March 3, 2020
Update 11:03 p.m.: Biden has overtaken Sanders in Texas, currently owning 29.1% of the vote compared to Sanders’ 28.8%
Update 10:51 p.m.: Biden closed the deficit to 0.7% in Texas. Biden’s resurgence comes on the back of a 5% lead in Harris Country. Biden has enjoyed strong support within the same-day vote while Sanders earned the majority of early votes.
Bexar County has leaned heavily toward Sanders, who owns 31% of the vote. Sanders popularity in Bexar Country is driven by early voters.
Bernie Sanders has won California and Utah.
With 6% of the votes counted, the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist owns 27.5% of the vote, with Bloomberg–who will reportedly reassess his candidacy after a disappointed Super Tuesday–currently occupying second place with 19.7% of the Golden State’s vote.
Biden, whose strong Super Tuesday now includes victories in Massachusetts and Minnesota, sits third in the California primary at 17.4%. Nevertheless, Biden remains eight percentage points ahead of Sanders in Minnesota (77% reported) and 6.2 percentage points ahead of Sanders in Massachusetts (75% reporting), blunting the blow of a resounding Sanders victory in California.
Warren’s campaign continues to flounder, with the Massachusetts Senator finishing a distant third in her home state. With Biden and Sanders pulling away in the delegate count, a Warren nomination is now a mathematic improbability.
Per CBS, the California primary currently stands as listed:
 Bernie Sanders
|
– | 26.8% | 163,570 |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Bloomberg
|
– | 19.5% | 118,851 |
 Joe Biden
|
– | 17.5% | 106,912 |
 Pete Buttigieg
|
– | 11.3% | 69,057 |
 Elizabeth Warren
|
– | 10.9% | 66,659 |
 Amy Klobuchar
|
– | 5.8% | 35,523 |
 Tom Steyer
|
– | 4.8% | 29,160 |
 Andrew Yang
|
– | 1.4% | 8,301 |
 Tulsi Gabbard
|
– | 0.8% | 4,957 |
 Julian Castro
|
– | 0.2% | 1,464 |
Sanders also currently holds a narrow lead in Texas, holding 28.7% of the vote compared to Biden’s 22%. Bloomberg sits third at 17.1% while Warren has claimed 12% of the vote.
The Maine Democratic Primary is also too close to call, with Sanders earning 33.2% of the vote against Biden’s 33.1% and Warren’s 17.2%. Maine has reported 66% of the votes.
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