Trump, Biden sweep Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley suspends campaign

TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of pictures created on November 04, 2020 shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden (L) in Wilmington, Delaware, and US President Donald Trump (R) in Washington, DC both pumping their fist during an election night speech early November 4, 2020. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS,MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The 2024 presidential election is all but set with Democrat President Biden and Republican former President Donald Trump emerging from Super Tuesday as the presumptive nominees of their respective parties. 

Republican candidate Nikki Haley dropped out of the GOP primary on Wednesday morning after winning just one state, Vermont, out of the 15 primary contests that took place Tuesday. She was the last remaining serious primary challenger to Trump. Biden has repeatedly trounced his primary challengers and does not face a serious threat to re-nomination on the Democratic side.

Barring withdrawal for reasons of health or age, Biden, 81, and Trump, 77, will be formally nominated at the Republican and Democratic national conventions this summer. 

The Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee from July 15-18, 2024. The Democratic National Convention will take place a month later in Chicago, from August 19-22.

After convention delegates select each party's nominee, the general election campaign will begin in earnest as Trump and Biden face off in a 2020 rematch. Election Day is Tuesday, November 5, 2024. 

Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more at our Fox News Digital election hub.

Marianne Williamson surprised Democratic insiders by coming in second behind President Biden in multiple states.

Williamson unsuspended her Democratic primary campaign on Wednesday after coming in second ahead of Biden challenger Rep. Dean Phillips in Michigan.

She managed to score second place in multiple states on Super Tuesday, including Arkansas, California, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Vermont.

While Williamson failed to scoop up any delegates — and Biden dominated every election except American Samoa — her performance shows a notable base of support compared to Phillips.

Williamson made the announcement in a video statement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Williamson said she returned to the race because she believes Biden is a vulnerable candidate to put up against former President Donald Trump.

Williamson has amassed an enthusiastic following on social media, something she believes can translate into real votes as she seeks to unseat Biden in the party's primary.

"American politics is very unpredictable," Williamson told Fox News Digital. "That's part of what makes it exciting and what makes it kind of challenging at times. If you're running, you run to win. You run to get your ideas out in front of the voters."

Fox News Digital's Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to this update.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 5: President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House on March 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Biden announced new economic measures during the meeting. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Tens of thousands of Super Tuesday voters sent a message to President Biden, after they chose to mark "uncommitted" on their ballots over voting for him. 

With 99% of the expected votes counted in Minnesota, nearly 1 in 3 voters backed someone other than the president, with nearly 46,000 voters, or nearly 19% of Democrats, marking their ballots "uncommitted," or willfully deciding not to back any named candidate, to protest his support for Israel.

The sizable protest vote in Minnesota extended to six other states — Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tennessee — where tens of thousands of voters also refused to support Biden, undoubtedly raising questions for his re-election campaign.

The votes come just a week after Arab American and Muslim community leaders in Michigan, home to one of the largest Muslim communities in the U.S., urged voters not to support Biden.

Progressive groups have backed the "uncommitted" vote to protest Biden's support for Israel and its continued war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, which has resulted in millions of Palestinians becoming displaced from their homes and the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians. 

The "uncommitted" option appeared on the Democratic ballot in six other Super Tuesday states, and each took a chunk of support away from the president.

In Alabama, over 11,000 voters, or roughly 6%, voted for "uncommitted." The option collected the second-most votes in the state.

In Colorado, over 43,000 voters, or roughly 8% of the vote, marked "Noncommitted Delegate" on the ballot. 

In Iowa, 4% of the total vote backed "Uncommitted."

In Massachusetts, over 54,000 voters, or just under 10%, backed "No Preference."

In North Carolina, a whopping 88,000 voters, or nearly 13%, backed "No Preference."

Finally, in Tennessee, approximately 10,450 voters, or nearly 8%, voted "Uncommitted."

Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this update.

Reactions poured in from prominent conservatives on social media as former President Trump cruised to victory in nearly every contest in Super Tuesday’s primaries, most of whom called on the party to unite behind him.

"Man I knew Trump would have a good night but this is a rout," Ohio GOP Senator JD Vance posted on X as Trump continued to stack up victories in state after state on Tuesday night. "For voters, we have the next six months to convince them that DJT deserves another term."

"But for donors and political professionals, it's time to unite behind our nominee. Please stop wasting time and money."

"Admit it," Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott posted on X. "The primary is over."

"Time for Republicans to unite and restore sanity at the border."

"It is LONG past time for us to rally around President Trump as our Republican nominee who will defeat Joe Biden this November," GOP Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, thought by some to be in consideration for Trump’s running mate, posted on X.  

"The GOP presidential primary is over," Ohio GOP Chair Alex Triantafilou posted on X. "President Trump’s resounding Super Tuesday victories have solidified it. It is time to listen to our voters and unite the Republican Party."

"Voters across our country have spoken — this race is about the American people," South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott, also rumored to be a potential pick for vice president, posted on X. "It's about safe streets, quality education, and a secure border. Donald J. Trump is the one candidate to unite our country around success and WIN in November."

An MSNBC panel led by Rachel Maddow laughed at and mocked Virginia Republican voters who listed the border and immigration as a top priority during coverage of Super Tuesday.

Far-left anchor Joy Reid assailed White working-class Republican voters as only making their decisions based on race and not thanking President Biden, a "White working-class guy himself," for the "benefits they're getting economically" from him.

"They're voting on race," she said. "They're voting on this idea of an invasion of Brown people over the border."

Jen Psaki, Biden's former White House press secretary, concurred, adding, "Look at some of these exit polls. I live in Virginia. Immigration was the number one issue," as Reid laughed.

Maddow added, "Well, Virginia does have a border with West Virginia," as others on the panel laughed.

Former President Trump carried Virginia easily Tuesday night as part of a string of primary victories over Nikki Haley, cementing his status as the GOP frontrunner. The panel referred to exit polls that showed immigration as a top priority for Republican voters.

"You're thinking like, what?" Psaki said. "Trump has indoctrinated people with this fear of people who do not look like them being a threat to them."

Maddow complained that every election cycle, especially when a Democrat is in office, "we get reminded about the borders," although Republicans have blasted Biden's border policies for years as record-breaking numbers of migrants have crossed into the United States under his administration.

"You make these things an issue, you make them into boogeymen… as long as there's a Democratic incumbent to blame on it," she said. The panel was critical of Trump's role in torpedoing bipartisan border legislation this year, saying he didn't want a solution to the problem.

Fox News Digital's David Rutz and Jeffrey Clark contributed to this update.

Nikki Haley campaign surrogate Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., reacted to the news that the former South Carolina governor and U.N. Ambassador would suspend her presidential campaign on Wednesday morning. 

Norman told "Fox & Friends" the timing was "right" for Haley to drop out after she lost 14 of 15 Super Tuesday primary contests to Trump, only winning Vermont by a narrow margin. 

"The democratic process played out. And, you know, the people have spoken," Norman said. "I do think she will fully endorse President Trump. If not, you know, today, she will because we've got a country to save. This is bigger than anything we have ever seen. This isn't about personalities. This is really about saving America."

With Haley to bow out of the race at 10:00 a.m. ET in a speech delivered in Charleston, Norman said he will endorse Trump and support him in the November general election.

"Donald Trump can save this country," Norman said. 

President Biden overwhelmingly won the Democratic contests on Super Tuesday, with one notable exception — American Samoa.

The American territory, an island located in the South Pacific Ocean, voted for an unlikely Democratic candidate named Jason Palmer, a 52-year-old businessman from Baltimore.  

Out of 91 ballots cast in the territory's caucus, Palmer won 51 and Biden won 40, according to the local party. The upset will not derail Biden’s march toward his party’s nomination, but it marks the second time the American territory has rejected Biden.

During the 2020 Democratic primaries, billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s only win came in American Samoa. He garnered 175 votes in the contest with Tulsi Gabbard coming second with 103 votes. Bernie Sanders earned 37 votes and Biden came fourth with 31. 

After Tuesday’s caucus, Palmer thanked American Samoa in a message on X.

