Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Deaunte Bell Jr., 11, of Columbus, Ohio, at a campaign event in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Vernon)
March 11, 2020
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March 11, 2020 12:48 a.m.
Biden wins hard-fought Michigan, deals major blow to Sanders
WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden decisively won Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, seizing a key battleground state that helped propel Bernie Sanders’ insurgent candidacy four years ago. The former vice president's victory there, as well as in Missouri and Mississippi, dealt a serious blow to Sanders and substantially widened Biden's path to the nomination.