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    Democrats ‘very nervous’ says Sanders as he campaigns on Warren’s home turf

    A win for Bernie Sanders in Massachusetts would not just bring in delegates, but deal a huge blow to Elizabeth Warren Bernie Sanders is campaigning to beat fellow progressive senator Elizabeth Warren in her home state of Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, which would be a huge blow to her candidacy if successful. Sanders made his […] More

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    South Carolina takeaways: Biden revived – but Super Tuesday is make or break

    It was a good night for Biden, but will the victory translate into momentum for the crucial set of contests on Tuesday? The former vice-president under Barack Obama needed a decisive win in South Carolina after dismal performances in the earlier voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, and he got it. Biden defeated progressive […] More

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    Decisive South Carolina win puts Biden at front of Democrats’ centrist pack

    Victory gives Biden much-needed momentum – and he can now claim to be the most viable centrist challenger to Bernie Sanders Joe Biden’s victory in South Carolina on Saturday night gave the former vice-president a much needed win within the 2020 Democratic primary contests, and put him at the front of the centrist candidates running […] More

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    Joe Biden hails South Carolina primary victory: ‘This campaign is taking off’ – live

    Former vice-president scores much-needed primary victory Biden tells cheering supporters: ‘We just won and we won big’ Follow the latest results in our live South Carolina tracker 3.03am GMT Political reporters weigh in on tonight’s results: there’s no question that Joe Biden’s decisive victory in South Carolina has given his campaign a much-needed shot in […] More

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    Tom Steyer drops out of 2020 race after disappointing South Carolina result

    Billionaire environmental activist decides to end campaign Steyer struggled to compete in crowded Democratic field Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer has dropped out of the Democratic presidential race following a disappointing result in South Carolina, the early voting state on which his campaign staked its hopes. Related: Joe Biden hails South Carolina primary victory: ‘This […] More

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    South Carolina Democrats vote as Biden looks for win to boost flagging campaign

    Biden confident of beating Bernie Sanders in pivotal contest Fifty-four delegates in play in first southern state to vote Voting is under way in the crucial fourth and final early Democratic presidential primary state of South Carolina, where Joe Biden is hoping for a convincing victory to reinvigorate his flailing campaign and buoy the centrist […] More

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    ‘He made a mistake’: will California’s black voters look past Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk past?

    As Super Tuesday looms, the New York mayor has been emphasizing his push for gun legislation and policies on systemic racism As presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg heads into the primary elections on Super Tuesday, the question of whether black voters will be able to look past the New York mayor’s legacy of stop-and-frisk continues to […] More