"Honored to announce my victory in the American Samoa presidential primary. Thank you to the incredible community for your support. This win is a testament to the power of our voices. Together, we can rebuild the American Dream and shape a brighter future for all."

Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this update.

President Biden's campaign has amassed a $130 million war chest and is ready to bury presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in spending to win in November, the campaign says.

A memo released after Super Tuesday argues that only Biden has the resources and infrastructure needed to reach voters and run a modern presidential campaign. 

"Since its launch, Team Biden-Harris has raised nearly $280 million, and finished January with a historic $130 million in cash on hand, the highest total amassed by any Democratic candidate in history at this point in the cycle," Campaign Chair Jen O'Malley Dillon and Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez wrote. 

"Groups allied with Biden are flush with resources and have already committed to spending more than $700 million to help him beat Donald Trump again," the memo states.

The memo outlines the Biden campaign's view of the state of the 2024 presidential election. Trump secured his place as the presumptive Republican nominee after winning 14 of the 15 Super Tuesday states, with the lone exception of Vermont. His last remaining challenger, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, will suspend her presidential campaign at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday. 

Biden's team argues Trump is weakened by the primary fight and strapped for cash as Republicans pivot to the general election.

"In January, Trump’s campaign raised $8.8 million while spending around $11.5 million, ending the month $2.6 million in the hole. His super PAC is further in the hole: in the entire month of January, it spent more than it raised. If it couldn’t get any worse, the national Republican Party that will serve as the backbone of his general election campaign is in complete disarray: 2023 was the RNC’s worst fundraising year in almost a decade," the memo states.

"And we’ve yet to mention what appears to be an issue that will not go away this cycle: Trump’s political operation has had to shell out several million per month on legal costs — an amount that accounted for approximately one-third of their total spending last year with that number expected to get even worse."

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 29: U.S. President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House on February 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

President Biden's campaign argues that former President Trump enters the general election "beleaguered and ill-equipped" to win the White House after his dominant showing in the Republican primary on Super Tuesday.

A memo with takeaways from Tuesday's primary contests was released to the media Wednesday morning. Biden Campaign Chair Jen O'Malley Dillon and Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez authored the document, which outlined the campaign's view of the state of the race.

"The results of last night’s Super Tuesday contests cemented what we have known for some time now: Donald Trump limps into the general election as a wounded, dangerous and unpopular candidate," the memo states. "The Republican nominee is cash-strapped, beleaguered by a host of external issues, and is running on an extreme agenda that is already proving to be a significant liability for key voting blocs that are critical to the pathway to 270 electoral votes."

The Biden campaign asserts that the primaries have demonstrated how Trump is struggling to unify a coalition needed to win 270 Electoral College votes. Though Trump won all the Super Tuesday primaries except for Vermont, the memo points to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's significant share of the GOP primary vote in several states. Dillon and Rodriguez argue that even though Haley has no path to the nomination, a significant number of Republicans are still refusing to back Trump. 

"A significant share of moderate and Haley voters across the country are saying that Trump cannot count on their votes in a general election," the memo states.

In contrast, the Biden-Harris campaign "heads into the general election coming off of consistent wins up and down the ballot, maintains a historic and growing grassroots-powered war chest, and now adds a strong Super Tuesday showing last night to enter the general election well-prepared and well-positioned to win this November."

Insurgent Republicans won big victories in the Texas primaries on Tuesday, unseating six incumbent state House lawmakers who had opposed Gov. Greg Abbott's school choice agenda.

Three primary winners, Janice Holt, Marc LaHood and Helen Kerwin, spoke to Fox News about their wins and what they plan to do if they go on to win election to the state legislature in November.

"The open border is one of the major issues in our district," said Holt, who defeated Republican state Rep. Ernest Bailes. "Our district is home to one of the largest, if not the largest illegal immigrant population in the country. And it is ground zero here and the open border is terrible here ... the people that live in our district were fed up with our incumbent not doing anything. He's been in office for eight years and they were tired and scared and they wanted change." 

LaHood agreed that the border was the "number one" for voters in his primary. Kerwin, who will advance to a runoff, said voters in her district were looking for more conservative leadership. 

Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume is not surprised by the growing concerns about President Biden's age and mental acuity – he believes they have been a "ticking time bomb."

Asked on Super Tuesday whether he could have envisioned months ago current polls showing independent voters leaning toward former President Trump on a number of issues, Hume chalked it up at least in part to President Biden's cognizance.

"I was saying back when it was not at all fashionable to say it, that he is senile. And now I think he is palpably senile and the country sees it," Hume said on "Special Report" as Super Tuesday polls prepared to close in 15 states and American Samoa.

Hume said a major challenge for Biden lies later in the week when he will give the annual State of the Union on Thursday, highlighting that the president must prove to Americans that he is not too old for the job.

Biden has been dogged by several news-making gaffes in recent weeks, including a reference to Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi as the "president of Mexico" while discussing the Israel-Gaza conflict, and instances where he recounted talking to former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and French President François Mitterrand several years after they died.

The president also caused a stir after a Connecticut speech on gun control in 2023, when he closed his remarks with "God Save the Queen, man." By that time, King Charles III had become the British monarch upon the passing of his mother Elizabeth II the year prior.

Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz contributed to this update.

Senator John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Minority Whip John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican leader, endorsed former President Trump for reelection in February.

It was a key win for Trump from the establishment wing of the Republican Party. The South Dakota Republican is Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s top deputy in the Senate GOP.

"The primary results in South Carolina make clear that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for president in this year’s pivotal presidential election. The choice before the American people is crystal clear: It’s Donald Trump or Joe Biden," Thune told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

"I support former President Trump's campaign to win the presidency, and I intend to do everything I can to see that he has a Republican majority in the Senate working with him to restore American strength at home and abroad," he continued.

Thune and Trump spoke by phone on Saturday night after Trump’s commanding victory in the South Carolina Republican primary, a source familiar with the call told Fox News Digital.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind

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Former Republican presidential primary candidate Ryan Binkley dropped out of the race as a GOP candidate last week and immediately endorsed Donald Trump for president.

"Today, I am suspending my campaign for the Presidency of the United States of America and offering my endorsement and unwavering support for President Trump," Binkley wrote in a post on X.

Binkley is the CEO of Equity Group, a business advisory company based out of Texas.

"When I began this journey, it was with a message in my heart that our country needs to awaken to the fact that the unsustainable deficit spending and debt path we are on will undoubtedly lead us to a generational economic disruption," Binkley wrote Tuesday. "I believe that we can get off that path and begin a journey to balance the federal budget by transforming and demonopolizing the healthcare system which has been bankrupting our nation. I also felt deeply that as bad as the U.S. fiscal and monetary policy is, the political corruption and cultural divide in our country is an even greater threat. Throughout my campaign, I have seen our party struggle to find a place for a new vision while weighing the corrupt allegations and indictments against President Trump. He will need everyone’s support, and he will have mine moving forward."

Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted Rep. Adam Schiff's, D-Calif, victory speech on Tuesday after he secured the Democratic nomination for a U.S. Senate seat.

The seat was held for more than 30 years by former Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., until her death last year, prompting Gov. Gavin Newsom to appoint Democrat Sen. Laphonza Butler to fill the vacancy.

As Schiff attempted to introduce his family at his watch party following his victory, demonstrators chanted "cease-fire now" and "Free Palestine," and the chants grew louder as the lawmaker's remarks were drowned out.

At least one person was escorted away from the stage amid the protest.

Schiff addressed the protest following the disruption.

"We are so lucky to live in a democracy where we all have the right to protest," he said. "We want to make sure we keep this kind of democracy."

The California Democrat told reporters Tuesday that he supported the Biden administration’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza on the condition of the release of Israeli hostages.

"My position is the same as the administration, which is there needs to be a deal to release the hostages and have a pause in the fighting," Schiff said.

Fox News Digital's Landon Mion contributed to this update.

Former President Donald Trump and President Biden are a giant step closer on Wednesday morning to a 2024 general election rematch, after the Republican and Democratic Party frontrunners ran the table on Super Tuesday as 16 states from coast to coast held presidential nominating contests.

