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Sanders vows to stay in Democratic race after Biden secures lead

Senator acknowledges setback but says he still intends to confront former vice-president in debate on Sunday

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A defiant Bernie Sanders has vowed to stay in the Democratic 2020 presidential race, breaking his silence after Joe Biden secured a commanding lead on Tuesday night.

The Vermont senator faces increasingly long odds after the former vice-president notched a string of victories in Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho and Michigan, a state that four years ago helped revive his insurgent challenge to Hillary Clinton.

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