Biden projected to win Alabama primary


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Former Vice President Joe Biden has picked up his third Super Tuesday win.
Biden on Tuesday night was projected by CNN, NBC News, and The Associated Press to win the Democratic primary in Alabama, where 52 delegates are at stake on Super Tuesday.
Polls also closed at 8:00 p.m. Eastern in several other states including Massachusetts, where Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is hoping for a home-state victory, but those races were not immediately projected as Alabama was.
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This victory comes after Biden's Super Tuesday evening got off to a good start with projected victories in Virginia and North Carolina, while Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was projected early on to win his home state of Vermont.
After Biden was projected to win Virginia, he told reporters, "It feels good, and we're feeling optimistic, and I think we're going to do well in some other states as well."
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Brendan is a staff writer at The Week. A graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in journalism, he also writes about horror films for Bloody Disgusting and has previously contributed to The Cheat Sheet, Heavy, WhatCulture, and more. He lives in New York City surrounded by Star Wars posters.
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