US presidential nominating contests and delegates counts for March 12 By Reuters
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By Helen Coster
(Reuters) -President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump each clinched their events’ nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the primary U.S. presidential election rematch in practically 70 years.
Within the Republican race, 161 delegates have been up for grabs throughout the 4 states holding contests: Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington. Trump, the only remaining Republican candidate, has the a minimum of 1,215 to win the celebration’s nomination.
On the Democratic facet, Biden confronted no severe challenges and clinched his celebration’s nomination after Tuesday’s primaries. He has the 1,968 delegates wanted for the nomination.
Here’s a have a look at the states and delegate counts for Tuesday’s nominating contests. Biden additionally may choose up delegates in Democratic contests being held within the Northern Mariana Islands and for Democrats residing overseas.
GEORGIA:
Race name: Biden wins Democratic main, Trump wins Republican main
Democratic delegate depend: 108
Republican delegate depend: 59
Georgia, the place each Biden and Trump campaigned over the weekend, is anticipated to be a presidential battleground state in November’s basic election. Biden beat Trump there by lower than a proportion level in 2020, flipping a Southern state Trump gained in 2016. Trump and 14 co-defendants have pleaded not responsible to racketeering and different prices accusing them of illegally pressuring state officers to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia. Current opinion polls from the state present Trump with an edge over Biden of their seemingly 2024 rematch.
MISSISSIPPI:
Race name: Biden wins Democratic main, Trump wins Republican main
Democratic delegate depend: 35
Republican delegate depend: 40
A September ballot from Echelon Insights reveals Trump main Biden by 18 proportion factors within the conservative Southern state. Trump gained Mississippi by roughly 16 proportion factors in 2020. Trump gained early main endorsements from practically all high Republican officeholders within the state.
WASHINGTON:
Race name: Biden wins Democratic main, Trump wins Republican main
Democratic delegate depend: 92
Republican delegate depend: 43
In January, a decide dominated that Trump may stay on Washington state’s Republican presidential main poll, rejecting one among a number of efforts to disqualify the previous president from operating once more based mostly on his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss. Biden simply beat Trump within the Pacific Northwest state in 2020 and once more leads him in polling of their anticipated 2024 match-up.
HAWAII:
Republican delegate depend: 19
In-person voting on the Republican caucuses ends at 2 a.m. EDT Wednesday (0600 GMT Wednesday).
Biden beat Trump within the 2020 election by virtually 30 proportion factors in Hawaii. Hawaiians have voted Democratic in each presidential election apart from the races in 1972 and 1984. Biden gained the island state’s March 6 Democratic caucus.
