Following the 14 Super Tuesday state contests March 3, six more states are up to bat on Tuesday: Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Washington state, and the top prize: Michigan.
Since the South Carolina primary, the Democratic primary herd has been culled.
Before the Super Tuesday vote, Tom Steyer, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy Klobuchar dropped out — with the latter two endorsing Joe Biden. Then, after the results came out Tuesday, Michael Bloomberg also withdrew and endorsed Biden. Elizabeth Warren threw in the towel as well.
It’s now a two-man race between Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, but wait … there’s Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.
Although Gabbard is a long shot for the presidency, she did manage to snag one delegate on Super Tuesday and had even qualified for the next Democratic debate. However, Tom Perez and the DNC decided to change the debate rules, leaving Gabbard out in the cold.
In 2016, Sanders got the upset win in Michigan over Hillary Clinton but appears to be trailing Biden this time around. He’ll need to score a big victory there if he’s really about that “defeating the establishment” life.
Now, let’s take a quick look at Michigan: In this year’s Senate race, Democratic incumbent Gary Peters is facing a tough challenge from likely Republican nominee John James, who lost his Senate bid in 2018.
Peters is one of two Democratic senators facing reelection in a state President Trump carried in 2016, the other being Doug Jones from Alabama.
