BREAKING: Bernie Sanders has won the Nevada caucuses, following up on his New Hampshire primary win last week with a bigger victory in the West
There were reports of problems calling in results to a state party hotline.Sanders was leading comfortably in early returns, prompting three TV networks to call the race for him. Far behind him, Joe Biden was locked in a tight race for second place with Pete Buttigieg.
After initially being told by an automated operator that the hold time would be 30 minutes, the chair got through in five minutes. But he said he heard that other precinct chairs in Las Vegas and at rural sites were having similar problems reporting their numbers. For Biden, the one-time frontrunner both nationally and in Nevada, the importance of the contest is especially high. Embarrassing finishes in the first two states left his campaign reeling and eroded his once-overwhelming advantage in South Carolina, the next primary state.
Returning to Nevada on Friday night after campaigning in California, Sanders predicted victory in the caucuses “if we come out in big numbers.”If Biden does falter, Nevada could point to an alternative candidate to oppose Sanders and Mike Bloomberg, the centrist billionaire who is not competing here but will factor significantly in the March primaries.
It was unclear, however, how much that debate would factor in the outcome. Nearly 75,000 Nevadans already cast ballots in early caucusing ahead of the debate. In 2016, when Nevada had not yet instituted early caucusing, about 84,000 people participated. “We have our sights set not just on Super Tuesday, but beyond,” Klobuchar told supporters at a campaign office in Las Vegas on Saturday morning.
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