Nebraska primary

The Nebraska Primary was held yesterday, and all the votes have been tallied.

And it appears Joe Biden has done  the unthinkable for the first time in the election cycle. With Bernie Sanders’ name still appearinng on the ballot despite dropping out a few weeks ago, Biden still won —- and he won by a big margin where he was able to pick up ALL 29 DELEGATES in the state: that means he received both the 25 pledged delegates and, for the first time in this election cycle, the unplugged delegates in which Nebraska has four.

Biden picked up 77.4% of the vote count while Sander’s couldn’t make it past the delegate threshold — but almost did; Sanders ended up with 13.6 percent.

Elizabeth Warren and Tulsi Gabbard’s names both appeared on the ballot as well, but they couldn’t get past the 10,000 vote count.

That means the delegate count is:

NEXT UP: Oregon is the next state to hold primaries. It was scheduled along with two other primaries that day (Georgia and Kentucky), but both were delayed due to the pandemic. The Oregon primary is a closed primary, with 61 of the 74 pledged delegates at stake.