Former vice president Joe Biden was the clear winner of the Florida primary, receiving almost 62% of the vote and 162 delegates, winning every county in the state and significantly extending his delegate lead.

Florida was one of three states which held primaries on March 17, 2020, alongside Arizona and Illinois,[2] while only one day before Ohio had been the first state to postpone its primary due to the COVID-19 pandemic and cancel in-person voting, accepting ballots until April 28 instead.

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

The 219 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary.

The delegation also included 30 unpledged PLEO delegates: 16 members of the Democratic National Committee, 13 representatives from Congress (including former DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz), and former DNC chair Kenneth M.