"They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. This is a big one," Trump said in a primary night victory speech in front of a large group of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. "This has been a day that we've been waiting for."

And looking ahead to his all-but-certain general election battle with Biden, Trump highlighted that "November 5th is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country."

Biden, in a statement on the Super Tuesday results, said "today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard—showing that they are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards."

"Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. This is our fight," he emphasized.

Longtime Republican strategist David Kochel, a veteran of numerous presidential campaigns, told Fox News as the Super Tuesday votes were being tabulated that "it's pretty clear both parties are ready to get to the general election."

While Trump didn't clinch the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday, the former president was on course to capture the vast majority of the 854 Republican delegates up for grabs, moving him significantly closer to locking up the nomination over his last remaining rival – former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

And while the former president didn't mention Haley in his speech, pointing to his primary victories over his rival, he touted that "there's never been anything so conclusive."

Indeed, Haley will suspend her campaign for president at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday during a speech in Charleston, South Carolina, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Her decision to drop out comes after Trump's convincing victories in 14 of the 15 states holding GOP nominating contests — Haley narrowly edged the former president in Vermont. 

Tonight on "The Five," co-host of "America's Newsroom" Dana Perino looked back on Trump's campaign and the former president's suggestion that Nikki Haley can't beat Biden.

"I think you saw one Donald Trump in Iowa, in terms of being very conciliatory, and 'Let's all get along, and everything's great', and then in New Hampshire he was like 'She's absolutely the worst, and a total loser," Perino said of Trump from mid to late January.

"The election is eight months from today. So, there's time," she added. "But I do think after tonight, it is not without question that you will likely be saying that Donald Trump is a presumptive nominee."

Perino also responded to Trump's past remarks that Haley could not beat Biden in the November election.

"She could," Perino said. "But she's not going to be the nominee."

President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. (Getty Images)

Former President Donald Trump and President Biden came out on top on Super Tuesday as they both swept nearly every contest in the largest primary night of the 2024 election cycle.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley hoped to find some light at the end of the tunnel after staking her candidacy on the 15 states casting ballots, while Biden's top challengers looked for any glimmer of success after making their case against the president's age and ability to take on Trump in a general election rematch.

From Haley securing her first statewide victory to Biden suffering a shocking defeat to an obscure businessman, here are the top moments from what many thought would be an uneventful Super Tuesday:

1. Haley secures a win in the Vermont primary

2. Biden suffers first 2024 loss to challenger Jason Palmer

3. Haley remains vague on her campaign's future

4. Concern grows over Trump's ability to win over Haley supporters

Fox News Digital's Brandon Gillespie has more on the top moments from Super Tuesday here.

Steve Hilton and Vik Bajaj discuss a statement from Nikki Haley's campaign following a lackluster performance in the Super Tuesday elections on "Fox News @ Night" with Trace Gallagher.

With races called in all but two of the 16 states that held presidential nominating contests on Super Tuesday, Haley only won the Vermont primary. While she has not spoken herself as of early Wednesday morning, her campaign issued a statement celebrating her win and claiming there is a "large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump."

The campaign's statement was met with criticism from both Hilton and Bajaj considering her chance at becoming the GOP nominee is unlikely at this point in the race.

"She's lost every single state except for Bernie Sanders' backyard. It is completely delusional every single day she continues to stay in this race and put out divisive statements like that," Hilton said. "There's only one person that benefits – it's not Nikki Haley, it's Joe Biden. If she really cares about the country and its future, as she claims, then she would stop her team putting stuff out like that and just get out of this race and get behind an effort to get rid of this destructive Joe Biden administration."

BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA - FEBRUARY 26: Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a campaign event at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel on February 26, 2024 in Bloomington, Minnesota. Minnesota holds its primary election on March 5. (Photo by David Berding/Getty Images)

In a statement reacting to the results of the Super Tuesday elections, the campaign for Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley said there remains a large amount of Republican voters who continue to have "deep concerns" about former President Donald Trump's candidacy.

Haley defeated Trump in the Vermont GOP primary election, but lost to the former president in nearly every one of the other elections held Tuesday.

“We’re honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests," Haley's campaign said in a statement.

"Unity is not achieved by simply claiming ‘we’re united.’ Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump. That is not the unity our party needs for success. Addressing those voters’ concerns will make the Republican Party and America better," Haley's campaign added.

Vermont appears likely to be the only state that Haley will win on Super Tuesday.

President Joe Biden arrives to board Air Force One, Tuesday, March 5, 2024, in Hagerstown, Md. The President is traveling to Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that President Biden will win the California Democratic primary.

The Golden State's primary was held on Super Tuesday, a day of multi-state primary contests that historically sets the tone for the rest of the election cycle and narrows out the candidate field.

In 2020, Biden was defeated by Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent, in the California primary race by nearly 10 points. After winning the Democratic nomination later that year, the president bested former President Donald Trump by almost 30 points in the 2020 general election in the state.

California is a traditionally blue state, voting Democratic every presidential election since 1988.

Amid growing concerns over Biden's fitness and capability to serve another full-term, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has been floated as an alternative candidate to put up against Trump. He has said he will not run this election cycle if Biden stays in the race.

President Joe Biden speaks at the Border Patrol Brownsville station in Olmito, Texas, on Feb. 29, 2024.(Eddie Seal/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

President Biden issued a statement Tuesday night following a series of victories in the Super Tuesday elections that took place in different corners of the country, claiming the "choice is clear" ahead of the 2024 presidential election.

“Tonight’s results leave the American people with a clear choice: Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us backwards into the chaos, division, and darkness that defined his term in office?" Biden questioned.

“Four years ago, I ran because of the existential threat Donald Trump posed to the America we all believe in. Since then, we’ve made enormous progress: 15 million jobs, wages rising faster than inflation, taking on Big Pharma and the gun lobby — and winning. But we have more to do."

Biden claimed the progress he has made since taking office in 2021 will be placed "at risk" if Trump is elected later this year.

"He is driven by grievance and grift, focused on his own revenge and retribution, not the American people. He is determined to destroy our democracy, rip away fundamental freedoms like the ability for women to make their own health care decisions, and pass another round of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy — and he’ll do or say anything to put himself in power," the president claimed.

Biden went on to claim that "millions of voters" made clear Tuesday that they're prepared "to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards."

“My message to the country is this: Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. Stand up for our personal freedom. Stand up for the right to vote and our civil rights. To every Democrat, Republican, and independent who believes in a free and fair America: This is our moment. This is our fight. Together, we will win," he concluded.

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Who is Jason Palmer, the obscure presidential candidate who delivered Biden's first 2024 loss?

President Biden lost his first 2024 contest to an obscure Maryland businessman named Jason Palmer in the U.S. territory of American Samoa.

President Biden lost his first contest in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday to an unknown candidate in the U.S. territory of American Samoa. 

The Fox News Decision Desk projected that Jason Palmer, a self-described entrepreneur and investor, would win American Samoa's caucuses, taking four delegates to Biden's two.

On his campaign website, Palmer describes himself as a 52-year-old resident of Baltimore, Maryland, with leadership and executive experience working for companies like Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.

Click to read more from Fox News Digital's Brandon Gillespie.

"I Voted" stickers are offered to Voters after casting their ballot on Super Tuesday, at the Ranchito Elementary School polling station in the Panorama City section of Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

It’s 11PM and polls have closed in California.

The Golden State offers more delegates than any other tonight. 

Republicans have also finished caucusing in Utah

Rep.-elect Colin Allred, D-Texas., arrives for orientation for new members of Congress, Nov. 13, 2018, in Washington.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Democratic Representative Colin Allred will win his Texas Senate primary.

Democrats hope the former Titans linebacker can oust Republican Senator Ted Cruz in November.

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Trump reacts to Super Tuesday victories: 'Rarely has politics seen anything quite like this'

Former President Trump said Super Tuesday was 'great evening,' and that it is his 'honor to represent not just the Republican Party but our country in leading it back to health and prosperity.'

