The Democratic primaries part 2
John Edwards was staying at a hotel in his home state of South Carolina to watch Super Tuesday go down. He had only won one primary but was hoping that he could change things at Super Tuesday.
Alabama
Obama: 39.6% 27 delegates
Edwards: 39.4% 25 delegates
Biden: 21%
Alaska
Biden: 36% 7 delegates
Obama: 35% 4 delegates
Edwards: 29% 2 delegates
American Samoa
Obama: 35% 2 delegates
Biden: 33% 1 delegate
Edwards: 32%
Arizona
Obama: 37% 30 delegates
Biden: 32% 20 delegates
Edwards: 31% 6 delegates
Arkansas
Obama: 38% 20 delegates
Edwards: 37% 14 delegates
Biden: 25% 1 delegate
California
Obama: 40% 200 delegates
Biden: 32% 100 delegates
Edwards: 28 70 delegates
Colorado
Obama: 36% 35 delegates
Edwards: 33% 16 delegates
Biden: 31% 4 delegates
Connecticut
Biden: 40% 29 delegates
Obama: 30% 10 delegates
Edwards: 29% 9 delegates
O’Malley (write in): 1%
Delaware
Biden: 51% 12 delegates
Obama: 30% 3 delegates
Edwards: 18%
O’Malley (Write in): 1%
Georgia
Obama: 37% 45 delegates
Edwards: 36% 42 delegates
Biden: 27%
Idaho
Obama: 40% 12 delegates
Edwards: 31% 6 delegates
Biden: 29%
Illinois
Obama: 69% 150 delegates
Biden: 20% 3 delegates
Edwards: 11%
Kansas
Obama: 41% 20 delegates
Edwards: 32% 10 delegates
Biden: 27% 2 delegates
Massachusetts
Biden: 42% 55 delegates
Obama: 30% 20 delegates
Edwards: 28% 18 delegates
Minnesota
Obama: 53% 52 delegates
Edwards: 24% 11 delegates
Biden: 23% 9 delegates
Missouri
Obama: 38% 30 delegates
Edwards: 32% 22 delegates
Biden: 30% 20 delegates
New Jersey
Biden: 43% 80 delegates
Obama: 29% 17 delegates
Edwards: 28% 10 delegates
New Mexico
Obama: 40% 16 delegates
Biden: 32% 6 delegates
Edwards: 28% 4 delegates
New York
Obama: 40.8% 118 delegates
Biden: 40.2% 114 delegates
Edwards: 19%
North Dakota
Obama: 39% 8 delegates
Edwards: 33% 5 delegates
Biden: 28%
Oklahoma
Obama: 34% 20 delegates
Edwards: 33% 9 delegates
Biden: 33% 9 delegates
Tennessee
Obama: 36% 38 delegates
Edwards: 34% 17 delegates
Biden: 30% 13 delegates
Utah
Obama: 34% 13 delegates
Biden: 33% 5 delegates
Edwards: 33% 5 delegates
John Edwards was sobbing in the middle of his hotel room. All of his hard work to get to where he was, destroyed. He was crushed. He was too emotionally exhausted to throw a chair or cuss out anyone. He had to end the campaign.
John Edwards would endorse Barack Obama.
Post Super Tuesday Delegate Count
Barack Obama: 1076 delegates
Joe Biden: 631 delegates
John Edwards: 419 delegates
Joe Biden knew that he had to fight in the next couple primaries. He began to attack Obama and would go crazy campaigning in every state that held a primary or caucus.
Louisiana
Obama: 53% 31 delegates
Biden: 47% 25 delegates
Nebraska
Obama: 51% 13 delegates
Biden: 49% 11 delegates
Virgin Islands
Obama: 54% 3 delegates
Biden: 46%
Washington
Obama: 57% 50 delegates
Biden: 43% 28 delegates
Maine
Biden: 52% 14 delegates
Obama: 46% 10 delegates
Sanders (Write in) 2%
Democrats abroad
Obama: 52% 5 delegates
Biden: 48% 2 delegates
D.C
Biden: 57% 9 delegates
Obama: 43% 4 delegates
Maryland
O’Malley (write in): 60% 69 delegates
Biden: 21% 1 delegate
Obama: 18%
Sanders (write in): 1%
Virginia
Obama: 52% 43 delegates
Biden: 48% 40 delegates
Overnight it became a massive joke that Martin O’Malley won the Maryland primary even though he had been out of the race for weeks.
Joe Biden would drop out of the election, making Sen. Obama the presumptive nominee.