US Primary Election: Former President D.Trump wins in Alaska

In the Republican race, the primary voting round on Super Tuesday ended with victory for Mr. Donald Trump.

Candidate Donald Trump won in Alaska. Photo: NBC

Alaska was the last state to vote, and with 99% of the votes counted in the early morning of March 6 (local time), Mr. Trump won with 9,243 votes (equivalent to 87.6%), while his opponent, former US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, received 1,266 votes (12%). Accordingly, Mr. Trump won at least 20 of the 29 delegates of this state. The results of the Democratic primary election in Alaska are expected to be announced on April 6.

As of now, Mr. Trump has won 14 states on Super Tuesday including Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Utah and only lost to Ms. Haley in one state, Vermont. Mr. Trump has 995 delegates and needs 220 more votes to reach 1,215 delegates to win the Republican nomination. Ms. Haley has 89 delegates.

Meanwhile, on the Democratic side, President Joe Biden won 15 states including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont and Utah, only to stumble once in the territory of American Samoa and won a total of 1,497 delegates. Mr. Biden is now certain to win 1,497 delegates and needs 471 more votes to reach the 1,968 delegates needed to win the Democratic ticket to run for US president in November.

The vote counting of the two parties is still continuing in some states. Public opinion on the results of the primary election on Super Tuesday shows that the US presidential election on November 5 will be a rematch between President Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump.

PHUONG ANH

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