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Biden Takes Command of Race for US Democratic Presidential Nomination

Ken Bredemeier

   Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has taken a commanding lead in the
   race for the Democratic presidential nomination to oppose Republican
   President Donald Trump in November's national election.

   Biden, in his third run for the U.S. presidency over three decades,
   easily defeated Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in party primary elections
   in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, giving him a nearly
   insurmountable lead in pledged delegates to the party's national
   nominating convention in July.

   After losing 19 of the last 24 state primary votes to Biden, the
   Sanders campaign said Wednesday he would be "having conversations with
   supporters to assess his campaign," but there was no immediate
   indication that the self-declared democratic socialist was dropping
   out.

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