EXCLUSIVE: Former President Trump, reacting to Super Tuesday primary victories, told Fox News Digital that it is a "great evening," and that it is his "honor to represent not just the Republican Party but our country in leading it back to health and prosperity."

Trump, the GOP frontrunner, won Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Massachusetts, Colorado, Maine, Alabama, Arkansas, and Minnesota by 9:45 p.m. ET Tuesday night.

"It is a great evening," Trump told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview after races were called in his favor in 11 states, and while awaiting race calls and polls closing in others.

"Rarely has politics seen anything quite like this," he said.

Trump added: "It is my honor to represent not just the Republican Party but our country in leading it back to health and prosperity."

Trump's reaction came after 11 states were called. The Fox News Decision Desk is still awaiting race calls in Vermont, and poll closures in Alaska, Utah, and California.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Brooke Singman

Rep. Dean Phillips (Getty Images)

Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips responded to Super Tuesday's developing election results on social media by sarcastically congratulating others on the ballot.

"Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me," Rep. Phillips posted on X on Tuesday night.

Phillips, a long shot primary challenger to President Biden, has struggled to gain traction so far in the Super Tuesday competitions and is currently trailing "Uncommitted" in Alabama.

Phillips is registering around 9% in Oklahoma. The Democratic congressman is also registering at 9% in his home state of Minnesota but also trails "Uncommitted" which is registering 17%.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to service members, first responders, and their families on the 22nd of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 11, 2023. Getty Images.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that President Biden will win the Colorado Democratic primary.

The president's win comes on Super Tuesday, the day where voters in 15 states and one U.S. territory vote in a multi-state primary race for their preferred party nominee. Super Tuesday marks a significant point in presidential primary races, winnowing out the candidate field and revealing the Democrat and Republican frontrunners.

Biden lost the 2020 Super Tuesday Democratic primary in Colorado to Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent, but after being named the party's nominee, defeated former President Donald Trump on the general election ballot that fall.

Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller and Aubrie Spady contributed to this report

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump talks reporters at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters headquarters on January 31, 2024 in Washington, DC. Getty Images.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former President Trump will win the Massachusetts Republican primary.

Donald Trump, Super Tuesday 2024

It’s 8:30PM and polls have closed in Arkansas.

Trump is expected to dominate in the state thanks to a heavily White rural population.

Biden should also pick up an easy win.

There are 40 delegates at stake for the Republican candidates and 31 delegates for the Democrats.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Supreme Court's decision on the Administration's student debt relief program in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Friday, June 30, 2023. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that President Biden will win the Oklahoma Democratic primary.

Oklahoma has had 10 Democratic wins and 19 Republicans wins from 1900-2020 during the presidential elections. Since 1968, the Republican candidates have won the state, according to Ballotpedia.

Biden lost to Trump in the Oklahoma presidential election with 32.2% to 65.3%

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council in the Indian Treaty Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that President Biden will win the Maine Democratic primary.

Maine, which uses ranked-choice voting, is allocated 24 Democratic delegates.

Despite Democrats winning the state in the last eight presidential elections, there have only been 11 Democratic victories from 1900 through 2020, while Republicans have secured 20 wins, as reported by Ballotpedia.

In the 2020 general election, Biden won with 53.1% of the vote with three electoral votes, while Trump had 44% of the votes and one electoral vote, according to U.S. Election Atlas.

Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller and Emily Robertson contributed to this report

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that Attorney General Josh Stein will be the Democratic candidate for governor in North Carolina.

Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson will be the Republican candidate.

It’s 8PM and all polls have closed in Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and Tennessee.

There are 211 delegates at stake for the Republican candidates, and 267 for the Democrats.

President Biden and former President Trump have posted strong results so far tonight and could significantly expand their leads this hour.

The Fox News Decision Desk can now project that former President Trump will win Virginia’s Republican primary.

This was former Governor Haley’s best chance to win a state with significant delegates at stake.

During the 2016 Republican Presidential Primaries, Trump narrowly won the state against his competitors. Trump captured 35% of the vote compared to Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s 32%, Texas Senator Ted Cruz’ 17%, and former Ohio Governor John Kasich’s 10%.

During the general election, Biden defeated Trump, capturing 54% of the vote compared to Trump’s 44%.

The Virginia electorate has voted unpredictably over the last few decades. Through most of its history it was a deep blue state, voting Democrat in virtually every election until President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke the trend in 1952. Republicans regularly won the state until 2008 when Barack Obama returned the state to solid Democrat control.

Despite this, Republicans have had a slight resurgence in the state, narrowly electing Republican Glenn Youngkin for Governor in 2021.

Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign rally on March 4, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. Haley won her first Republican primary, besting former President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Friday. Voters in 16 states, including Texas, head to the polls tomorrow on Super Tuesday. (Photo by Emil Lippe/Getty Images)

It’s 7 p.m. ET and all polls have closed in Vermont and Virginia.

Vermont could be Nikki Haley’s best chance to win a state tonight, thanks to moderate northeast Republican voters and an open primary system.

Virginia is also holding an open primary, and she could do well in suburban areas near D.C.

Both states also host Democratic presidential primaries tonight, where President Biden is widely expected to win.

"The Five" co-hosts discussed the GOP showdown between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley taking place across the U.S. today.

Election results from Super Tuesday, the biggest primary day of the year, are expected to roll in tonight and into tomorrow.

"I certainly think that this will be another big night for Donald Trump, we've seen that consistently," said Fox News contributor Jessica Tarlov.

But Tarlov added that everyone is looking at what Haley voters are going to do if Trump wins the GOP nomination.

"They exist, they're coming out in primaries, and a lot of them are saying 'We won't be happy if Donald Trump is the nominee,'" she added.

On Super Tuesday, 15 states are voting in primaries, including in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. One territory, American Samoa, is also holding primary elections.

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Nikki Haley’s team announced a seven-figure ad-buy in various states in the weeks leading up to Super Tuesday.

"Nikki is moving full steam ahead to Super Tuesday states because 70 percent of Americans don’t want to see two grumpy old men duke it out in November, and they deserve a real choice in this election," Haley campaign spokeswoman AnnMarie Graham-Barnes told Fox News Digital in late February. "Her message is resonating, and she’s got the resources to keep fighting." 

Haley made clear in the days ahead of the primary election in South Carolina, her home state, that she planned to stay in no matter the outcome of the day, saying she would "refuse to quit."

This week, Haley rallied in Houston and Fort Worth, Texas.

"We're touching as many people as we can," Haley told Fox News' Martha MacCallum in an interview this morning. "The crowds are passionate. They're fired up. They want a new generational leader, they want to turn the page, and we're excited about that."

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, governor of Arkansas, joined Fox News' Sandra Smith on "America Reports" today to discuss former President Donald Trump and today's Super Tuesday presidential primary elections.

"Obviously, I think this is a two person race between Donald Trump and Joe Biden," Sanders said. "President Trump has all of the momentum on his side, a huge and unanimous win earlier this week from the Supreme Court, heavily in his favor. There are a number of states voting today including Arkansas, which I know is going to deliver a big win for Donald Trump, as well as I think the vast majority of states voting today."

In November, Sanders endorsed Trump during a Trump rally in Hialeah, Florida.

"Our country has never needed Donald Trump more than we do right now," she said. "We've got out-of-control inflation, violent crime, an open border, a rising China. Biden and the left have failed over and over again, and they know it, and you know it, and it is time for a change. That is why tonight I am so proud to endorse my former boss, my friend, and everybody's favorite president, Donald J. Trump."

From left to right: Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Katie Porter, Republican Candidate Steve Garvey, and Rep. Adam Schiff. (Getty Images)

As voters head to the polls on Super Tuesday, California's Senate race is taking center stage as an unlikely GOP candidate, former MLB star Steve Garvey, surges in popularity against likely November opponent Adam Schiff.

"Golden Together" founder and Fox News contributor Steve Hilton told "America's Newsroom" that the turn of events has Democrats "massively surprised" as California voters battle statewide issues stemming from immigration and homelessness.

