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The 2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of fourteen contests scheduled for Super Tuesday in the Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election.
Incumbent United States President Donald Trump was challenged by three candidates: businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente of California, former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Walsh withdrew from the race prior to the primary. De La Fuente was not on the initial ballot list, but he successfully petitioned to get onto the ballot following its release. [2] Donald Trump won Massachusetts in a landslide over Former Governor Bill Weld, winning almost every town, losing only Pelham and Gosnold.
| 2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary [3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Popular vote | Delegates | |
| Count | Percentage | ||
| Donald Trump (incumbent) | 239,115 | 86.32 | 41 |
| Bill Weld | 25,425 | 9.18 | 0 |
| Joe Walsh (withdrawn) | 3,008 | 1.09 | 0 |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 675 | 0.24 | 0 |
| No Preference | 4,385 | 1.58 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,242 | 0.81 | 0 |
| All Others | 2,152 | 0.78 | 0 |
| Total | 277,002 | 100% | 41 |
| 2020 Massachusetts Republican primary (results per county) [3] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Donald Trump | Bill Weld | Joe Walsh | Rocky De La Fuente | No Preference | Blank ballots | All Others | Total votes cast | |||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Barnstable | 17,723 | 88.36 | 1,554 | 7.75 | 143 | 0.71 | 39 | 0.19 | 292 | 1.46 | 192 | 0.96 | 115 | 0.57 | 20,058 |
| Berkshire | 2,527 | 80.25 | 432 | 13.72 | 65 | 2.06 | 8 | 0.25 | 59 | 1.87 | 34 | 1.08 | 24 | 0.76 | 3,149 |
| Bristol | 20,003 | 89.78 | 1,417 | 6.36 | 239 | 1.07 | 39 | 0.18 | 277 | 1.24 | 174 | 0.78 | 132 | 0.59 | 22,281 |
| Dukes | 522 | 80.56 | 74 | 11.42 | 22 | 3.40 | 1 | 0.15 | 11 | 1.70 | 10 | 1.54 | 8 | 1.23 | 648 |
| Essex | 31,124 | 86.74 | 3,218 | 8.97 | 349 | 0.97 | 83 | 0.23 | 550 | 1.53 | 306 | 0.85 | 254 | 0.71 | 35,884 |
| Franklin | 1,886 | 80.67 | 341 | 14.59 | 30 | 1.28 | 9 | 0.38 | 42 | 1.80 | 13 | 0.56 | 17 | 0.73 | 2,338 |
| Hampden | 13,272 | 86.95 | 1,178 | 7.72 | 192 | 1.26 | 64 | 0.42 | 204 | 1.34 | 103 | 0.67 | 251 | 1.64 | 15,264 |
| Hampshire | 3,909 | 83.92 | 567 | 12.17 | 37 | 0.79 | 14 | 0.30 | 80 | 1.72 | 27 | 0.58 | 24 | 0.52 | 4,658 |
| Middlesex | 50,703 | 84.45 | 6,463 | 10.76 | 667 | 1.11 | 151 | 0.25 | 1,037 | 1.73 | 550 | 0.92 | 471 | 0.78 | 60,042 |
| Nantucket | 352 | 78.40 | 59 | 13.14 | 12 | 2.67 | 4 | 0.89 | 9 | 2.00 | 4 | 0.89 | 9 | 2.00 | 449 |
| Norfolk | 28,554 | 85.59 | 3,207 | 9.61 | 334 | 1.00 | 80 | 0.24 | 598 | 1.79 | 284 | 0.85 | 303 | 0.91 | 33,360 |
| Plymouth | 28,279 | 88.54 | 2,388 | 7.48 | 282 | 0.88 | 55 | 0.17 | 537 | 1.68 | 224 | 0.70 | 173 | 0.54 | 31,938 |
| Suffolk | 8,801 | 83.26 | 1,127 | 10.66 | 207 | 1.96 | 41 | 0.39 | 140 | 1.32 | 106 | 1.00 | 148 | 1.40 | 10,570 |
| Worcester | 31,460 | 86.52 | 3,400 | 9.35 | 429 | 1.18 | 87 | 0.24 | 549 | 1.51 | 215 | 0.59 | 223 | 0.61 | 36,363 |
| Total | 239,115 | 86.32 | 25,425 | 9.18 | 3,008 | 1.09 | 675 | 0.24 | 4,385 | 1.58 | 2,242 | 0.81 | 2,152 | 0.78 | 277,002 |
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