10 things you need to know today: March 4, 2020

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Joe Biden at a Super Tuesday speech
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1. Biden catches up with Sanders in Super Tuesday surge

A resurgent former Vice President Joe Biden won Democratic primaries in Virginia, North Carolina, Texas, and six other states on Super Tuesday, dominating the South with strong support from moderates and African-American voters. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took victories in California, Colorado, Utah, and his home state of Vermont thanks to the enthusiastic backing of young and liberal voters. Biden's sudden surge came after fellow centrists Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg dropped out of the race and endorsed him. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) finished far back, as did billionaire former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who appeared on his first ballots in Super Tuesday's cluster of primaries in 14 states with 34 percent of the party's delegates up for grabs.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.