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- ↑ "2000 STATEWIDE PRIMARY CANVASS - JUNE 6, 2000" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Mike Cooney. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2008 STATEWIDE PRIMARY CANVASS - JUNE 3rd, 2008" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Brad Johnson. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2008 STATEWIDE GENERAL CANVASS - NOVEMBER 4th, 2008" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Brad Johnson. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2012 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2012 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2016 STATEWIDE PRIMARY ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "2016 STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION CANVASS" (PDF). Secretary of State of Montana. Secretary of State Linda McCulloch. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
- ↑ "Results: New Hampshire 2020 Presidential Primary - Democratic President". New Hampshire Secretary of State . Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "2020 Presidential Primary - Democratic Write-Ins (last update: 19:06 Feb.13)". New Hampshire Secretary of State . Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ↑ "Live Results: New Hampshire Primary" . The New York Times. February 11, 2020. Archived from the original on February 14, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Arkansas Election Results 2020". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Montana U.S. Senate Primary Election Results". The New York Times. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 3, 2020.
- ↑ "Montana Federal Election Results". Montana Secretary of State. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ↑ Number of pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention. [10]
- ↑ Full results with all 16 minor candidates included available in the main article.
- ↑ Other write-ins (173 votes) does not include Michael Bloomberg (4,777 votes), Donald Trump (1,219 votes) and Bill Weld (16 votes). Total number of all write-ins was 6,185 votes. [9]