Joe Biden,trump sweep presidential primaries, set for rematch on Nov 5
Houston, US - President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump made a clean sweep of the presidential primaries that took place on Tuesday in the states of Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio, according to media outlets.
Biden received 89 per cent of the vote in Arizona’s Democratic primary while Trump secured 76 per cent of the vote in the Republican primary.
Biden scored an even bigger victory in Illinois, where he won with 91 per cent of the vote. Trump won with 80 per cent, with Haley garnering 14 per cent.
In Kansas, Biden won with 83 per cent of the vote. Trump received 75 per cent and Haley 16 per cent. The results were similar in Ohio, where Biden secured 87 per cent of the vote. Trump won with 79 per cent and Haley took home 14 per cent.
Trump was victorious in Florida with 81 per cent of the vote to Haley’s 13 per cent. But there was no Democratic primary in the Sunshine State with Biden being given all of the delegates.
Both Trump and Biden had already reached the number of delegates necessary to secure their respective party’s nominations on Super Tuesday last week. The recent primaries only fortified their delegate count.
As of right now, Biden sits at 2,482 delegates. The president passed the 1,968 delegate count last week needed for the Democratic nomination.
Trump has a total of 1,623 delegates. The former president also reached the 1,215 delegates needed last week to secure the Republican nomination.
Trump will officially receive his party’s nomination at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July.
Biden will officially be nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois in August.
Both candidates will face off in the presidential election on November 5, a rematch of the 2020 election.