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.
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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.
Candidates
The Washington Secretary of State confirmed that the following names would be placed on the March 12 primary ballot (listed alphabetically):
- Joe Biden
- Dean Philips (withdrawn)
- Marianne Williamson
Campaign for "uncommitted delegates"
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 Israel–Hamas 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.
Endorsements
- 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]
- Newspapers
- Labor unions
- American Federation of Teachers Seattle Local 1789
- UAW Local 4121
- Washington chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers
- State senators
- Yasmin Trudeau, State Senator from LD-27
- Local officials
- Rami Al-Kabra, Bothell Deputy Mayor and City Councilmember at-large (2021–present)
- Olgy Diaz, at-large Tacoma City Councilmember (2022–present)
- Teresa Mosqueda, King County Councilmember from District 8 (2024–present) and former at-large Seattle City Councilmember (2017–2024)
- Organizations
- Council on American–Islamic Relations Action
- Seattle chapter and national organization of the Democratic Socialists of America
- IfNotNow Seattle
- Jewish Voice for Peace Action
- Our Revolution
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Notable individuals
- Bikini Kill, punk rock band
- Ijeoma Oluo, writer
- Linda Sarsour, political activist and co-chair of the 2017 Women's March
- Shaun Scott, filmmaker and activist
Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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| 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 |
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