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JUST IN: Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina
Biden on Saturday defeated the other long-shot Democrats on South Carolina’s ballot, including Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson.
The president’s campaign had invested heavily in driving up turnout for Biden, aiming to test-drive efforts to mobilize Black voters, who are a key part of the Democratic vote in South Carolina and central to Biden’s strategy for victory in November.
Biden’s win comes in a state that he and other party leaders had recommended lead off the party’s 2024 primary calendar. In picking South Carolina, they cited the state’s far more racially diverse population compared to the traditional first-in-the-nation states of Iowa and New Hampshire, which are overwhelmingly white.
A big win in South Carolina helped revive Biden’s 2020 campaign and propel him to the nomination.
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New Hampshire still held its primary on Jan. 23, but since the DNC said the state violated party rules, Biden skipped taking part in the contest.
The Republican primary in South Carolina will take place later in the month on Saturday, Feb. 24.