Former President Donald Trump kicked off Super Tuesday with a win in the Virginia primary, according to The Associated Press.
Trump beat former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley 63.1% to 34.9% in Virginia, the AP projected at the time of writing. The AP also called the state for President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary with 93.8% support at the time of writing, followed by self-help author Marianne Williamson at 4.4% and Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips at 2.2%.
Over a dozen other states are also holding their respective Republican nominating contests on Tuesday where hundreds of delegates are up for grabs, including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
Biden also secured wins in Democratic contests in Vermont and Iowa, according to the AP.
Trump also racked up several wins in the days ahead of Super Tuesday, including the North Dakota caucus, the Michigan primary, the Michigan caucus, the Idaho caucus and the Missouri caucus. The former president has also won the South Carolina primary, the Nevada caucus, the U.S. Virgin Islands caucus, the New Hampshire primary and the Iowa caucus.
Haley lost to the “None of These Candidates” option in the Nevada primary, which did not count for delegates. The former ambassador notched her first win in the Washington, D.C., primary on Sunday.
Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington will hold their respective nominating contests on March 12. Several other states follow on March 19, including Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio.
Trump’s campaign previously estimated in a memo that the former president would have enough delegates by March 12 at the earliest and March 19 at the latest to surpass the Republican National Committee’s 1,215 threshold.
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