94.13% | 117
Uncommitted  | 71,803  | 3.56%  | 0
Bill Weld | 15,739  | 0.78%  | 0
Joe Walsh | 15,824  | 0.78%  | 0
Rocky De La Fuente | 7,563  | 0.38%  | 0
Bob Ely | 3,582  | 0.37%  | 0
Matthew Matern  | 3,525  | 0.18%  | 0
Zoltan Istvan | 1,447  | 0.07%  | 0
Total: | 2,017,167 | 100% | 155

### Results by county[edit]

Donald J. Trump won in every county.

2020 Texas Republican primary

County  | De La Fuente Guerra  | %  | Ely  | %  | Istvan  | %  | Matern  | %  | Trump  | %  | Walsh  | %  | Weld  | %  | Uncommitted  | %  | Total votes cast  | Turnout
Anderson | 16  | 0.20  | 1  | 0.01  | 1  | 0.01  | 15  | 0.19  | 7,646 | 96.63 | 30  | 0.38  | 24  | 0.30  | 180  | 2.27  | 7,913 | 28.07
Andrews | 28  | 1.15  | 2  | 0.08  | 0  | 0.00  | 6  | 0.25  | 2,281 | 93.41 | 22  | 0.90  | 9  | 0.37  | 94  | 3.85  | 2,442 | 24.53
Angelina | 20  | 0.16  | 23  | 0.18  | 5  | 0.04  | 21  | 0.16  | 12,166 | 94.97 | 79  | 0.62  | 59  | 0.46  | 437  | 3.41  | 12,810 | 24.82
Aransas | 10  | 0.24  | 8  | 0.19  | 8  | 0.19  | 2  | 0.05  | 3,820 | 92.14 | 39  | 0.94  | 25  | 0.60  | 234  | 5.64  | 4,146 | 23.89
Archer | 5  | 0.19  | 13  | 0.50  | 5  | 0.19  | 3  | 0.12  | 2,455 | 94.86 | 18  | 0.70  | 9  | 0.35  | 80  | 3.09  | 2,588 | 40.87
Armstrong | 1  | 0.14  | 1  | 0.14  | 1  | 0.14  | 0  | 0.00  | 676 | 96.99 | 5  | 0.72  | 1  | 0.14  | 12  | 1.72  | 697 | 48.30
Atascosa | 30  | 0.67  | 5  | 0.11  | 2  | 0.04  | 9  | 0.20  | 4,220 | 94.05 | 27  | 0.60  | 14  | 0.31  | 180  | 4.01  | 4,487 | 15.97
Austin | 9  | 0.18  | 5  | 0.10  | 2  | 0.04  | 9  | 0.18  | 4,662 | 95.56 | 22  | 0.45  | 28  | 0.57  | 142  | 2.91  | 4,879 | 24.79
Bailey | 16  | 1.74  | 1  | 0.11  | 1  | 0.11  | 1  | 0.11  | 832  | 90.73  | 9  | 0.98  | 6  | 0.65  | 51  | 5.56  | 917 | 26.21

## See also[edit]

* 2020 Texas Democratic presidential primary

## References[edit]

1. ^ Matthew Choi (October 31, 2019). "Trump, a symbol of New York, is officially a Floridian now". Politico. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
2. ^ "Primaries | Elections 2020". Fox News. February 21, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
3. ^ Julie Fine (December 2, 2019). "Bloomberg to Skip Early Contests, Focus on Super Tuesday States, Like Texas". NBCDFW. Retrieved December 3, 2019.
4. ^ Ramsey, Ross (November 13, 2019). "Analysis: For Texas candidates, 2020 officially started last weekend". The Texas Tribune.
5. ^ "Candidate Information". candidate.texas-election.com.
6. ^ "Races". results.texas-election.com. Retrieved April 6, 2023.

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