Biden Wins Mississippi and Missouri Primaries
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images Joe Biden won the primaries in Mississippi and Missouri, two of six contests on Tuesday that will add to his delegate lead over Bernie Sanders. Both races were called as soon as polls closed. Biden wins Missouri and Mississippi, according to projections based on exit polls. He’s ahead by more than 20…
Kamala Harris Endorsed Joe Biden This Morning
Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) endorsed Joe Biden for president Sunday morning, several months after Harris ended her own historic bid for president. She is just the latest of several former presidential contenders to align behind the former vice president. “We need a leader who really does care about the people and who…
Without Missing a Beat, Elizabeth Warren Vows to Take on Gender Politics
Steven Senne/AP As her dog Bailey watched curiously from the window, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday greeted reporters outside her home in Cambridge to confirm the inevitable: The former Harvard law professor and brief Democratic 2020 presidential frontrunner was suspending her campaign. It was a decision that had become all but certain following her…
On a Bad Night, Bernie Won Big With Latinx Voters. Here’s How He Did It.
When I first met Oscar Ortiz at his job in downtown Coachella, California, I noticed two things right off the bat. One, he’s very tall—like, 6-foot-enough to make it awkward for this 5-foot reporter to walk next to him and get a microphone anywhere near his mouth. And two, he’s got a pretty chill demeanor—at…
Sanders Said It Takes a Revolution to Beat Trump. On Super Tuesday, Most Democrats Disagreed.
Bernie Sanders arrives for his primary night rally in Vermont.Matt Rourke/AP Bernie Sanders, the Vermont democratic socialist, has been trying for five years to convince Democratic and independent voters to join a political revolution and back his hostile takeover of the Democratic Party. He has drawn thousands to his mega-rallies. He has inspired millions—many of…
Mike Bloomberg Went All in on Virginia. It Didn’t Pay Off.
Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Since Mike Bloomberg jumped late into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, his entire campaign has been a grand political experiment predicated on a single question: Can the former New York City mayor’s immense wealth and record of philanthropy for progressive causes allow him to upend the traditional primary process, secure…