Puerto Rico moves up 2020 Democratic primary date from June to March
Embattled Puerto RIco Gov. Ricardo Rosselló on Friday signed a law moving up the island's 2020 Democratic primary from June to the last Sunday in March, a move that gives island residents more say in picking the party nominee and expands the impact ofBy the time Puerto Rico holds its Democratic primaries in June, the nominee has been decided and Puerto Rico's primary is essentially academic, Rosselló stated in a news release.
Puerto Rico will join Texas and California in holding primaries in March. Those two states hold them on Super Tuesday, March 3. Nevada holds it caucus Feb. 22. Last December, California, the state with the largest number of Latinos, moved up its primary, usually held June 7, to March 3 permanently.
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