2024 Ohio Democratic presidential primary

2024 Ohio Democratic presidential primary
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143 delegates (127 pledged and 16 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
County results	Biden 60 – 70% 70 – 80% 80 – 90% >90%
	Biden 60 – 70% 70 – 80% 80 – 90% >90%

The 2024 Ohio Democratic presidential primary took place on March 19, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 143 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.^[1] The contest was held alongside Arizona, Illinois, and Kansas.

President Biden won every county; but, despite having already dropped out, U.S. Representative Dean Phillips won three delegates. Congressman Phillips was still on the ballot on election day and gained his delegates by meeting the 15% threshold of votes needed to receive a delegate in a congressional district in the state's 2nd, 6th, and 14th districts.^[2]

Candidates

The filing deadline for the Ohio primary was on December 20, 2023, and the office of the Secretary of State of Ohio published the list of certified candidates on January 9, 2024.^[3]

Joe Biden
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)

Endorsements

Joe Biden

U.S. Senator

Sherrod Brown, U.S. Senator from Ohio (2007–present), U.S. Representative from OH-13 (1993–2007)^[4]

U.S. Representatives

Joyce Beatty, U.S. Representative from OH-03 (2013–present)^[5]
Shontel Brown, U.S. Representative from OH-11 (2021–present)^[5]
Marcy Kaptur, U.S. Representative from OH-09 (1983–present)^[4]

Mayors

Aftab Pureval, 70th Mayor of Cincinnati (2022–present)^[5]
Nan Whaley, 56th Mayor of Dayton (2014–2022), nominee for Governor of Ohio in 2022^[6]

Organizations

Ohio Democratic Party^[7]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Joe Biden	Robert F. Kennedy Jr.	Dean Phillips	Marianne Williamson	Other / Undecided
	March 6, 2024	Phillips suspends his candidacy
	February 7, 2024	Williamson suspends her campaign
Emerson College^[8]	Nov 10–13, 2023	351 (LV)	± 3.0%	61%	–	2%	7%	30%
	October 27, 2023	Phillips announces his campaign
Ohio Northern University^[9]	Oct 16–19, 2023	256 (LV)	± 3.8%	62%	–	–	6%	32%^[b]
	October 9, 2023	Kennedy withdraws from the primaries
Ohio Northern University^[10]	Jul 17–26, 2023	– (LV)	–	60%	15%	–	3%	22%^[c]
Suffolk University^[11]	Jul 9–12, 2023	152 (RV)	–	67%	13%	–	3%	17%

Results

Ohio Democratic primary, March 19, 2024^[12]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Bound	Unbound	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	461,558	87.06%	124
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)	68,629	12.94%	3
Total:	530,187	100.00%	127	16	133

Notes

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ Gavin Newsom with 7%; Cornel West with 2%
^ Gavin Newsom with 6%; Cornel West with 2%

References

^ "Ohio Democratic Delegation 2024". The Green Papers. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
^ Askarinam, Leah; Day, Chad. "Dean Phillips gains his first delegates. Here's why they'll likely vote for Biden at the convention". Associated Press. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
^ "SECRETARY LAROSE ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES CERTIFIED FOR THE MARCH 19 PRIMARY". Ohio Secretary of State. January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Solender, Andrew (April 26, 2023). "Democratic skeptics hold off on Biden 2024 endorsement". Axios.
^ ^a ^b ^c Stockburger, George (May 10, 2023). "Josh Shapiro, Malcolm Kenyatta named to Biden-Harris Campaign National Advisory Board". ABC27/WHTM.
^ McCammond, Alexi; Treene, Alayna; Solender, Andrew (August 5, 2022). "Dems dodge on Biden '24". Axios. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023.
^ @OHDems (April 25, 2023). "From creating thousands of good-paying jobs to delivering historic investments in infrastructure projects, @JoeBiden has delivered for working families in Ohio. He's had our back, & now we look forward to supporting his re-election as we fight for working Ohioans" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Emerson College
^ Ohio Northern University
^ Ohio Northern University
^ Suffolk University
^ "Ohio Presidential Primary". The AP. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

[key-8] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[11] Gavin Newsom with 7%; Cornel West with 2%

[13] Gavin Newsom with 6%; Cornel West with 2%

[1] "Ohio Democratic Delegation 2024". The Green Papers. Retrieved November 24, 2023.

[2] Askarinam, Leah; Day, Chad. "Dean Phillips gains his first delegates. Here's why they'll likely vote for Biden at the convention". Associated Press. Retrieved May 20, 2024.

[3] "SECRETARY LAROSE ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES CERTIFIED FOR THE MARCH 19 PRIMARY". Ohio Secretary of State. January 9, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.

[skeptics-4] Solender, Andrew (April 26, 2023). "Democratic skeptics hold off on Biden 2024 endorsement". Axios.

[advisory-5] Stockburger, George (May 10, 2023). "Josh Shapiro, Malcolm Kenyatta named to Biden-Harris Campaign National Advisory Board". ABC27/WHTM.

[unwilling-6] McCammond, Alexi; Treene, Alayna; Solender, Andrew (August 5, 2022). "Dems dodge on Biden '24". Axios. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023.

[7] @OHDems (April 25, 2023). "From creating thousands of good-paying jobs to delivering historic investments in infrastructure projects, @JoeBiden has delivered for working families in Ohio. He's had our back, & now we look forward to supporting his re-election as we fight for working Ohioans" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[9] Emerson College

[10] Ohio Northern University

[12] Ohio Northern University

[14] Suffolk University

[15] "Ohio Presidential Primary". The AP. Retrieved April 27, 2024.

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