Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico

Joe Biden wins Democratic primary in Puerto Rico

Washington: Joe Biden won the Democratic presidential primary in Puerto Rico on Sunday.

Joe Biden faced seven other candidates on the ballot, though all the others have dropped out of the race.

Joe Biden has already locked up enough delegates to become the party”s nominee.

The primary was scheduled for March but was delayed until Sunday because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Residents of Puerto Rico are US citizens, but they cannot vote in the general election in November. However, both Democrats and Republicans invite delegates from the US territory to their respective political conventions.

Biden wins New Jersey’s Democratic primary

Biden wins New Jersey’s Democratic primary

Washington: Former Vice President Joe Biden has won New Jersey’s mostly mail-in Democratic presidential primary.

Biden faced Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the ballot Tuesday, even though Biden has accumulated enough delegates to become the party’s presumptive nominee.

New Jersey’s already-late primary got pushed a month later because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and Democratic Governor Phil Murphy mandated that the election take place mostly by mail-in ballots.

New Jersey’s 14 electoral votes have gone to Democrats in every presidential election since 1988.

Biden has also won Delaware”s Democratic presidential primary, while President Donald Trump has won the state”s Republican presidential primary.

Biden, a longtime senator from Delaware before serving two terms as vice president, is already the party”s presumptive nominee. He has accumulated enough delegates to win the nomination at Democrats” convention next month.

Republicans have coalesced around Trump, who is seeking his second term in office. Republicans are also holding their presidential nominating convention next month.