DETROIT, Michigan — The one-on-one showdown between former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders begins Tuesday with a test of the candidates’ ability to win in the crucial general election battleground state of Michigan. The state, along with Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington, all vote on the second Super Tuesday
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON, DC — Former Vice President Joe Biden has a double-digit lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination, a new CNN poll of Democratic voters nationwide conducted by SSRS shows. Biden is now the choice of a majority of Democratic voters nationwide, according to the poll, which was taken in the
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the presidential race following another round of disappointing finishes in primary contests across the country on Super Tuesday. The Massachusetts senator, who centered her bid on a promise to wipe out corruption in Washington, announced her decision on a staff call Thursday morning and later held a
Continue ReadingPink indicates counties that voted for Biden, Blue for Sanders and Orange for Bloomberg. (Map: Texas Tribune) EL PASO, Texas — Former vice president Joe Biden bested Bernie Sanders in Texas on the strength of Election-Day ballots that heavily favored him in the state’s most populous counties, according to a Texas Tribune analysis. Hours before
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SANTA FE, New Mexico — Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham hinted Wednesday that she may endorse one of her party’s presidential candidates and emphasized the need for a leader who can bridge political divides and get things done. Reversing course from a spokeswoman’s statement Tuesday that the governor “is not making an endorsement,”
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AUSTIN, Texas — Former Vice President Joe Biden has won the Texas presidential primary, continuing a stunning revival of his once-struggling campaign that has helped him solidify himself as one of the two leading contenders in the broader race for the Democratic nomination. Despite early voting returns putting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders ahead of the
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Here’s a look back at how Super Tuesday unfolded. Bloomberg tells ABC News he’s dropping out Mike Bloomberg ended his presidential campaign on Wednesday morning and endorsed Joe Biden, closing out an audacious run that saw the former New York mayor spend hundreds of millions of his own money to fund his late entry bid.
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LOS ANGELES, California — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg ended his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden. It was a stunning collapse for the former New York City mayor, who had his 2020 hopes on the Super Tuesday states and drained more than $500 million of his own
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AUSTIN, Texas — Joe Biden ended a triumphant Super Tuesday with a narrow victory over Bernie Sanders in Texas, the giant red state where Democrats are seeking a rare return to power in 2020. The former vice president’s victory over the Vermont senator capped a resounding and resurgent string of victories across the South for
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Key El Paso County & Texas races at-a-glance Entire results index for all El Paso County races
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EL PASO, Texas — Primary election day in Texas is Tuesday, March 3. On Election Day, officials note that you must vote at the precinct where you are registered to vote. Below is the list of permanent polling places for El Paso County. If you need help finding your precinct, click here. All Texans’ ballots will
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DALLAS, Texas — What’s more Texas than Whataburger? Appearing Monday night at a Dallas rally to endorse Joe Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination, former El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke told the crowd he was taking Biden to Whataburger afterward. And yes, it did happen. O’Rourke made good on his promise. O’Rourke posted video to
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DALLAS, Texas — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden came to Texas on Monday looking to capitalize on his big win in South Carolina — and eager to ride the momentum into the state’s delegate-rich primary Tuesday, when 13 other states vote, too. On Monday evening, the former vice president won the endorsements of former candidates
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DALLAS, Texas — Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced an end to her presidential bid on Monday and will endorse Joe Biden, campaign aides said. The Klobuchar campaign confirmed that the senator was flying to Texas to join the former vice president at his Dallas rally, where she will give her endorsement on the eve
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Indiana — Pete Buttigieg is ending his race for the Democratic presidential nomination, a campaign aide confirmed Sunday afternoon directly to ABC-7. The aide said Buttigieg would fly home to Indiana, where he would address supporters about his decision to end his campaign. “The truth is the path has narrowed to a close