"They're massively surprised because they're incredibly arrogant," Hilton told Dana Perino on Tuesday.

"They assume that California is just a total Democratic one-party state. Republicans have got no chance. That was their attitude when Steve Garvey got in the race and the assumption among the California political press and all the Democrats was 'well, it's obviously going to be Adam Schiff and Katie Porter,' but what it tells you is that this state, my beautiful home state of California, is much more Republican than people think."

"Garvey has been helped by the fact that we have this top-two system, which means that the top two finishers, regardless of party, go through," he continued. "Because of their arrogance, because they assume that a Republican cannot win… Adam Schiff has been spending enormous amounts of money to try and get Steve Garvey into the general election because he assumes that he's going to have a walkover."

California voters are casting their ballots Tuesday to fill late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's seat, which is currently being filled temporarily by Laphonza Butler. Four candidates are in the running for her seat –  Reps. Schiff, Porter and Barbara Lee alongside Garvey, who is the only Republican in the race.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Bailee Hill

Taylor Swift performs during "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at the National Stadium on March 02, 2024 in Singapore. (Photo by Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management)

Taylor Swift is urging Americans to go to the polls and vote in their respective presidential primaries during Super Tuesday.

"Today, March 5, is the Presidential Primary in Tennessee and 16 other states and territories. I wanted to remind you guys to vote the people who most represent YOU into power," the 'Midnights' singer wrote in an Instagram story. "If you haven't already, make a plan to vote today."

"Whether you're in Tennessee or somewhere else in the US, check your polling places and times at vote.org," she added.

Former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley are competing in the Republican primary, with President Biden running to secure the Democratic nomination.

Fox News' Lawrence Richard and Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this report.

POLITICS

Five areas could tell us a lot about the GOP on Super Tuesday

As results pour in for the 2024 Super Tuesday, let's take a close look at five areas in the United States that reveal something about the Republican candidates and voters.

Fifteen states and one U.S. territory are holding presidential primaries this evening.

President Biden only faces nominal opposition on Democratic primary ballots, and barring any surprises, could get close to securing his party’s nomination tonight.

On the Republican side, 35% of the total delegates at stake will be settled.

Former President Trump comes into the race with formidable advantages. He has six times as many delegates as Haley, and has polled well ahead of her in recent national surveys.

Haley will be hoping for an upset to make this race competitive, and even if she doesn’t, she is likely to walk away with some delegates, thanks to varying rules.

But regardless of the overall result, the vote count in certain parts of the country tonight will tell us something about Republican voters in 2024.

Former President Donald Trump speaks in the library at Mar-a-Lago on March 4, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.(Alon Skuy/Getty Images)

In December, the Supreme Court in Colorado ruled to disqualify Donald Trump from the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot.

The court found that Trump was disqualified under the 14h Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that office holders who engage in insurrection are ineligible for federal office. The court argued that the Trump engaged in insurrection due to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots.

"We do not reach these conclusions lightly," the court's majority wrote. "We are mindful of the magnitude and weight of the questions now before us. We are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law, without fear or favor, and without being swayed by public reaction to the decisions that the law mandates we reach."

In early January, Trump filed an appeal and asked the court to keep his name on the ballot. The Colorado secretary of state ultimately kept Trump's name on the ballot pending the Supreme Court's decision.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court sided unanimously with Trump. The ruling of all nine justices will impact the status of efforts in several other states, including Maine and Illinois , that had attempted to remove the likely GOP nominee from their respective ballots.

Hillary Clinton speaks during the "A Special Evening With Hillary Clinton" at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival at Theater des Westens on February 19, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Franziska Krug/Getty Images)

Hillary Clinton says people need to "accept the reality" that President Biden is old, move on and focus on beating Donald Trump.

The former Secretary of State appeared on the "Mornings with Zerlina" radio show on SiriusXM Tuesday where she discussed what she saw as the authoritarian threat of Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. By contrast, she advised people to acknowledge Biden’s age and move on to protect democracy.

"Somebody the other day said to me… 'Well, but, you know, Joe Biden's old.' I said, 'You know what, Joe Biden is old . Let's go ahead and accept the reality. Joe Biden is old.' So we have a contest between one candidate who's old, but who's done an effective job and doesn't threaten our democracy. And we have another candidate who is old, barely makes sense when he talks, is dangerous, and threatens our democracy," Clinton said.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Lindsay Kornick 

Michelle Obama will not launch a bid for the White House amid rumors that the former first lady was eyeing a presidential run, according to her office.(Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)

Michelle Obama will not launch a bid for the White House amid rumors that the former first lady was eyeing a presidential run, according to her office.

"As former First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed several times over the years, she will not be running for president," Crystal Carson, the director of communications for Obama’s office, said in a statement provided to ITK on Tuesday.

Obama supports President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, her office said. Fox News Digital has reached out to Obama's communication team.

Rumors of Obama's candidacy came as questions about Biden's mental capacity continue to swirl. The rumors began to circulate after some Republicans floated the idea that she could replace Biden on the November ballot.

Some political commentators said the former first lady has the best chance of beating former President Donald Trump , who is the leading candidate to secure the GOP presidential nomination.

Biden is struggling with low poll numbers amid concerns from Republicans and some Democrats about his age and ability to lead the country.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Louis Casiano

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Many GOP lawmakers are standing in support of Trump as he runs in the 2024 election against his Republican and Democrat opponents, including President Biden and GOP hopeful Nikki Haley.

Senate Minority Whip John Thune

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.

Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas

Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.

Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D.

Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D.

Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala.

Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn.

House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.

National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson, R-N.C.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.

Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan.

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell could also endorse former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race as one of his last major actions before leaving leadership.

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Former President Donald Trump told supporters in the days leading up to the New Hampshire primary that he likely will not choose 2024 Republican nomination rival Nikki Haley as his running mate.

"She is not presidential timber," Trump said of Haley as he spoke at January rally in New Hampshire's capital city. "Now, when I say that, that probably means that she’s not going to be chosen as the vice president."

Some potential Vice President picks are former primary candidate and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott, New York, House Rep Elise Stefanik, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio, South Carolina House Rep Nancy Mace, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. 

Scott, who remains popular with primary voters, is an enticing choice but Stefanik is said to have recently impressed Trump with her grilling of Ivy League presidents over antisemitism on campus. 

With an abundance of options, few in Trump’s political orbit have a good feel for whom Trump is leaning toward as his running mate. Veteran Republican strategist Ryan Williams noted that "Trump prizes loyalty and fealty above everything else when it comes to his supporters."

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Former S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley, despite her loss in her home state of South Carolina in February, said she is staying in the GOP presidential primary race.

Haley had pledged to stay in the race even if she lost the Palmetto State, and she said she's sticking with that.

"I’m a woman of my word. I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden," she told supporters after her loss on Feb. 24.

Former President Donald Trump won the state's GOP primary.

"We’re headed to Michigan tomorrow. And we’re headed to the Super Tuesday states throughout all of next week," she said.

Last week, Trump beat Haley in Michigan where the remaining 39 of the state's 55 presidential delegates went to Trump.

Michigan Republicans were forced to split their primary into two parts after Democrats who control the state government moved Michigan into the early primary states, violating the national Republican Party’s rules.

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In a major shift of his political strategy with just months to go before the election, President Biden wants to take every opportunity to attack former President Trump, according to a recent report. 

Biden, who has frequently refused to call Trump by name in interviews, "is privately pushing for a much more aggressive approach to 2024: Go for Donald Trump's jugular," Axios reported Tuesday. 

The report revealed that "Biden is convinced he'll rattle Trump if he taunts him daily" and that the president has told friends and allies that "he thinks Trump is wobbly, both intellectually and emotionally, and will explode if Biden mercilessly gigs and goads him." 

One advisor told Axios that Biden could make Trump "go haywire in public." 

"The ‘trigger Trump’ approach would be a departure from a traditional Rose Garden re-election campaign," according to the outlet.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Jeffrey Clark

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Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy praised the Supreme Court's unanimous ruling against Colorado's removal of former President Trump from the 2024 ballot but warned of potential foreshadowing within the written decision.

