President Biden formally clinched the Democratic Party's 2024 nomination as Georgia, Mississippi and Washington held primaries. He now faces former President Trump.
President Biden is officially the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. Biden clinched his party's 2024 nomination Tuesday as Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state held primaries. With no major challengers remaining, Biden and former President Trump were on course to collect all or nearly all the delegates up for grabs in Tuesday's contests, putting each of them over the top and making them the presumptive Democrat and Republican presidential nominees.
The president and his predecessor in the White House will formally become the two major party nominees this summer when the Republicans and Democrats host their national nominating conventions in July and August, respectively. Biden had 1,872 delegates as of Tuesday morning. The president, who swept 14 of 15 contests last week on Super Tuesday, needed 1,968 to clinch renomination.
Georgia, where polls closed at 7 p.m., has 108 delegates up for grabs. Thirty-five Democratic delegates are at stake in Mississippi, with another 92 in Washington state. Trump, who is expected to clinch the GOP nomination later Tuesday evening, had 1,078 delegates at the start of the day. He needs 1,215 to lock up the nomination.
Fifty-nine GOP delegates are up for grabs in Georgia, with 40 at stake in Mississippi and 43 in Washington state. Nineteen more delegates are up for grabs in Hawaii, which holds a Republican presidential caucus later in the evening. Trump swept 14 of the 15 GOP Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, which moved him much closer to officially locking up the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
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