Super Tuesday Aftermath: Sanders Acknowledges Setback After Biden's Big Night

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Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. enjoyed a dominant night on Super Tuesday, winning Democratic presidential primaries across the South and capturing one of the biggest prizes, Texas. Senator Bernie Sanders claimed his home state, Vermont, as well as Utah, Colorado and, according to The Associated Press, California, the country’s most delegate-rich state.

Tuesday’s results provided some clarity to a long-unclear race: Mr. Biden and Mr. Sanders are now the undisputed front-runners and are likely to embark on a long battle for delegates. Mr. Sanders faces a real challenge to expand his support. And Senator Elizabeth Warren has seen her chances of seizing the party’s nomination dim to a flicker.

Mr. Sanders acknowledged in a news conference that he had “not done as well in bringing young people into the process” as he had expected, but he argued that would change in November should he get the nomination. He also declined to call on Ms. Warren to drop out, saying she should have time to make her own decision and pronouncing himself “disgusted” by the vitriol directed at her by some of his supporters.

Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York who had staked his self-funded campaign on Super Tuesday, dropped out of the race Wednesday morning and added his name to the list of ex-rivals who have endorsed Mr. Biden.

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