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Biden Wins 8 States, Sanders Takes California and 3 Others in Super Tuesday
Contests

Ken Bredemeier

   WASHINGTON - Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has won eight states,
   and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders four, including the key state of
   California, in Tuesday's Democratic presidential nominating contests
   that spanned 14 states from coast to coast.

   Sanders also won the Western states of Colorado and Utah along with his
   home state of Vermont in the Northeastern U.S.

   Biden, in his third run for the U.S. presidency, was strong across the
   South, capturing Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee
   and Arkansas, along with Minnesota and Massachusetts.

   The results were generally in line with preelection polls that showed
   Biden winning the most Super Tuesday states, but Sanders winning the
   all-important delegate count for the day, largely because of California
   and Texas.

   Biden's victories projected new strength in the race to oppose
   Republican President Donald Trump in November's national election,
   coming three days after his resounding win in South Carolina that was
   forged with robust support from African American voters.

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