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Joe Biden Wins Arkansas, But Bloomberg Posts Big Results

Emily Zanotti
Joe Biden Wins Arkansas, But Bloomberg Posts Big Results
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The Associated Press called Arkansas for former Vice President Joe Biden at 10pm EST Tuesday night, handing Biden the win, the delegates, and the ability to notch a solid streak of victories across the deep south.

Arkansas, a solidly Republican state, was projected to go for a more moderate candidate but, as recently as February 22nd, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was leading in the polls there, likely as a result of his massive victory in the Nevada caucuses, which gave the Vermont socialist an air of inevitability in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

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