With 3 more wins, Biden pulls away from Sanders as virus disrupts voting

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Published
March 17, 2020

With 3 more wins, Biden pulls away from Sanders as virus disrupts voting

The former vice president swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona, while officials had to scrap voting altogether in Ohio.
Published
March 10, 2020

Biden wins key Michigan primary — and 3 other states — delivering major blow to Sanders

Former Vice President Joe Biden also took Missouri and Mississippi and Idaho on Tuesday.
Published
March 9, 2020

Huge primary turnout seen as a sign of energized Democrats

In Maine, where Joe Biden narrowly defeated Bernie Sanders, over 200,000 registered Democrats voted Tuesday, or about 58 percent.
Published
March 7, 2020

With Trump their only choice, more Maine Republicans than usual left ballots blank

An analysis of Tuesday's voting in the state's largest towns shows that 1 in 5 of the party's primary voters left the president's oval blank or wrote in another name.
Published
March 6, 2020

Inside the dizzying 3 days that remade the Democratic primary

The win of former Vice President Joe Biden in the South Carolina Democratic primary set off a cascade of events that carried him to a consolidation of support for Super Tuesday.
Published
March 5, 2020

Biden, Sanders crossed old political boundaries in Maine’s Democratic primary

Voting results defied conventional geographic and demographic divisions among the state's Democrats, who reacted to a winnowing of the field in recent days.
Published
March 4, 2020

Biden edges Sanders in Maine amid heavy Democratic turnout

Although Maine had not had a presidential primary in 20 years, the turnout of roughly 60% of Democratic voters was higher than anyone anticipated and slowed the vote counting.
Published
March 3, 2020

Biden and Sanders in close primary battle as count goes into Wednesday

Turnout was heavy for Maine's first presidential primary in 20 years, and with 78% of polling places counted, Biden leads Sanders by about 1,350 votes.
Published
March 2, 2020

Voters go to the polls today to decide vaccine question, party primaries

Democrats, Republicans to choose U.S. presidential picks.
Published
March 2, 2020

Democratic choices dwindle, but Maine voters’ absentee ballots still count

Seven of the 12 Democrats have dropped out since Maine printed its presidential primary ballot, and anyone who voted by absentee ballot will not get a second shot at voting.