FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Bernie Sanders has won North Dakota’s caucuses. It’s a small bright spot in an otherwise dismal night for the Vermont senator. Sanders easily beat Joe Biden in a state where he beat Hillary Clinton four years earlier. Turnout was strong and results were slow to come in for North Dakota. When results from Fargo were finally tallied Wednesday, Sanders had won a thumping victory, with roughly 53% of the vote to Biden’s 40%. Democrats had to add reinforcements at their polling site in Fargo after voters there waited an hour or more Tuesday. The state’s caucuses were revamped this cycle to function more like a typical election.

 

North Dakota Democratic Caucuses Results..

7:49 a.m., Wednesday

1,000 of 1,000 precincts – 100 percent

x-Bernie Sanders 7,682 – 53 percent

Joe Biden 5,742 – 40 percent

Elizabeth Warren 366 – 3 percent

Amy Klobuchar 223 – 2 percent

Pete Buttigieg 164 – 1 percent

Michael Bloomberg 113 – 1 percent

Tulsi Gabbard 89 – 1 percent

Andrew Yang 20 – 0 percent

Tom Steyer 6 – 0 percent

Michael Bennet 3 – 0 percent

John Delaney 3 – 0 percent

Deval Patrick 2 – 0 percent

AP Elections 03-11-2020 07:49

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has had another big night in the Democratic presidential primary, capturing four more states, including Michigan. The key battleground state helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago, and the loss on Tuesday dealt a serious blow to his 2020 campaign. The former vice president also won Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho, showing strength with working-class voters and African American voters. Sanders’ narrow hopes for good news rested on North Dakota and Washington state, where votes are still being tabulated. Addressing supporters in Philadelphia, Biden noted that many had “declared that this candidacy was dead” only days ago, but “now we’re very much alive.”

Previously

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden has won Michigan’s Democratic primary, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president’s victory there on Tuesday, as well as in Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden’s path to the nomination. The Vermont senator’s hopes rested on Idaho, North Dakota and Washington state, where votes were still being cast or tabulated. But far fewer delegates are at stake there. Biden again showed strength with working-class voters and African Americans, who are vital to winning the Democratic nomination.