WASHINGTON — The biggest night of the primary campaign is underway.
President Joe Biden has easily carried almost all the Democratic contests, winning:
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Iowa
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Vermont
Jason Palmer defeated Biden in American Samoa, a tiny U.S. territory in the South Pacific.
Republican front-runner former President Donald Trump clinched:
Alabama
Arkansas
Colorado
Maine
Massachusetts
Minnesota
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
The former president’s last major rival, Nikki Haley, won the Republican presidential primary in Vermont.
Full results will take at least a few more hours. Voting in Alaska doesn’t end until midnight EST.
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Although Biden and Trump are expected to be their party’s nominee, neither will be declared the “presumptive nominee” tonight. Trump won’t have enough delegates until March 12, and Biden will have to wait until March 19.
What is Super Tuesday?
The Super Tuesday primaries are the largest voting day of the year in the United States aside from the November general election.
Voters in 16 states and one territory are choosing presidential nominees. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor, senator or district attorneys.
Party primaries, caucuses or presidential preference votes are being held in Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.