After Super Tuesday, former VP Joe Biden has become the front-runner again in a narrowing field of 2020 Democratic candidates.
Joe Biden is projected to win the Arkansas Democratic primary, according to NBC News, adding to his string of victories in the South on Tuesday night.With about a third of the results in, Biden had about 32% of the vote. Sanders and Bloomberg followed with about 20% each, above the statewide threshold for delegates.James Clyburn, D-S.C. introduces Democratic nomination hopeful Joe Biden at University of South Carolina in Columbia.
But his roll out of endorsements Monday night from former rivals Beto O'Rourke, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg showed "professionalism at his best," Clyburn said. "Stocks will be even more relieved at Warren's coming concession as they are at Biden's big showing," Brown tweeted. "Wall Streeters have always secretly been more afraid of her than anyone else given her domain expertise."Joe Biden will win Oklahoma's primary, NBC News projected.
The victory sets him up to take on Sen. Thom Tillis, a Republican who has tied himself closely to President Trump ahead of his November reelection bid. A recent NBC News/Marist poll found Cunningham narrowly leading Tillis in a hypothetical contest.By about 9 p.m. ET, Biden had picked up 114 pledged delegates on Tuesday, compared to 46 for Sanders, according to NBC News.Sanders could pick up some ground in California.Polls closed at 9 p.m.
Sanders tends to do better with younger voters of color, while Biden fares well with older voters of color.Fundstrat policy strategist Tom Block tells CNBC that "market participants should be comfortable with the rise of Joe Biden." Trump had lashed out at Bloomberg on social media earlier Tuesday night, by mocking a viral video of the Democrat licking his fingers after ripping up a slice of pizza. Bloomberg's well-funded social media operation has been quick to hit back at Trump, and the candidate himself brought that same pugnacious attitude to his Florida rally.
"While my fellow candidates spent a whole year focusing on the first four states, I was out campaigning against Donald Trump in the states where the election will actually be decided," he said.As of just after 8 p.m., Joe Biden held a lead in the national delegate count, with 127. Bernie Sanders is second with 82. Of the remaining candidates, Elizabeth Warren had eight, Mike Bloomberg had four, and Tusli Gabbard had one. All of these counts are according to NBC News projections.
The president zeroed in on a video of Bloomberg ripping a chunk off of a slice of pizza, leaving the rest of that slice in the pizza box and then licking his fingers.
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