Joe Biden wins his 3rd primary of the night in Arizona


Former Vice President Joe Biden is the projected winner of Arizona's Democratic presidential primary.
Biden swept all of Tuesday's presidential primaries, picking up wins in Illinois and Florida as well.
With just two percent of precincts in Arizona reporting, Biden has 42.8 percent of the vote, followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) with 30.1 percent. Sanders is outperforming Biden in three counties: Coconino, Yuma, and Apache.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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