


President Joe Biden on Tuesday officially surpassed the delegate count needed to clinch the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, as former president Donald Trump closes in on securing the Republican nomination.
The latest Democratic and Republican primary results are expected to ensure a Biden–Trump rematch in November.
Now his party’s presumptive nominee, Biden overwhelmingly won the Democratic primaries in the Northern Mariana Islands and Georgia, hauling in 106 delegates, putting his total just over the necessary 1,968. The incumbent president will likely win Mississippi and Washington as well, considering he has no formidable challengers. Around 7:30 p.m. eastern time, Biden now stands at 1,972 delegates.
Democrats Abroad also held a presidential primary from March 5 to March 12 for Democratic voters who live outside the U.S., but those results aren’t expected until March 19.
Shortly after 7:30 p.m. eastern time, Trump had won the Georgia GOP primary. Additional votes are set to come in from Mississippi, Washington, and Hawaii once their polls close at 8 p.m., 11 p.m., and 2 a.m. eastern time, respectively. Given the results so far, Trump stands at 1,132 delegates, just short of the required 1,215 delegates.
If Trump wins all 161 Republican delegates in these four states, he will clear the threshold and become the party’s presumptive nominee.
Biden’s and Trump’s victories come a week after both presidential front-runners swept 14 out of 15 states, defeating their party rivals. The day after Super Tuesday, Representative Dean Phillips (D., Minn.) and former governor Nikki Haley (R., S.C.) ended their long-shot bids for the 2024 presidency.
This post will be updated as results come in.