US President Joe Biden, who is re-running for the White House from the Democratic Party, won North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary. The results were announced on Saturday (March 30) in what was mostly a mail-in primary.
The party began circulating ballots in February to voters who asked for them. There are 13 delegates up for grabs in the Peace Garden State.
While there were seven other candidates on the primary ballot, Biden’s win was virtually assured. The serving US president was the only major candidate on the ballot in the primary, but he did face opposition from minor candidates like author Marianne Williamson and entrepreneur Jason Palmer.
Former President Donald Trump and Republican frontrunner for the White House won the North Dakota Republican Party’s March 4 presidential caucuses, taking all 29 delegates. Biden and Trump have already secured enough delegates for their parties’ nominations, lining up the first presidential rematch election since 1956.
Senator Bernie Sanders won the North Dakota Democratic caucuses in 2016 and 2020.
Biden lost the state during the 2020 Democratic primary process to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
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The state is reliably a Republican stronghold and voted for former President Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 general elections by significant margins.
(With inputs from agencies)
