BREAKING: Biden wins Michigan primary, NBC News projects, a potentially fatal blow to Sanders’ hopes.
Biden led polls of Michigan heading into the day. Sanders, looking for a spark for his campaign, hoped to duplicate 2016, when surveys showed him trailing Hillary Clinton by a wide margin before he narrowly won the state., and not only because it awards 125 pledged delegates, the most of the six states voting on Tuesday. Biden won at least 38 delegates compared to Sanders' 33, according to an early NBC tally.
Success for Biden in Michigan, along with another state favorable to Sanders in Washington, was expected to all but crush the senator's hopes of winning the Democratic presidential nomination.Sanders hammered into Biden for supporting the North American Free Trade Agreement In Michigan, Biden has highlighted what he described as the Obama administration's achievements for the state. Campaigning with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday, he highlighted the Affordable Care Act's role in expanding insurance coverage in Michigan.
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