Bernie Sanders was confident going into Utah, and it seems it wasn’t undue, with the Vermont senator racking up another win in the state on Super Tuesday.
Sanders, 78, had 31.9% of the vote and three-plus delegates, with 62% of precincts reporting shortly after polls closed at 10 p.m. EST. Michael Bloomberg came in second with 18.8%, followed by Elizabeth Warren’s 15.1% and Joe Biden’s 13.5%. The two-term vice president’s lackluster support means he’s not yet viable for delegates in the state.
There are 29 pledged delegates available in Utah, overshadowed by the likes of California’s and Texas’s delegate prizes. A total of 1,991delegates are needed to win the Democratic nomination at the party’s convention this summer.
Sanders experienced victory in Utah’s 2016 Democratic primary caucuses, walloping then-opponent Hillary Clinton by almost 60 percentage points.
The senator’s win may add to the momentum he’s encountering as voting stations shut in the country’s West. Earlier in the evening, he picked by his home state of Vermont and the general election swing state of Colorado.
