President Biden has won Alaska’s Democratic presidential primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.
Biden was the only candidate on the ballot with Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), a primary challenger who was also originally on the ballot, having dropped out last month. The Alaska Democratic Party decided as a result, holding a verbal vote rather than having voters vote.
Biden’s victory will add to his total at least a majority of the state’s 15 pledged delegates up for grabs.
He already mathematically clinched the Democratic nomination last month, paving the way for a rematch between him and former President Trump in November.
Alaska has historically voted Republican in presidential elections. The last Democratic presidential candidate to win the state was former President Johnson in 1964, according to the Associated Press.
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