Super Tuesday, the biggest day of voting this election cycle before the November general election, will determine the fate of several Black candidates hoping to come out victorious this primary season.
Aside from the presidential contest, which will likely see both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pick up more delegates as they get closer to clinching their parties’ nominations, crucial races in 15 states from the U.S. Senate on the federal level to a potentially historic mayoral race on the local level will be determined or advance to the general election on Nov. 5.
Here are the races theGrio is closely watching.Â
2024 presidential race
Though the leading Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, Biden and Trump, won’t garner enough delegates on Super Tuesday to claim victory in the nomination process, it will get them closer to the finish line. With 865 Republican delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday, Trump – who currently has 273 delegates to date – could garner enough votes to clinch the Republican Party nomination from his opponent Nikki Haley (who has 43 delegates) as soon as March 12, when Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington hold their primary elections. Similarly, President Biden currently has 206 delegates compared to his two Democratic opponents, U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., and author Marianne Williamson, who both have zero delegates.Â
California U.S. Senate race
In a contest to replace the seat left vacant by the death of longtime Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., three Democratic candidates and one Republican candidate are aiming to earn enough votes to advance to the general election. The top two candidates will face off on Nov. 5. Among them is U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., a 13-term member of Congress aiming to become the state’s second Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Historically, only two Black women have been elected to the upper chamber of Congress,…
Read the full article here
