- President Joe Biden officially won enough delegates to be the presumptive Democratic nominee Tuesday night
- Former President Donald Trump is also expected to lock up the Republican nomination on Tuesday
- Trump knocked rival Nikki Haley out of the race last week, while Biden remains challenged by Marianne Williamson and Jason Palmer
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President Joe Biden officially became the Democratic nominee minutes after the polls closed Tuesday night in Georgia.
Former President Donald Trump is also expected to win the Republican nomination with Tuesday’s primary contests.
Earlier Tuesday, Democrats in the Northern Mariana Islands handed Biden a victory – as the current commander-in-chief received 93 votes to long-shot hopeful Jason Palmer’s four and self-help guru Marianne Williamson’s two.
Georgia was quickly called for Trump and Biden shortly after the polls closed at 6 p.m.
Republicans in Mississippi, Washington state and Hawaii also vote on Tuesday, with Hawaii holding a caucus, while Democrats also went to the polls in Mississippi and Washington.
President Joe Biden officially became the presumptive Democratic nominee Tuesday night after winning contests in the Northern Mariana Islands and Georgia
Former President Donald Trump easily won the Georgia primary and is expected to earn enough delegates Tuesday to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee
The president needed 1,968 delegates to become their party’s official candidate, while tthe former president has 1,089 and needs 1,215 for the Republican nomination.
Last week, Trump dominated the so-called Super Tuesday races, getting rid of his last rival, former UN Amb. Nikki Haley.
Haley dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, but did not endorse Trump on his way out.
Still, a significant amount of Republican voters in Georgia came out Tuesday and supported Haley.
With about 13 percent of the vote, about 17 percent had chosen Haley.
Biden practically ran the map on Super Tuesday said for one exception — he lost the American Samoa caucus to Baltimore-based entrepreneur Jason Palmer, who wasn’t even considered a mainstream Democratic hopeful before his victory.
Since then, Palmer has said he will continue his challenge, while Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips dropped out on Wednesday.
Long-shot Democratic hopeful Jason Palmer speaks last Tuesday after surprising the world by winning the American Samoa caucus and putting his name on the map
Voters line up to cast their ballots Tuesday in Mississippi’s Democratic and Republican presidential primaries
Self-help guru Marianne Williamson dropped out of the race in February, but relaunched her campaign earlier this month and remains on the Democratic ballot
Williamson, who dropped out of the race in February after a poor showing in Nevada, restarted his presidential campaign after outperforming Williams in Michigan.
She continues to fight for the Democratic nomination.
Williamson sent out a note to supporters when CNN predicted that Biden would be the Democratic nominee.
“Given the political reality, President Biden will probably have the nomination sewn up in terms of the delegate count very soon. But it doesn’t matter. We’re having the conversation without which the Democrats won’t win in 2024. And that’s why we have to continue,’ Williamson wrote.
Both Trump and Biden campaigned in Georgia over the weekend ahead of the primary, but they also set the stage for a campaign in the state.
Biden beat Trump in Georgia in 2020 — a shocking result in a state that had traditionally been red.