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Elections / 2020 · Dem primary · CA

Sanders led California's 2020 Democratic presidential primary.

County-level returns aggregated statewide; Sanders led by 8.1 points. This is the Democratic nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.

Statewide result
California 2020 Democratic presidential primary — county returns aggregated statewide.
CandidateVotesShare
Sanders2,080,84636.0%
Biden1,613,85427.9%
Warren762,55513.2%
Bloomberg701,80312.1%
Buttigieg249,2564.3%
Klobuchar126,9612.2%
Steyer113,0922.0%
Other58,6571.0%
Yang43,5710.8%
Gabbard33,7690.6%
By county (58)
Each row links to the county's full place page.
CountyLed byMarginVotes
Los Angeles CountySanders+11.01,476,204
San Diego CountySanders+7.9497,390
Orange CountySanders+8.9383,707
Alameda CountySanders+12.6370,210
Santa Clara CountySanders+6.3327,099
San Francisco CountySanders+10.4259,510
Sacramento CountySanders+3.8234,629
Riverside CountySanders+6.0233,493
Contra Costa CountyBiden+1.7226,728
San Bernardino CountySanders+8.0190,433
San Mateo CountySanders+1.4165,825
Ventura CountySanders+3.4132,260
Sonoma CountySanders+8.4130,237
Fresno CountySanders+8.289,482
Marin CountyBiden+5.889,296
Santa Cruz CountySanders+17.879,701
Santa Barbara CountySanders+10.879,330
San Joaquin CountySanders+2.075,634
Solano CountyBiden+4.568,763
Kern CountySanders+10.859,381
Monterey CountySanders+9.059,192
Placer CountyBiden+6.559,004
San Luis Obispo CountySanders+5.054,575
Stanislaus CountySanders+8.551,276
Yolo CountySanders+12.944,210
Humboldt CountySanders+35.530,830
Butte CountySanders+19.629,798
El Dorado CountyBiden+2.929,680
Napa CountySanders+4.629,054
Tulare CountySanders+11.626,900
Nevada CountySanders+13.424,018
Merced CountySanders+15.421,898
Mendocino CountySanders+26.918,754
Shasta CountySanders+0.117,630
Imperial CountySanders+14.413,085
Madera CountySanders+9.411,177
San Benito CountySanders+9.79,567
Lake CountySanders+10.99,094
Sutter CountySanders+12.78,681
Tuolumne CountySanders+3.18,002
Kings CountySanders+5.07,042
Calaveras CountyBiden+0.16,452
Siskiyou CountySanders+10.56,082
Yuba CountySanders+8.25,790
Amador CountyBiden+7.85,661
Tehama CountySanders+2.45,027
Plumas CountySanders+6.62,977
Inyo CountySanders+12.12,953
Del Norte CountySanders+12.72,925
Mariposa CountySanders+7.92,604
Mono CountySanders+6.62,303
Glenn CountySanders+5.82,069
Trinity CountySanders+16.21,999
Lassen CountyBiden+3.11,632
Colusa CountySanders+12.41,615
Modoc CountySanders+5.5705
Sierra CountySanders+6.0485
Alpine CountySanders+5.9306