Biden declared presumptive winner of Maine Democratic primary
Joe Biden is the presumptive winner of Maine's Democratic primary, CBS News reports.
According to CBS News estimates, Biden currently has a lead over Bernie Sanders in the national delegate race with 584 pledged delegates. The Vermont senator, meanwhile, has amassed 509 pledged delegates. Those totals will change as votes continue to come in from the 14 states that voted on Super Tuesday.
Biden surged to victory in 10 of the 14 states that voted Tuesday and snagged key wins in Southern states with large African-American populations. He also captured liberal strongholds that Sanders won four years ago, as well as Texas, which offered the second-most delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday.
Sanders, meanwhile, won three states, including his home state of Vermont. California, Super Tuesday's biggest prize with 415 delegates, is leaning Sanders.
