Biden Wins Arizona Primary Capping a Three-State Sweep

Biden Wins Arizona Primary Capping a Three-State Sweep

Mona Salama
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March 17, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden wins the Arizona Democratic primary, capping a sweep of contests in three states on Tuesday. The race was quickly called for the former Vice President after Biden ran up a double-digit lead in Maricopa County, where over 60 percent of Arizonans reside. It also has the highest population of Hispanic […]
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Cuellar Defeats Progressive Challenger in Texas House Primary

Cuellar Defeats Progressive Challenger in Texas House Primary

Mona Salama
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March 4, 2020
Rep. Henry Cuellar narrowly defeated progressive challenger Jessica Cisneros in a closely watched Texas’s 28th district, a disappointing loss for the progressive movement. With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Cuellar was leading Cisneros by 51.9 percent to 48.2 percent. Cuellar, who was first elected in 2004, is regarded as one of the more conservative […]
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Bloomberg Drops Out, Endorses Biden

Bloomberg Drops Out, Endorses Biden

Mona Salama
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March 4, 2020
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg who spent half a billion into his Democratic presidential campaign announced that he is dropping out after a disappointing showing on Super Tuesday and is endorsing former Vice President Joe Biden. "Three months ago, I entered the race for President to defeat Donald Trump. Today, I am leaving […]
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Biden Takes Texas — Sweeping Southern States on Super Tuesday

Biden Takes Texas — Sweeping Southern States on Super Tuesday

Mona Salama
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March 4, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden swept to victories across the Southern states on Super Tuesday, winning the second-largest prize — Texas after running neck-and-neck in the Lone Star state against his top rival Sen. Bernie Sanders. Shortly before 1 a.m., with 89% of the vote in, the Associated Press called Biden the winner in Texas, […]
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Super Tuesday State-by-State Results

Super Tuesday State-by-State Results

Mona Salama
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March 3, 2020
Fourteen states and one territory will hold nominating contests for the Democratic Party candidate for president on Tuesday, the most pivotal day on the presidential primary calendar. 1,344 pledged delegates — about a third of the total are up for play on Super Tuesday. Here is the breakdown of the 14 states results: Sanders wins […]
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Bloomberg: 'I don't think that I can win' Without a Contested Convention

Bloomberg: 'I don't think that I can win' Without a Contested Convention

Mona Salama
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March 3, 2020
Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said the only way he could secure the Democratic presidential nomination would be through a contested convention. “I don't think that I can win any other ways,” Bloomberg told reporters in his Miami field office on Tuesday. “You don’t have to win states, you have to win delegates.” "But […]
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Comey Endorses Biden; Campaign Asked to ‘Return it’

Comey Endorses Biden; Campaign Asked to ‘Return it’

Mona Salama
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March 3, 2020
Former FBI Director James Comey endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary on Twitter, but the Biden’s campaign says no thanks and asked to “return it, free of charge” the endorsement. “Yes, customer service? I just received a package that I very much did not order,” Andrew Bates, director of rapid response […]
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Amy Klobuchar Drops Out, Will Endorse Joe Biden for 2020 Race

Amy Klobuchar Drops Out, Will Endorse Joe Biden for 2020 Race

Mona Salama
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March 2, 2020
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is ending her presidential campaign on Monday, just one day before the Super Tuesday and plans to endorse Joe Biden at a rally in Dallas, Texas Monday evening.  Klobuchar told campaign staff on Monday that she is ending her campaign after a series of disappointing finishes in Nevada and South Carolina, […]
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Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race

Buttigieg Drops Out of Presidential Race

Mona Salama
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March 1, 2020
Former South Bend Mayor, Pete Buttigieg abruptly ended his campaign for President Sunday night, saying he no longer saw a chance of winning, following a crushing loss in the South Carolina primary where his poor performance with black Democrats signaled an inability to build a broad coalition of voters. “Today is a moment of truth. […]
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Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary: ‘We are Very Much Alive'

Joe Biden Wins South Carolina Primary: ‘We are Very Much Alive'

Mona Salama
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February 29, 2020
Joe Biden decisively won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, giving the former vice president his first victory in the 2020 nominating battle and a burst of momentum ahead of the critical Super Tuesday in three days where a third of the Democratic presidential delegates are up for grabs. “We won big, and we are very […]
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