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A Bad Night For Socialism: Establishment Lifts Joe Biden Over Bernie Sanders Insurgency On Super Tuesday

COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 29: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on stage after declaring victory in the South Carolina presidential primary on February 29, 2020 in Columbia, South Carolina. South Carolina is the first-in-the-south primary and the fourth state in the presidential nominating process. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Christian Datoc Senior White House Correspondent
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Former Vice President Joe Biden emerged victorious on Super Tuesday by winning key states in the south and blocking Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders from claiming massive victories in California and Texas.

During the second flurry of results, Biden was projected to win Texas, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Tennessee. Those six wins followed clear victories in Alabama, North Carolina and Virginia.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 03: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives with wife Jill (C) and sister Valerie at a Super Tuesday campaign event at Baldwin Hills Recreation Center on March 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. After his make-or-break victory in South Carolina, Biden has continued to do well in the Super Tuesday primaries. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 03: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives with wife Jill (C) and sister Valerie at a Super Tuesday campaign event at Baldwin Hills Recreation Center on March 3, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. After his make-or-break victory in South Carolina, Biden has continued to do well in the Super Tuesday primaries. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

With the exception of Minnesota and Oklahoma, all of Biden’s wins came in states won by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. His Minnesota win comes just one day after Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar dropped out of the presidential primary and endorsed him.

Exit polls showed Biden benefiting in one key drill down: voters who had decided on their pick in just the past few days.

Sanders has only won four states: California, Colorado, Utah and Vermont. His campaign had publicly signaled in recent weeks that they would happily let Biden have the East Coast states as long as they could maintain large victories in California and Texas.

The night’s biggest prize by far, California, was expected to give Sanders a massive boost, thanks in large part of his favorability numbers among Hispanic voters. Heading into Tuesday, Sanders held a double-digit lead over Biden in the Real Clear Politics California polling average, and though the Associated Press called the state for Sanders as soon as the polls closed, Biden was still expected to walk away with a number of the state’s 415 delegates.

Similarly, Texas, the second-biggest delegate count of the night, featured a much closer race, with Sanders and Biden separated by less than 2 points when voting opened Tuesday morning. Voters in Houston were still waiting to vote after polls officially closed, according to MSNBC correspondent Garrett Haake.

The Associated Press reported that Biden had won Texas around 2:00 AM Wednesday morning.

Former New York City Mayor and billionaire Mike Bloomberg also scored an early victory, earning five of American Samoa’s delegates. Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard received one of the six available delegates. American Samoan chief Fa’alagiga Nina Tua’au-Glaude endorsed Bloomberg on Monday.

Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren yet again failed to resonate with voters. She only broke the 15% viability threshold necessary for earning assigned delegates in two states: her home state of Massachusetts and nearby Maine. She finished third in both contests.

Once all results are in, Biden will have overtaken Sanders for first place in terms of total assigned delegates.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA - FEBRUARY 25: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) (L) looks on during the Democratic presidential primary debate at the Charleston Gaillard Center on February 25, 2020 in Charleston, South Carolina. Seven candidates qualified for the debate, hosted by CBS News and Congressional Black Caucus Institute, ahead of South Carolina’s primary in four days. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Though Sanders scored wins in 2 of the first 3 contests, Biden took home victory Saturday in South Carolina. This lead to a run of high-profile endorsements for Biden, including former primary candidates Minnesota Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke. (RELATED: Joe Biden Claims Victory In South Carolina)

Warren was the only other candidate in the race to earn any delegates heading into Tuesday (7). Gabbard had consistently finished in the first four contests with less than 3% of the vote.

MANASSAS, VA - MARCH 02: Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg participates in a Fox News town hall held at the Hilton Performing Arts Center at George Mason on March 2, 2020 in Manassas, VA. Mr. Bloomberg appeared in the FOX News Town Hall co-moderated by Special Report’s Bret Baier alongside The Story’s Martha MacCallum the evening before voting starts on Super Tuesday. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

The biggest unknown on Tuesday was Bloomberg, who had not yet appeared on any primary ballots before Tuesday, and despite his two lackluster debate performances, had moved into third place in a Real Clear Politics national polling average.

The Associated Press reported Tuesday night that Bloomberg would reassess his campaign on Wednesday.

1,357 pledged delegates were up for grabs on Tuesday. A candidate must earn 1,991 pledged delegates in order to secure the nomination ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee. (RELATED: Sanders, Biden, Bloomberg Have Paid Combined $466,000 To Superdelegates)

The Results

Alabama

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 8:00 pm ET
  •  52 pledged delegates

Arkansas

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls close at 8:30 pm ET
  • 31 pledged delegates

California

  • Bernie Sanders Wins
  • Polls close at 11:00 pm ET
  • 415 pledged delegates

Colorado

  • Bernie Sanders wins
  • Polls close at 9:00 pm ET
  • 67 pledged delegates

Maine

  • Polls closed at 8:00 pm ET
  • 24 pledged delegates

Massachusetts

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 8:00 pm ET
  • 91 pledged delegates

Minnesota

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls close at 9:00 pm ET
  • 75 pledged delegates

North Carolina

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 7:30 pm ET
  • 110 pledged delegates

Oklahoma

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 8:00 pm ET
  • 37 pledged delegates

Tennessee

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 8:00 pm ET
  • 64 pledged delegates

Texas

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls close at 8:00 pm ET and 9:00 pm ET (El Paso and Hudspeth counties)
  • 228 pledged delegates

Utah

  • Bernie Sanders wins
  • Polls closed at 10:00 pm ET
  • 29 pledged delegates

Vermont

  • Bernie Sanders wins
  • Polls closed at 7:00 pm ET
  • 16 pledged delegates

Virginia

  • Joe Biden wins
  • Polls closed at 7:00 pm ET
  • 99 pledged delegates

American Samoa

  • Michael Bloomberg wins
  • Polls closed 3 pm ET
  • 6 pledged delegates

This is a developing story and will updated as more information becomes available.

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