WASHINGTON — Joe Biden just won big in Florida, putting him that much closer to the Democratic nomination.
It was a lopsided win in one of the last large-state primaries we’ll be seeing for some time. Florida is the first of three states that decided to continue its primary elections in spite of the threat of coronavirus. He led Bernie Sanders by 61%-23% with 61% of precincts reporting when the Associated Press called the election shortly after 8 p.m., when polls closed across the state.
That lopsided win will give Biden a huge trove of delegates. And if he wins Illinois and Arizona, as polls have suggested, Biden will become an even more prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination.
But the primary elections themselves were secondary in the face of the ongoing international crisis unfolding around coronavirus. Florida, Illinois and Arizona officials opted to move forward with their primaries despite the pandemic, but faced some major election issues as . Ohio officials had planned to do so as well, but canceled that at the last minute.
Cover: Democratic presidential hopeful former US vice president Joe Biden makes a point as he and Senator Bernie Sanders take part in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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WASHINGTON — Joe Biden just won big in Florida, putting him that much closer to the Democratic nomination.
It was a lopsided win in one of the last large-state primaries we’ll be seeing for some time. Florida is the first of three states that decided to continue its primary elections in spite of the threat of coronavirus. He led Bernie Sanders by 61%-23% with 61% of precincts reporting when the Associated Press called the election shortly after 8 p.m., when polls closed across the state.
That lopsided win will give Biden a huge trove of delegates. And if he wins Illinois and Arizona, as polls have suggested, Biden will become an even more prohibitive favorite for the Democratic nomination.
But the primary elections themselves were secondary in the face of the ongoing international crisis unfolding around coronavirus. Florida, Illinois and Arizona officials opted to move forward with their primaries despite the pandemic, but faced some major election issues as . Ohio officials had planned to do so as well, but canceled that at the last minute.
Cover: Democratic presidential hopeful former US vice president Joe Biden makes a point as he and Senator Bernie Sanders take part in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020. (Photo: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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