Biden projected to win Mississippi, Missouri Democratic primaries
Former Vice President Joe Biden notched victories in Mississippi’s and Missouri’s Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday, according to network projections, defeating Sen. Bernie Sanders in two of the states voting in a sequel to last week’s Super Tuesday.
Going into Tuesday’s contests, the former vice president had 670 delegates to Sanders’ 574, according to a Wall Street Journal tracker. It takes 1,991 to win the nomination on the first ballot at the Democrats’ Milwaukee convention this summer.All polls in Michigan, which offers the night’s biggest delegate prize, close at 9 p.m. Eastern. The six states voting Tuesday are Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington. All polls will be closed by 11 p.m. Eastern.
Also read: ‘You’re full of sh—’: Biden to Michigan construction worker who accuses him of ‘trying to take our guns.’ Biden and Sanders both canceled plans for election-night rallies in Cleveland amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. Hope for a fiscal response to the epidemic lifted spirits on Wall Street Tuesday, a day after the biggest one-day fall since the 2008 financial crisis. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +4.89% closed up 1,167 points higher.Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in Michigan by just over 10,000 votes in 2016, and it will be a critical swing state in November.
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