Former vice president and presumptive nominee Joe Biden, who represented the state in the senate for three and a half decades, swept all delegates in this primary, winning almost 90% of the vote.

The Democratic National Committee granted a waiver for the late date outside of the window sanctioned by the party.

In the closed primary, candidates had to meet a threshold of 15 percent at the city and county or the statewide level in order to be considered viable.

The 21 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.

[3] In addition to delaying in-person voting from April 28, 2020, to June 2, 2020, to July 7, 2020, the requirements for using a mail-in absentee ballot had broadened to include voters who wished to follow public health guidelines for self-quarantine or social distancing even if they were experiencing no symptoms.