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Historic NY

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Tue Mar 17, 2020, 10:56 PM Mar 2020

Biden sweeps three states, doubles delegate lead over Sanders,

Joe Biden doubled his delegate lead over Bernie Sanders in Tuesday's primaries, giving him a nearly insurmountable advantage after sweeping Florida, Illinois and Arizona, according to NBC News projections.

The former vice president now has 315 more delegates than the Vermont senator — 1,132 to Sanders' 817 — after starting the night with an edge of 154.

Biden has now passed the halfway mark and is well on his way to the 1,991 delegates needed to win a majority of all delegates and thus capture the Democratic presidential nomination.

Sanders did not address the results Tuesday night. He spoke earlier on a livestream on his campaign website and focused on the coronavirus pandemic, which has overshadowed the latest round of primary contests.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/biden-opens-commanding-delegate-lead-over-sanders-n1162401]

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