BREAKING: Biden projected to win Arizona primary, sweeping Tuesday's contests
As polls closed at 8 p.m. ET in Florida, the former vice president was declared the winner by the Associated Press. Ahead by nearly 40 points with 77 percent of the votes counted in a state that awards 219 delegates proportionally, Biden was sure to pad his overall delegate lead over Sanders, the senator from Vermont.
“Today, it looks like once again, in Florida and Illinois — we’re still awaiting to hear from Arizona — our campaign has had a very good night,” Biden said. “We’ve moved closer to securing the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, and we’re doing it by building a broad coalition that we need to win in November.”
Hours after Biden spoke, the AP declared him the winner in Arizona, giving him a clean sweep in the states that cast in-person votes on Tuesday. With those impressive wins, Biden built on his delegate lead to the point where Sanders now has no real chance of catching him. “This will require an unprecedented amount of money, and my own guess is that we’ll be spending at least $2 trillion in funding to prevent deaths, job losses and to avoid an economic catastrophe,” Sanders said.
“Republican and Democratic governors have made that judgment that they can do that. I don’t think it’s for me to second-guess those judgements,” Perez said in an interview with MSNBC. So far, Louisiana is the only state that may run afoul of the DNC, having postponed its April 4 primary until June 20. Georgia, which was scheduled to hold its primary on March 24, has suspended its election until May 19.
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