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'We are very much alive!' Biden surges to victory across Super Tuesday map, Sanders claims delegate-rich California
Former Vice President Joe Biden surged to victory in Super Tuesday contests across the South and beyond, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., claimed gold with a sizable win in delegate-rich California – divvying up the map on the biggest primary day of the season and hinting a tight battle between the two could last for weeks or more.
Former Vice President Joe Biden surged to victory in Super Tuesday contests across the South and beyond, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., claimed gold with a sizable win in delegate-rich California – divvying up the map on the biggest primary day of the season and hinting a tight battle between the two could last for weeks or more.
After midnight Wednesday, The Associated Press declared Biden had narrowly defeated Sanders in Texas, the second-biggest contest of the day. With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Biden led Sanders 33.3 percent to 29.3 percent, or 602,352 votes to 531,626. The two candidates are likely to receive a similar share of the state's 228 pledged delegates.
Maine's race remained too close to call. With 71 percent of precincts reporting, Sanders and Biden were within 2 percentage points.
But the headline of the night was Biden's remarkable comeback after his recent poor performances in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. He won the most contests Tuesday. Although who came out ahead in the delegate race remained unclear, the former vice president outperformed expectations from just a week ago.
Next week's March 10 primary in Michigan – one of six states voting that day -- will be Biden's next test as he seeks to demonstrate that he can reliably defeat Sanders' appeal in the Midwest. "I'm here to report: We are very much alive! And make no mistake about it, this campaign will send Donald Trump packing," the 77-year-old Biden told fired-up supporters in Los Angeles. Click here for more on our top story.
Other developments from Super Tuesday:
- Biden-Sanders battle could lead to first contested major-party nominating convention in well over half-century
- State-by-state results in the Democratic presidential primaries
- Warren places third in home state Massachusetts
- Bernie backer Ilhan Omar swipes at Warren
- Biden-Sanders battle could lead to first contested major-party nominating convention in well over half-century
- State-by-state results in the Democratic presidential primaries
- Warren places third in home state Massachusetts
- Bernie backer Ilhan Omar swipes at Warren
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