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Sanders wins North Dakota caucus: US media
WASHINGTON, March 11, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has
won the Democratic presidential caucus in North Dakota, his first victory in
a night of losses to frontrunner Joe Biden, US media reported Wednesday.
NBC News and CNN said Sanders won with 53.3 percent of the vote to 39.8 for
Biden, who earlier cemented a commanding lead in the overall race for the
Democratic nomination with victories in Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and
Idaho.
A sixth Democratic nomination contest, in Washington state, was still too
close to call.
Fourteen delegates to the nominating convention were at stake in the North
Dakota vote, a “firehouse caucus” with voting rules similar to those of a
typical primary.
BSS/AFP/RY/1840 hrs