Plus, what you need to know about the MississippiPrimary House and Senate races:
Mississippi voters elected former Vice President Joe Biden as their choice in the 2020 democratic presidential primary on March 10, with 80 percent of the vote and 59 percent of precincts reporting. He beat out Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who took home 15 percent of the vote. President Donald Trump won the Republican primary, as expected.
The state has 41 delegates, 36 of which are up for grabs depending on the results of the primary. So far, 28 of those delegates have gone to Biden., Black people comprised 67 percent of voters who showed up to the polls, and 87 percent of them voted for Biden. The former Vice President also swept every age demographic, including voters aged 17-29, who had supported Sanders in Michigan and Missouri. By contrast, 57 percent of young people in the Magnolia state sided with Biden.
Mississippi voters also cast their choices for U.S. Senate and U.S. House. In the Senate, incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith; she will face off against Democrat Mike Espy, who won with 92 percent of the vote and 53 percent reporting.
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