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President Joe Biden (left) waits to speak as first lady Jill Biden looks on at the Biden campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, Feb. 3, 2024. | Alex Brandon/AP
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<p class="story-meta__authors">By <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/elena-schneider" target="_top">Elena Schneider</a></span> and <span class="vcard"><a href="https://www.politico.com/staff/lauren-egan" target="_top">Lauren Egan</a></span></p><p class="story-meta__timestamp">
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<p class="story-text__paragraph ">COLUMBIA, South Carolina — President Joe Biden cruised to victory in the first sanctioned presidential primary Saturday night.</p>
<p class="story-text__paragraph ">Biden easily beat out nominal challenges from Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) and self-help author Marianne Williamson in a state that he placed atop the primary calendar and where he scored a crucial victory during his 2020 campaign.</p>
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The president cruises to victory in the Dems' first sanctioned contest.{ai:summary}<p>President Joe Biden wins the first presidential primary in South Carolina without much competition from fellow Democratic candidates. #politics</p>

Biden wins South Carolina primary

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