BOSTON (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden swept previous Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Warren’s house state throughout Tuesday’s presidential primaries, handing Warren a stinging defeat because the momentum from Biden’s win in South Carolina stretched into New England.
Warren, whose marketing campaign struggled to realize traction within the early Democratic primaries and caucuses, had hoped to tug out a win within the state that first lifted her onto the nationwide stage. As an alternative she completed third behind Sanders.
Biden’s energy was a shock within the state race that had gave the impression to be a toss-up between Warren and Sanders. His win was all of the extra uncommon on condition that he had little marketing campaign presence within the state in comparison with Warren and Sanders, a senator from a neighboring state.
Days earlier than the first, Sanders had made an enormous push for Massachusetts voters, drawing 1000’s to rallies in Springfield on Friday and once more at a rally on Boston Widespread on Saturday.
“If we’ve the most important voter turnout within the historical past of the Massachusetts main on Tuesday… We are able to win right here,” Sanders instructed the group. “We are able to win the Democratic nomination, we are able to defeat Donald Trump, and we are able to remodel this nation.”
Warren was cheered on by lots of of supporters as she made the brief stroll from her Cambridge house to the elementary college the place she votes Tuesday morning.
“2020 is a second we’ve been referred to as to in historical past and it’s a second not simply to do away with Donald Trump, it’s a second to construct the America of our greatest values,” Warren instructed supporters who had gathered on the polling location, chanting “Welcome house.”
Warren didn’t keep lengthy within the state. She headed off to take part in a marketing campaign rally in Detroit on Tuesday night time.
On the Republican aspect, President Donald Trump handily defeated former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, who’s mounting a long-shot effort to oust the president, who stays in style with GOP voters in Massachusetts.
Democratic Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin stated voter turnout gave the impression to be working forward of the presidential main in 2016.
He stated one indication was the quantity of people that clicked on his web site to seek out their polling location. By the tip of the day within the 2016 main, about 291,000 had clicked on the positioning. By 5 p.m. Tuesday, greater than 356,000 had used the positioning.
Galvin had predicted a wholesome turnout, saying Monday that he anticipated as many as 1.5 million votes to be forged within the Democratic presidential main. That may be a document turnout. He estimated a Republican turnout within the vary of 350,000.
On Tuesday, Galvin stated he anticipated the state to fulfill that expectation. He stated there have been no main glitches in voting.
Tuesday additionally marked the primary time that Massachusetts allowed early voting in a presidential main. Almost 230,000 voters took benefit of early voting final week. About 190,000 of these ballots have been forged within the Democratic main.
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