Bernie Sanders nabbed North Dakota as he and Joe Biden tussle for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
The Vermont senator won 53.3% of the vote to the two-term vice president and 36-year Delaware senator’s 39.8%, with 100% of precincts reporting.
North Dakota offers candidates seeking the White House 14 pledged delegates via its so-called firehouse caucuses run by the North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party.
Sanders won the 2016 contest in the state, beating then-Democratic rival Hillary Clinton with 64.21% support to her 25.63%.
Going into Tuesday’s round of primaries, Biden led Sanders in the delegate count, 823 to his opponent’s 663. A total of 1,991 delegates are required to become the next Democratic standard-bearer.
