2024 Washington Democratic presidential primary

The 2024 Washington Democratic presidential primary was held on March 12, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 111 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates.^[1]

2024 Washington Democratic presidential primary

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111 delegates (92 pledged and 19 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
Candidate Joe Biden Uncommitted Home state Delaware – Delegate count 90 2 Popular vote 763,739 89,764 Percentage 83.5% 9.8%
County results Congressional district results Biden   70–80%   80–90%

President Biden won in a landslide, however "Uncommitted delegates" received over 15% of the vote in Washington's 7th congressional district and was allocated two delegates.^[2]

Candidates

The Washington Secretary of State confirmed that the following names would be placed on the March 12 primary ballot (listed alphabetically):^[3]

• Joe Biden
• Dean Philips (withdrawn)
• Marianne Williamson
• Uncommitted

Campaign for "uncommitted delegates"

See also: Uncommitted (voting option) and Gaza war protest vote movements

After a push for Michigan Democratic primary voters to vote for the "uncommitted delegates" option garnered over 100,000 votes in protest to President Biden's handling of the Gaza war, momentum for Washington voters by activists and politicians to also select the "uncommitted delegates" grew as a number of organizations and officials endorsed a vote for uncommitted.^[4]

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Joe Biden

U.S. Senators

• Patty Murray (1993–present), President pro tempore of the Senate (2023–present)^{[citation needed]}

U.S. Representatives

• Pramila Jayapal, WA-07 (2017–present), Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (2021–present)^{[citation needed]}

Attorney General

• Bob Ferguson, Washington (2013–present)^{[citation needed]}

Uncommitted delegates

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[5]

Labor unions

• American Federation of Teachers Seattle Local 1789^[6][7]
• UAW Local 4121^[8]
• Washington chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers^[9]

State senators

• Yasmin Trudeau, State Senator from LD-27^[10][11]

Local officials

• Rami Al-Kabra, Bothell Deputy Mayor and City Councilmember at-large (2021–present)^[4]
• Olgy Diaz, at-large Tacoma City Councilmember (2022–present)^{[12][11][13][14]}
• Teresa Mosqueda, King County Councilmember from District 8 (2024–present) and former at-large Seattle City Councilmember (2017–2024)^[12][11]

Organizations

• Council on American–Islamic Relations Action^[15]
• Seattle chapter and national organization of the Democratic Socialists of America^{[16][17][18][19]}
• IfNotNow Seattle^[15]
• Jewish Voice for Peace Action^[20][11]
• Our Revolution^[21][22]
• Progressive Democrats of America^[23]

Notable individuals

• Bikini Kill, punk rock band^[15]
• Ijeoma Oluo, writer^[24]
• Linda Sarsour, political activist and co-chair of the 2017 Women's March^[24]
• Shaun Scott, filmmaker and activist^[24]

Results

Washington Democratic primary, March 12, 2024^[25]

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	763,739	83.5%	90
Uncommitted delegates	89,764	9.8%	2
Marianne Williamson	25,308	2.8%	0
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)	25,190	2.8%	0
Write-in votes	10,966	1.2%	0
Total:	914,967	100.0%	92	19	111

See also

• 2024 Washington Republican presidential primary
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 United States presidential election in Washington
• 2024 United States elections

Notes