2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary

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2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary
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  2020 March 5, 20242028 
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70 delegates (63 pledged and 7 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
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Candidate Joe Biden Uncommitted
Home state Delaware
Delegate count630
Popular vote122,80310,475
Percentage92.14%7.86%

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The 2024 Tennessee Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 70 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.

Contents

Biden won the primary in a landslide and received all 63 delegates.

Candidates

The filing deadline was December 5, 2023, at noon. President Joe Biden was the only candidate who met the certification requirements to appear on the ballot. [2]

US Representative Dean Phillips filed to run, but did not get enough signatures to make the ballot. [3]

Write-in candidates were permitted, and "uncommitted" was an option on the ballot. [4]

Endorsements

Joe Biden

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Notable individuals

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Marianne
Williamson
Other /
Undecided
February 28, 2024Williamson un-suspends her candidacy
February 7, 2024Williamson suspends her candidacy
October 27, 2023Phillips declares his candidacy
October 9, 2023Kennedy withdraws from the primaries
Targoz Market Research [8] [lower-alpha 2] Oct 5–16, 2023270 (RV)75%9%3%12%
224 (LV)74%10%2%14%
Targoz Market Research [9] [lower-alpha 2] Jun 14–22, 2023356 (LV)63%7%2%28%

Results

Tennessee Democratic primary, March 5, 2024 [10] [11]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)122,80392.14%6363
Uncommitted 10,4757.86%00
Total:133,278100.00%63770

Results by congressional district

Biden won all 9 of Tennessee's congressional districts.

DistrictBidenUncommitted
1st 90.9%9.1%
2nd 89.3%10.7%
3rd 91.9%8.1%
4th 91.7%8.3%
5th 91.3%8.7%
6th 91.1%8.9%
7th 91.5%8.5%
8th 95.5%4.5%
9th 94.8%5.2%
Source: "Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2024". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved May 5, 2023.

Results by county

See also

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. 1 2 Poll sponsored by the Beacon Center of Tennessee

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References

  1. "Tennessee Democratic Delegation 2024". The Green Papers . Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  2. "2024 Presidential Preference Primary". Tennessee Secretary of State - sos.tn.gov. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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