The 2024 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary took place on April 23, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 186 delegates to the Democratic National Convention were allocated to presidential candidates.
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Incumbent President Joe Biden is running for re-election. Dean Phillips, who suspended his primary campaign on March 6, 2024, is the only other candidate on the ballot.
President Biden won every county. Protest votes for the withdrawn Dean Phillips and write-in candidates combined for 12% of the vote.
Campaign
President Biden announced his candidacy for re-election on April 25, 2023, four years after he announced his 2020 campaign. He held his first official campaign rally in Philadelphia on June 17, touting the successes of his economic policy.
Endorsements
- Federal executive officials
- Patrick Murphy, former U.S. Under Secretary of the Army (2016–2017)
- U.S. Representatives
- Brendan Boyle, U.S. Representative from PA-02 (2015–present)
- Matt Cartwright, U.S. Representative from PA-08 (2013–present)
- Chrissy Houlahan, U.S. Representative from PA-06 (2019–present)
- Susan Wild, U.S. Representative from PA-07 (2018–present)
- Statewide officials
- Josh Shapiro, Governor of Pennsylvania (2023–present) and former Pennsylvania Attorney General (2017–2023)
- Austin Davis, Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2023–present)
- State legislators
- Malcolm Kenyatta, state representative from the 181st district (2019–present)
- Joanna McClinton, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 191st district (2015–present)
- Sharif Street, state senator from the 3rd district (2017–present)
- Organizations
- Organizations
- National organization of the Democratic Socialists of America
Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |||
| Joe Biden (incumbent) | 926,633 | 88.2% | 156 | ||
| Dean Phillips (withdrawn) | 68,310 | 6.5% | |||
| Write-in votes | 55,611 | 5.3% | |||
| Total: | 1,050,554 | 100.0% | 159 | 27 | 186 |
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Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Joe Biden | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Dean Phillips | Marianne Williamson | Other / Undecided |
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| Quinnipiac University | Jan 4–8, 2024 | 746 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 77% | – | 4% | 12% | 8% |
| Phillips declares his candidacy | ||||||||
| Kennedy withdraws from the primaries | ||||||||
| Quinnipiac University | Sep 28 – October 2, 2023 | 759 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 70% | 17% | – | 5% | 8% |
| Susquehanna Polling & Research | Sep 19–28, 2023 | 294 (RV) | – | 70% | 14% | – | 1% | 15% |
| Quinnipiac University | June 22–26, 2023 | 664 (RV) | ± 3.8% | 71% | 17% | – | 5% | 7% |