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The Associated Press has projected President Joe Biden as the winner of today’s Democratic primary in Arkansas, while former President Donald Trump is the projected winner of the state’s Republican primary.
The Associated Press was able to declare former President Donald Trump the winner in a string of Republican presidential primaries as initial vote results revealed no path for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to overtake him.
AP called races across several states shortly after polls closed on Tuesday. In some places, Trump was leading Haley by margins of three- or four-to-one. In North Carolina, Trump was declared the winner at 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST), or 30 minutes after polls closed, when some votes had been reported from more than half of the state’s 100 counties.
The initial results showed Trump tripling the number of votes Haley had received. In Oklahoma, Trump had an even larger lead over Haley when AP called the race.
The Associated Press has declared President Joe Biden the winner of Democratic presidential contests in several states minutes after polls closed, as initial vote results showed him with overwhelming leads over the rest of the field.
In Virginia, Biden was declared the winner at 7:09 p.m. EST (6:07 p.m. CST) on Tuesday.
Although less than 1% of the vote had been tabulated in the commonwealth, Biden had received more than nine out of 10 votes cast.
Biden also was leading with about nine out of every 10 votes when AP called the Vermont contest. And in North Carolina, he was the only named candidate listed on the ballot. Initial vote results showed him easily leading “No preference.”
Biden won Iowa’s contest earlier Tuesday.
Associated Press
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