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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]
Filing for the primary began in early November 2019. [4] The following candidates have filed and are on the ballot in Texas: [5]
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| 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 |
Donald J. Trump won in every county.
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| 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 |
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