Election night live tracker: Biden and Trump swing to victory in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington – Washington Examiner

Voters in four states will cast their ballots in the March 12 presidential contests on Tuesday.

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their party’s nominations Tuesday night, with voters in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington casting ballots. Hawaii will also be voting in the GOP caucus. Polls for Democrats in the Northern Mariana Islands and Democrats abroad closed Tuesday morning.

Biden surpassed the necessary delegate threshold swiftly on Tuesday night, surpassing the necessary 1,968 delegates to win his party’s nomination after winning in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington. Biden was awarded the Northern Mariana Islands’s delegates earlier on Tuesday, and polls for Democrats abroad closed at 8 a.m. Eastern time.

Trump breezed past the necessary 1,215 delegates to secure the GOP nomination. Trump has won in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington, with voters still casting their ballots in Hawaii.

Results

Georgia

Biden won the Democratic primary in Georgia, with the Associated Press calling the race at 7:08 p.m. Eastern time. With just 3% of the votes counted, Biden earned 94.9% support, compared to author Marianne Williamson’s 2.8% and Rep. Dean Phillips’s (D-MN), who dropped out after Super Tuesday, 2.4%.

Trump won the Georgia primary, with the Associated Press calling the race at 7:11 p.m. Eastern time at 82.4% with 2% of the votes accounted for. Trump did not face any strong opposition, with his pathway to the nomination being cleared after his last rival, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, dropped out of the race on March 6. Many of his former challengers, including Haley, will appear on the ballot.

The Peach State will be a key battleground state in the 2024 general election.

Biden, who beat Trump in the state in 2020 by only 11,779 votes out of nearly 5 million cast, looks to win the state in November to secure reelection. The primary could offer insight into how strong the president’s hold is on the state heading into his rematch against Trump.

Registered voters in the state could vote in either primary, as they do not register by party.

Polls closed at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

Delegates at stake: 108 for Democrats, 59 for Republicans

Mississippi

In deep-red Mississippi, Biden cruised to victory, with the Associated Press calling the uncontested primary at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Trump, as the only GOP presidential candidate still running on the ballot, also clinched a victory in Mississippi, with the Associated Press calling the primary at 8:08 p.m. Eastern time.

Mississippi voted in multiple down-ballot races as well on Tuesday, with one Senate and four House seats on the primary ballot.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) won the GOP primary, with the Associated Press calling the race at 9 p.m. Eastern time at 60% with 14% of the votes accounted for. Wicker is seeking a fourth full term.

Rep. Trent Kelly (R-MS), a former district attorney, ran unopposed in Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District’s GOP primary, increasing his chances of holding on to the seat he has held since winning a 2015 special election. Democrat Dianne Black, a salon owner, won the Democratic primary with the Associated Press calling the race at 8:50 p.m. Eastern time at 86.8% for Black with 26% of votes counted. Black will face Kelly in November.

In the 3rd District’s GOP primary, Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS) also ran unopposed.

Rep. Mike Ezell (R-MS), the incumbent in Georgia’s 4th Congressional District defeated his GOP challengers for the Republican nomination, with the Associated Press calling the race for Ezell at 9:20 p.m. Eastern time at 71.7% with 47% of the votes counted. Ezell will face Democrat Craig Raybon, who ran unopposed, in November.

Race to watch:

In the 2nd District, Ronald Eller, a retired captain in the Army, Andrew Smith, an insurance agency owner, and Taylor Turcotte, an advertising agency owner, are vying to become the Republican who will take on longtime incumbent Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), former chairman of the House Jan. 6 select committee, in November.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Delegates at stake: 35 for Democrats, 40 for Republicans

Washington

Biden handily won Washington’s Democratic primary, with the Associated Press calling the race six minutes after the polls closed at 11 p.m. Eastern time. With more than two-thirds of the vote counted, Biden had 87% of the vote and 8% voted for “uncommitted.”

Biden’s biggest challenge of the night came from the “uncommitted” vote on Washington’s ballot, with at least 46,159 voters opting to not vote for Biden in protest of his handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Vote Uncommitted WA, a group that is pushing for a ceasefire in Gaza, is largely behind the state’s effort to vote against Biden in the state’s primary.

Voters casting their votes as uncommitted has plagued Biden throughout the 2024 cycle, with thousands of Democratic voters in at least seven states participating in the protest vote.

Trump, though not likely to win Washington in a general election, easily won Washington’s Republican primary, with the Associated Press calling the race at 11:05 p.m. Eastern time with about a third of the vote in, Trump had 71%. Haley, who also appeared on the ballot along with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy as they registered for the primary before dropping their bids, received 24%.

Voters in Washington register by presidential primary.

Polls closed at 11 p.m. Eastern time.

Delegates at stake: 92 for Democrats, 43 for Republicans

Yet to be called

Hawaii

Only Republicans will decide on a presidential candidate as voters participate in the caucuses in Hawaii. Democrats already held their caucuses in Hawaii last week, awarding Biden all of their 15 delegates.

GOP voters will decide between Trump and seven other candidates, most of whom are no longer running, between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time.

Haley, David Stuckenberg, Ryan Binkley, Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Christie, DeSantis, and Ramaswamy are all still technically part of the Hawaii caucuses.

Only registered voters and Hawaii Republican Party members are allowed to participate, but same-day registration is available for those who want to vote for a candidate.

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Caucuses will end at 2 a.m. Eastern time.

Delegates at stake: 19 for Republicans

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