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House Dems Shared High-Fives, ‘Sighs Of Relief’ Over Bernie Sanders’ Super Tuesday Losses

Emily Zanotti
House Dems Shared High-Fives, ‘Sighs Of Relief’ Over Bernie Sanders’ Super Tuesday Losses
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House Democrats shared high-fives and breathed a collective sigh of relief as the primary results rolled in Tuesday night, celebrating something that, a week ago, had barely seemed possible: former Vice President Joe Biden was defeating Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) in most Super Tuesday contests.

HuffPo reports that Democrats, particularly those facing rough re-election campaigns in states that President Donald Trump won in 2016, were overjoyed at the news that Sanders might not be at the top of the 2020 Democratic presidential ticket.

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