Continue ReadingEL PASO, Texas — Valerie Biden Owens was in the Borderland Sunday campaigning for her brother Joe Biden after his first primary win in South Carolina. “I use the analogy that South Carolina was the launchpad and we’ve come to Texas, which is going to give us the rocket fuel to take us through super
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina — Bernie Sanders was the Democratic Party’s front-runner headed into Tuesday night’s Democratic debate — and his rivals, unlike during the last time out in Las Vegas, appeared dead set on blunting his momentum. This was the final time that the primary field appeared together onstage before “Super Tuesday” on March 3, when
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EL PASO, Texas — With just days left before Texas votes in the primary election, Michael Bloomberg’s longtime partner Diana Taylor made a campaign stop in El Paso. Taylor visited the El Pasoans Fighting Hunger food bank earlier this week before speaking to a group of local businesswomen in an invite-only lunch at the El
Continue ReadingYour Voice, Your Vote: We’re highlighting the race for El Paso County Sheriff with a debate in the ABC-7 studios. Three of the four Democratic candidates vying for the position joined ABC-7: current El Paso Police Sergeant Ron Martin, Canutillo ISD Police Chief Carlos Carrillo and Raul Mendiola who works in security for the Ysleta
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EL PASO, Texas－Democratic presidential front-runner Bernie Sanders was holding four weekend rallies in Texas, one of those in El Paso, ahead of Super Tuesday primary voting in the Lone Star state. The El Paso rally took place Saturday afternoon along Civic Center Plaza at the Abraham Chavez Theatre, which police said hit maximum capacity. Officers
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS, Nevada — ABC News and the Associated Press projected Bernie Sanders as the resounding victor in Nevada’s presidential caucuses on Saturday, cementing his status as the Democrats’ national front-runner amid escalating tensions over whether he’s too liberal to defeat President Donald Trump. The 78-year-old Vermont senator successfully rallied his fiercely loyal base and
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Six presidential candidates faced off in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, just days before the Nevada caucuses. The NBC News debate featured the first appearance from former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The others on stage were Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. RELATED CONTENT: Takeaways from
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS, Nevada — Michael Bloomberg has qualified for Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, paving the way for the former New York mayor’s first appearance on stage with his 2020 rivals. Bloomberg met the Democratic National Committee-mandated polling threshold on Tuesday with a NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finding the former New York mayor at
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – If not for New Mexico State University, the parents of presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg might never have met, married and later given birth to the son who would grow up to become a presidential contender. “Joe was great in academics. So was Anne,” said NMSU Prof. Gene Cunnar, of Pete’s
Continue ReadingFormer New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attacked Bernie Sanders on Monday in a new digital video featuring aggressive and derogatory tweets, memes and videos purportedly posted by the Vermont senator’s online supporters. The nearly minute-long clip, which will not run on television, closes with a bite of Sanders calling for people “who hold different views”
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AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has doubled his support among Democratic voters in Texas and now leads the race for that party’s presidential nomination in Texas, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Sanders had the support of 24% of the self-identified Democratic primary voters in the poll, up from 12%
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire’s presidential primary election Tuesday night, ABC News and the Associated Press projected, narrowly edging moderate rival Pete Buttigieg and scoring the first clear victory in the Democratic Party’s chaotic 2020 nomination fight. In his win, the 78-year-old Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, beat back a strong
Continue Reading DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg won the votes of a tiny New Hampshire community that barely hung onto its tradition of being among the first to cast ballots in the presidential primary. Dixville Notch’s five residents cast their ballots just after the stroke of midnight Tuesday in the
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Just four days before the New Hampshire primary, seven candidates took the stage in The Granite State for one of their final moments to pitch themselves as the best Democratic choice for the 2020 election. Here are the major takeaways from the ABC News Democratic debate on Friday night. Sanders, Buttigieg
Continue ReadingDES MOINES, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg held a slim lead over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucuses with the Iowa Democratic Party announcing on Thursday night that 100% of precincts were reporting. The former South Bend, Indiana mayor leads the Vermont senator by two state delegate equivalents out of 2,152 counted, which is roughly one-tenth
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