Super Tuesday results: Here’s where voting stands in presidential contests
8 months ago
Super Tuesday #SuperTuesday
WASHINGTON — The biggest night of the primary campaign is underway.
President Joe Biden has easily carried almost all the Democratic contests, winning:
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Jason Palmer defeated Biden in American Samoa, a tiny U.S. territory in the South Pacific.
Republican front-runner former President Donald Trump clinched:
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
The former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley, won the Republican presidential primary in Vermont.
Full results will take at least a few more hours. Voting in Alaska doesn’t end until midnight EST.
Although Biden and Trump are expected to be their party’s nominee, neither will be declared the “presumptive nominee” tonight. Trump won’t have enough delegates until March 12, and Biden will have to wait until March 19.
What is Super Tuesday?
The Super Tuesday primaries are the largest voting day of the year in the United States aside from the November general election.
Voters in 16 states and one territory are choosing presidential nominees. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor, senator or district attorneys.
Party primaries, caucuses or presidential preference votes are being held in Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.
A voter marks a ballot at the polling station in Kennebunk, Maine, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Super Tuesday elections are being held in 16 states and one territory. Hundreds of delegates are at stake, the biggest haul for either party on a single day. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
The polling station at the Town Hall in Kennebunk, Maine, is seen Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Voters check in to vote on Super Tuesday at the Connie Norman Transgender Empowerment Center polling station in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Katie Jo Muncie takes a selfie after voting in the Super Tuesday primary election at the Ruiz Branch Library in Austin, Texas, Tuesday March 5, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
Stacy Stewart submits her ballot after casting her vote at Elmdale Baptist Church Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Springdale, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods)
Voters cast their ballot on Super Tuesday at Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church, Precinct 11 Mecklenburg County, on March 5, 2024 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)
A overflow crowd signs in before attending a town meeting and voting in the primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Stowe, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Oliver Paradee accompanies his father, Andrew Paradee, as he fills out his ballot in the primary election, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Stowe, Vt. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Doug Scopel looks marks a ballot at a polling place Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