After the decision was handed down, Ramaswamy echoed Trump's belief that it represented a "case of national unity," and that the United States cannot essentially be united if a "patchwork" of states can make unilateral decisions about a national candidate's eligibility beyond the typical age and tenure statutes.

"That doesn't work if we're one nation. So that's what this case was really about," he said. "I do think that this is not just about President Trump, but about the future unity of our country itself. And the Supreme Court, 9-0, came down on the right side of that question."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Charles Creitz

Billionaire Mark Cuban reiterated his support for President Biden over Trump, even to the point of death, in a recent comment.

The Dallas Mavericks minority owner and media personality spoke to Bloomberg News after he visited the White House on Monday to take part in a roundtable discussion on controlling drug prices. Cuban explained that while he voted for Nikki Haley in the Texas GOP primary, he would vote for Biden in the general if Trump was his opponent.

Despite ongoing and growing concerns over Biden’s age, Cuban shrugged off the issue, claiming he would vote for the president even on his deathbed.

"If they were having his last wake, and it was him versus Trump, and he was being given last rites, I would still vote for Joe Biden," Cuban emphasized.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Lindsay Kornick

Fox News contributor and former campaign manager to Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, joined "Fox & Friends" Tuesday to discuss the Supreme Court's ballot ruling on Monday in favor of the former president.

"We should all applaud the unanimous decision by the Supreme Court, Conway said to Fox News' Lawrence B. Jones. "You have so many of our institutions now racked with Trump derangement syndrome, weaponizing themselves against him, trying to stop him politically, damage him financially."

All nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a unanimous decision to side with Trump in his challenge to Colorado’s attempt make him an ineligible candidate on the 2024 presidential primary ballot.

"Let the voters decide," she added. 

Regarding voter turnout on Super Tuesday, Conway believes voters will support Trump today.

"I think it's going to help turnout and there's no suspense today. It's going to be another dominant day for the former and future President Donald Trump."

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In the nationwide Republican Presidential Primary process there are 2,429 total delegates: 2,325 pledged and 104 unpledged. Pledged delegates are bound to vote for the candidate they were elected to vote for and unpledged delegates may vote for whomever they choose.

A candidate must receive 1,215 delegates, a majority, to receive the Republican’s nomination for president. Anything less than that will end in a contested convention where candidates will jockey for delegates live and in person. Certain states have winner take all systems, where whoever gets the most delegates wins them all, while most have proportional delegate systems, candidates get a number of delegates based on the percentage of votes they secure.

Currently, former President Donald Trump sits at 122 delegates compared to former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley’s 24 delegates. The combined 12 delegates won by former Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are considered lost and not redistributed. 36% of the available delegates are up for grabs on Super Tuesday. 

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called for the Supreme Court to be "dissolved" following Monday’s unanimous ruling against Colorado's removal of former President Trump from the 2024 ballot.

Former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann called for the Supreme Court to be "dissolved" following Monday’s unanimous ruling against Colorado's removal of former President Trump from the 2024 ballot.

"The Supreme Court has betrayed democracy. Its members including Jackson, Kagan and Sotomayor have proved themselves inept at reading comprehension. And collectively the ‘court’ has shown itself to be corrupt and illegitimate. It must be dissolved," Olbermann posted on X. 

A follower responded, "Dissolve the separation of powers to save democracy?" And Olberman shot back, "If the political whores on the court are overruling quite explicit language in the constitution to benefit one politician, your ‘separation of powers’ died long ago."

The far-left media personality also responded to a conservative who told him to "cry more" by declaring, "Those aren't tears, Fascist. They're urine. I'm sure you enjoy being bathed in it."

Olbermann also said the Supreme Court is "betraying America yet again," on a video posted to social media. All nine justices ruled in favor of Trump in the case, which will impact the status of efforts in several other states to remove GOP frontrunner from their respective ballots. 

This is an excerpt of an article by Fox News' Brian Flood

Trump hits back at Haley's claim that she is a better candidate to beat Biden

Former President Donald Trump refuted opponent Nikki Haley's claim that she is a better general election candidate to compete against President Biden, as voters head to the polls in a variety of states on Super Tuesday. 

"It's a lie. She knows it's a lie," Trump told Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade during a "Fox & Friends" phone interview Tuesday, downplaying polls that have shown Haley performing better versus Biden.

"We are winning against Biden in every single poll, and everybody knows it, whether it's the New York Times, whether it's any of the polls that have been taken over the last three months. So she is misrepresenting that fact and it's fine. It's not going to matter because I think we're going to win every state tonight."

His remarks come after Haley suggested she has a better chance to oust Biden than Trump does during a campaign event on Monday, despite only having one primary victory under her belt. 

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Bailee Hill.

OPINION: Democrats rush to keep Trump off ballot because election can't be left to voters

The following is an excerpt from an opinion article by Jonathan Turley:

Calling it "one on a huge list of priorities," Rep. Jamie Raskin, D., Md., announced that he will be reintroducing a prior bill with Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., to disqualify not just former President Donald Trump but a large number of Republicans from taking office.

The alternative, it appears, is unthinkable: allowing the public to choose their next president and representatives in Congress. It appears that the last thing Democrats want is for the unanimous decision to actually lead to an outbreak of democracy. Where the Court expressly warned of "chaos" in elections, Raskin and others appear eager to be agents of chaos in Congress.

Soon after the decision, Raskin went on CNN to assure people that he and his colleagues would not stand by and allow the right to vote to be restored to citizens in the upcoming election. He pledged to reintroduce a prior bill that would declare Jan. 6 an "insurrection" and that those involved "engaged in insurrection."

I previously wrote about these "ballot cleansing" efforts because it would not just disqualify Trump but potentially dozens of sitting Republican members of Congress. Rep. Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., sought to bar 126 members of Congress under the same theory. Similar legislation offered by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., to disqualify members got 63 co-sponsors, all Democrats.

Raskin's participation in this effort is crushingly ironic. In 2016, he sought to block certification of the 2016 election under the very same law as violent protests were occurring before the inauguration.

McConnell is currently the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to endorse Trump's return to the White House

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell could endorse former President Donald Trump in the 2024 race as one of his last major actions before leaving leadership.

McConnell's office and Trump's presidential campaign have been in talks over a possible endorsement, as well as a strategy to unite Republicans just eight months away from the November election, according to The Associated Press, citing a person familiar with the situation.

McConnell is currently the highest-ranking Republican in Congress who has yet to back the former president's bid to return to the White House.

Any potential endorsement comes as Trump is competing with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to win the Republican nomination, and as both candidates compete for a whopping 854 delegates at stake on Super Tuesday, March 5.

Fox News Digital reached out to both the Trump campaign and McConnell’s Senate office but did not immediately receive a response.

McConnell, who turned 82 last month, announced on Wednesday that he would step down as Republican leader and would pursue "life's next chapter."

Nikki Haley spoke with anchor and executive editor of "The Story" Martha MacCallum on Monday ahead of Super Tuesday's kickoff.

MacCallum asked Haley, "Is it fair to say that you will be making some kind of decision on Wednesday?"

"What's fair to say is we've been in 10 states in the past week," Haley replied. Last night, Haley held rallies in both Houston and Fort Worth, Texas. As of now, Haley has yet to signify any end to her presidential campaign trail.

"We're running through the tape," Haley said. "We're touching as many people as we can. The crowds are passionate. They're fired up. They want a new generational leader, they want to turn the page, and we're excited about that."

Today, voting will take place in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.

In terms of which states Haley believes she could win tonight, she isn't detailing them.

"We have some internal numbers that we're looking for and that's what we're gonna focus on," Haley told MacCallum. "I'm not gonna share those today, but our goal is just to be competitive."

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump sat down with Sean Hannity in late February in Eagle Pass, Texas to discuss the crisis at the southern border, the influx of illegal immigrants migrating into the U.S. and the possible ramifications of the less than secure border.

"We're just started to see, I call it migrant crime," Trump said. "I really call it Biden migrant crime but it's too long so let's just call it migrant crime and everyone's gonna know it's because of Biden."

