The Iowa Republican Party web page has these results of the Republican caucus of February 3. President Trump received 97.1%; William Weld 1.3%; Joe Walsh 1.1%; other .5%.
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On February 7, former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh dropped out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Thanks to Political Wire for this news.
The Virginia Libertarian Party presidential petition is circulating. Virginia has no petition for a group to become a qualified party; it just has candidate petitions. But at least the state law lets unqualified parties circulate a petition with stand-ins. The Virginia Libertarian Party 2020 presidential petition shows Carla Howell for president, and Bob Johnston for vice-president. When the party chooses its actual nominees on the Memorial Day weekend, Howell and Johnston will withdraw and the actual nominees will take their place.
The Illinois and Pennsylvania Libertarian Parties are in the same situation, and will soon be choosing stand-in nominees. Presumably other minor parties that expect to be on the ballot in those three states will also soon choose stand-ins. The Pennsylvania petitioning period begins later this month; the Illinois petitioning period starts in March.
538.com, as of early February, predicts a 24% chance that the Democratic national convention delegates will make the actual (not just the formal decision) as to whom to nominate for president. See here. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
February 6 was the deadline for petitions for Democratic presidential primary candidates in New York. For Democrats (but not other parties) 5,000 signatures are required. Eleven Democrats filed: Michael Bennet, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, Pete Buttigieg, Tulsi Gabbard, Amy Klobuchar, Deval Patrick, Bernie Sanders, Tom Steyer, Elizabeth Warren, and Andrew Yang. See the State Board of Elections web page here, although as of the evening of February 6, it isn’t complete. Thanks to Darcy Richardson for the news about the three who filed but who are not yet listed.
Republican presidential candidates get on the ballot by filing a request by February 25, asserting that they are nationally recognized candidates as shown by media coverage. A majority of Republican members of the State Board of Elections must approve the request. Or, they can also submit a petition. The only Republican who has submitted a petition is Rocky De La Fuente.