Politics & Government
Holliston Voters Favor Biden, Trump
Joe Biden earned 35 percent of the Holliston vote on Super Tuesday, keeping with national trends.
HOLLISTON, MA — Former Vice President Joe Biden's surge to a surprising victory in the Massachusetts Super Tuesday primary was fueled with some help from Holliston voters. Biden finished with 35 percent of Holliston's 4,045 votes cast in the Democratic primary.
Elizabeth Warren came in second-place in Holliston with 22 percent and was followed by Bernie Sanders with 21 percent. Michael Bloomberg came in fourth-place with 12 percent.
President Donald Trump easily beat former Gov. William Weld among the 663 votes cast in the Republican primary with Trump at 80 percent to Weld's 14 percent.
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Biden rode a wave of weekend momentum Tuesday night to win the Massachusetts Democratic primary, crashing what had been expected to be a two-person race between Sanders and Warren. The Associated Press called the race for the former vice president just before 11 p.m.
Bloomberg dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden Wednesday morning. Warren was reportedly reassessing her run after a poor showing on Tuesday.
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The Associated Press called the GOP primary much earlier for President Trump.
Massachusetts had 91 Democratic delegates at stake Tuesday. Sanders made a late play to pry them from Warren, rallying in Springfield Friday and on Boston Common Saturday. But it was Biden who swooped in with an unexpected victory.
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