"You go back to New York, and you see hundreds of thousands of people and you can see, look, the mayor is trying, he wants to do a job, but it's just, it's impossible," Trump said of Eric Adams.

Adams was recently rebuffed by his own Democratic supermajority city council after he signaled a willingness to slacken New York City's "sanctuary" policies and cooperate more with ICE.

Hannity went on to mention the thousands of illegal, unvetted immigrants coming into the country from Egypt, Afghanistan, Russia and China.

"Now, why would they make that long journey to our southern border?" he asked Trump.

Donald Trump, Nikki Haley join 'Fox & Friends' as voters head to polls for Super Tuesday

Former President Donald Trump refuted opponent Nikki Haley's claim that she is a better general election candidate to compete against President Biden, as voters head to the polls in a variety of states on Super Tuesday. 

"It's a lie. She knows it's a lie," Trump told Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade during a "Fox & Friends" phone interview Tuesday, downplaying polls that have shown Haley performing better versus Biden.

"We are winning against Biden in every single poll, and everybody knows it, whether it's the New York Times, whether it's any of the polls that have been taken over the last three months. So she is misrepresenting that fact and it's fine. It's not going to matter because I think we're going to win every state tonight."

His remarks come after Haley suggested she has a better chance to oust Biden than Trump does during a campaign event on Monday, despite only having one primary victory under her belt. 

"If you look at any of the general election polls, Joe Biden and Donald Trump are even. I think there was a Fox poll today, he was up by two. That's still margin of error," Haley said during a campaign event in Fort Worth, Texas. "Between last week's poll. In this week's poll, I defeat Joe Biden by up to 18 points."

Trump doubled down on Haley pivoting on her previous pledge to not run against Trump, warning there is "no path" to victory for her 2024 campaign.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Bailee Hill

Rep Lauren Boebert told Secretary of State Jena Griswold to 'start packing your bags'

Colorado Republicans have threatened the state's top election official with a recall effort after the Supreme Court decided 9-0 that Colorado cannot stop former President Trump from appearing on the 2024 ballot.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., led state party officials in a letter addressed to Secretary of State Jena Griswold Monday that accused her of attempting to "disenfranchise millions of Coloradans" and called the effort to bar Trump from the ballot "a stain on our Republic and an outright embarrassment." 

"With today's unanimous decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to keep President Donald J. Trump on the Colorado primary ballot, it is now even more clear Coloradans should have zero faith in you to adequately protect their right to vote and oversee elections in the state of Colorado," the letter states.

The GOP officials charge that Griswold made "a selfish political decision to rig the primary election" against Trump and declare that "all legal options" are on the table for payback, "including a formal recall effort." 

The letter was signed by Boebert, Colorado Republican Party Chairman Dave Wiliams, state party Vice Chair Hope Scheppelman and Secretary Anna Feguson.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Chris Pandolfo

Trump will now look to make his commanding lead insurmountable on 'Super Tuesday'

Former President Donald Trump inched closer to becoming the Republican nominee for president with another primary victory Monday, this time with a win in the North Dakota caucuses.

Trump won North Dakota's caucuses, finishing first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, according to an Associated Press call of the race shortly after polls closed Sunday, earning the former president 29 delegates. 

The win continues Trump's dominant streak in this year's GOP primary races, marking the 9th win in 10 tries for the former president as he closes in on representing the Republican Party for a third time. 

The only contest Trump has lost so far was last weekend's primary in Washington D.C.

The win comes as Trump's campaign has largely shifted its attention to the general election and an all-but-certain rematch of 2020's matchup against President Biden, with the Trump campaign telling Fox News Digital before this week's slate of contests that the primary race is "over."

"Republican voters have delivered resounding wins for President Trump in every single primary contest and this race is over," a spokesperson for the campaign said. "Our focus is now on Joe Biden and the general election."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Michael Lee

Voters in Iowa faced record-cold temperatures in January, while New Hampshire residents were treated to mild conditions. Research published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology found that some voting groups’ turnout increased by 0.14% for every 1.8-degree jump in temperature.

One of the most anticipated voting days of the primary cycle will take place on Tuesday when 15 states and one territory will hold contests in the races for the presidential nominations.

Contests will be held from Alaska to Maine, and voters could face everything from snow showers to severe thunderstorms.

According to the FOX Forecast Center, three storm systems will impact the country on Tuesday – one stretching from the Ohio and Tennessee valleys to the Gulf Coast, one over the mid-Atlantic and Northeast and another in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California.

Neither storm system is expected to be historic regarding the strength of impacts. However, according to political experts, even nuisance weather could affect voter turnout, especially during caucuses.

"In states like Virginia where they’ve been voting more than a month at this point, early voting really kind of reduces the weather impact," said David Richards, Ph.D., an associate professor and political chair at the University of Lynchburg in Virginia.

On Tuesday, primaries will be held in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and American Samoa.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Andrew Wulfeck

Restoring America Editor from the Washington Examiner Kaylee McGhee White joined "Fox & Friends First" hosts Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro early Tuesday morning to discuss the primary elections taking place today.

Piro asked McGhee White what she will be watching out for today.

"I'm really interested to see what happens in California," she replied. "Newsom's approval ratings just dropped below 50% to 47% for the first time since 2019. That's lower than it's ever been, even lower than when he had that recall effort against him."

Though Newsom maintained his position as governor in California in 2021, the recall election against him sparked in 2020 mainly over accusations that he mishandled his state’s response to the coronavirus, the worst pandemic to strike the globe in a century.

McGhee White went on, "There's clearly a lot of discontent among Democratic voters in California against the state's current policies."

Donald Trump sat down with Sean Hannity on "Hannity" in Eagle Pass, Texas in late February to discuss President Biden and the border crisis.

"I ran on the border, and I ran on other things, but I ran on the border largely. And we fixed the problem and in 2020 it wasn't even a subject," Trump told Hannity. "I'd go out and I'd say 'I want to talk about the border' they'd say 'Sir, you fixed the border. Nobody cares about the border anymore.'"

"This border makes 2016 look like baby stuff," he said. "It's the worst border ever in the history of the world."

"So you have 28,000 from China, all fighting age, you don't see women and you don't see men much older than that," Trump said. "It's from 18 to 25, 26 years old. And there's something going on. And they're coming from Yemen that we're bombing. They're coming from the Congo, from prisons in the Congo."

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data obtained by Fox News in February shows that Chinese nationals are the second-largest nationality encountered at the border in San Diego Sector since the fiscal year began in October.

"The only good thing is, it makes our prisoners look like very nice people," Trump continued. "These are rough people that are coming in."

Keep your eyes on Vermont and Virginia, where polls close at 7pm ET - the first two states to wrap up voting on the Republican side.

We should get an early indication if Nikki Haley's going to have any success on Super Tuesday in her extreme long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination against former President Donald Trump.

Keep your eyes on Vermont and Virginia, where polls close at 7pm ET - the first two states to wrap up voting on the Republican side.

Only 65 GOP delegates are up for grabs in the two states - which is just a small slice of the overall 854 at stake in the 15 states from coast to coast holding Republican nominating contests on Super Tuesday.

But the states may be a good barometer of how the night will turn out for Haley, the former two-term South Carolina governor who later served as U.N. ambassador in the Trump administration.

Vermont and Virginia both hold open primaries, where registered voters are allowed to cast a ballot in either the GOP or Democratic presidential primaries, regardless of any party affiliation.

In the nine Republican primaries or caucuses already held so far this year, Haley has performed best in contests where independents and even some crossover Democrats have been able to vote.

Haley held a rally in each state in the final days leading up to Super Tuesday. And in Vermont, she was joined by anti-Trump Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who has endorsed her White House bid.

If Haley does well in both states, it could be a sign there's still some life left in her challenge against Trump.

But a poor showing in Vermont and Virginia would be a strong indicator that Trump will run the table on Super Tuesday.

Kaylee McGhee White sat down with "Fox & Friends First" hosts Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro to analyze the highly anticipated Republican race today between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump.

Piro outlined the question that is on much of America's mind -- why is Haley still in the race? 

"She's vowed to stay," he said. "So long as it is competitive. She says today will be competitive. But Kaylee, will it be competitive?"

McGhee White believes it's "set in stone" and leaning in favor of Trump.

"The only person who seems to not be confused by Nikki Haley's strategy here is Nikki Haley, and even she doesn't really seem to know what she's doing anymore" she said.

"One thing is clear; she's not trying to win the Republican primary by ordinary means," McGhee White added. "She knows that she is not going to get enough delegates today, or any other day, to beat Donald Trump. At best, she's hoping that something happens to Donald Trump in the next several months, probably with one of the many court cases against him, that would take him out of the race."

But, would Republicans rally behind Haley if this were the case? Last week, Haley lost to Trump in her home state of South Carolina.

"I'm not quite sure why she thinks that she would just be the back up candidate if something were to take Donald Trump out of the race," McGhee White said. "Republican voters are going to remember every single thing that she said about the former president over the past several months, and they're not going to take too kindly to that."

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley confirmed that she still has no plans to run as an independent if she fails to secure the GOP presidential nomination.

Haley made the statement during a Tuesday morning appearance on Fox News as voters across the country prepared to cast their ballots in Super Tuesday primaries.

"I am a conservative Republican. I have been all my life. And the problem is right now everybody is saying if you don't if you don't support Donald Trump, you're a Democrat. That's terrible. And that's not unifying and that's not going to get anyone to win a general election. What I will tell you is I'm a conservative Republican," Haley said in an interview.

"I have said many, many times I would not run as an independent. I would not run as no labels because I am a Republican. And that's who I've always been. That's what I'm going to do. And so that's my focus. What we wanted was to give people a voice. We're going to have that today. 16 states and territories are going to vote. God bless America that we get to do that. And and then we're going to take it from there. That's what we've always said," she added.

Trump is expected to walk away from Super Tuesday with major victories.

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The Super Tuesday that we recognize today has occurred every presidential election since 1988, but the very first Super Tuesday took place on May 25, of 1976 when Ronald Reagan was running against Gerald Ford for the Republican nomination.

There were six primaries held on that day and each candidate ended up gaining three states. During 1980, seven primaries and caucuses were held in early March, according to the National Constitution Center.

The website highlights that the special day was “used to describe the final Tuesday of the primary season in June, when a key group of states that included California and New Jersey cast votes.” Then in 1984, nine states participated and by 1988, the day was known as Southern Super Tuesday due to 21 states, a majority from the South, holding elections in March that year.

Now there are multiple “mini-Super Tuesday” events that come after the Super Tuesday in March. 

Trump is hoping to push Nikki Haley out of the race on Tuesday

Donald Trump won't clinch the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday.

But with the former president likely to capture the lion's share of the 854 Republican delegates up for grabs when 15 states hold GOP primaries or caucuses on what's known as Super Tuesday, Trump is expected to move significantly closer to locking up his party's presidential nomination over his last remaining rival – Nikki Haley.

"It’s big stuff and it’s the single most important primary day of the year," Trump told his supporters in a video posted on social media ahead of Super Tuesday.

Trump has swept all but one of the first nine contests on the GOP nominating calendar, including North Dakota's Republican presidential caucuses on the eve of Super Tuesday. 

Another strong showing by the former president in Tuesday's coast-to-coast primaries and caucuses will help him in his mission to completely pivot from a primary battle with Haley to a general election rematch with President Biden, who defeated Trump four years ago to win the White House.

"If every single conservative, Republican, and Trump supporter in these states shows up on Super Tuesday, we will be very close to finished with this primary contest," Trump emphasized. "Republicans will then be able to focus all of our energy, time, and resources, on defeating crooked Joe Biden."

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News' Paul Steinhauser

Americans are frustrated with the economy headed into Super Tuesday

Voters are headed to the polls on the biggest primary election day of the 2024 cycle with one issue in particular at the top of their minds: the state of the U.S. economy.

About one-third of Americans think that economic problems are the most important issue facing the country today, according to a monthly poll published by Gallup. That includes 12% of voters who are worried about the economy in general and 11% who identified the high cost of living and ongoing inflation crisis as the top problem in the country.

Another 3% expressed concern about the steep federal budget deficit, while 2% said taxes. 

By comparison, 28% of Americans said that immigration is the No. 1 problem, while 20% said the top issue is the government and poor leadership. Another 6% identified poverty and homelessness as the biggest problems.

The findings come ahead of Super Tuesday, the day in the presidential primary cycle when many states vote. More than one-third of Republican delegates are up for grabs in the 15 states that are voting on Tuesday. About a third of Democratic delegates will also be decided, with nominating contests in 14 states plus American Samoa. 

Former President Trump, the GOP frontrunner, is widely expected to dominate the races, as he goes up against the last standing Republican challenger, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. President Biden, as the incumbent and only major candidate for the Democrats, is also likely to sweep the races.

This is an excerpt from an article by Fox Business' Megan Henney

Restoring America Editor Kaylee McGhee White joined "Fox & Friends First" hosts Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro early Tuesday morning. 

McGhee White touched on Nikki Haley's continued participation in the presidential primary race and what it could mean for her future with Republicans.

"Nikki Haley is not predicting victory in any single one of the states that heads to the polls today, but she's still insisting that she's going to stay in the race anyway," she said.

"And you know, I may be young, but I am old enough to remember the last female politician who came along, who also belittled her primary opponent by saying that he couldn't win a general election, that no one liked him, and that candidate's name was Hillary Clinton," McGhee White added. "So, Nikki Haley has a choice to make here. She could end up being just as despised as Hillary Clinton if she continues down this road, or she could drop out now and save some of her dignity in the Republican party."

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Every election cycle there is one detrimental Tuesday that makes or breaks presidential campaigns - Super Tuesday.

Since the late 1970s, Super Tuesday has worked to lock in the nominations of presidential candidates, including former President George H.W. Bush who won 16 out of 17 states in the 1989 primary election, as well as former President Bill Clinton in 1992.

Super Tuesday usually sees around 10 states holding primaries on the same night. On Super Tuesday in 2008, however, history was made when 24 states held primaries on the same Tuesday in February.

In the weeks ahead of Super Tuesday in 2020, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was seemingly leading the Democrat presidential primary contest, however, then-candidate Joe Biden’s campaign made an unexpected comeback. The now-president had lost the Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada primary races, but went on to win 10 Super Tuesday states. This boost in his campaign quickly led to him securing the Democrat nomination and eventually winning the presidency. 

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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., entered the 2020 presidential race with momentum stemming from his 2016 run and early wins, but his Super Tuesday results changed the trajectory of his entire campaign. 

In 2016, while Sanders trailed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he secured wins in several vital states and was expected to perform going into his 2020 campaign.

Sanders nearly tied with Pete Buttigieg for the Iowa 2020 caucus, with a 0.1% difference, the state that used to kick off of the Democrat nomination calendar. Sanders then secured a win in both the New Hampshire and Nevada caucuses. 

In his home state of Vermont, however, where Sanders won 86% of the vote over Hillary Clinton four years prior, the progressive only won 50% of the vote.

While Sanders appeared to be in the run for the Democrat nomination, he did not perform well on Super Tuesday despite major 2016 victories.

Despite Sanders carrying the Super Tuesday states over Clinton in 2016, now-president Biden was named the victor of 10 states on the primary night.

Sanders suspended his campaign just one month later in April.

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As we continue to see results pour in on this Super Tuesday for the 2024 presidential election, let’s look at the results back in 2020.

In 2020, Super Tuesday took place on March 3, and then-former Vice President Joe Biden won 10 primaries and received 650 pledged delegates, according to U.S. Election Atlas.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won four primaries and received 556 delegates. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., won 0 primaries and received 76 delegates. Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard won 0 primaries but received 2 delegates. Michael Bloomberg won one primary, gaining 60 delegates, however he eventually dropped out of the race and endorsed Biden, according to U.S. Election Atlas.

Around 40% of the United States held primary events on that Super Tuesday, according to Ballotpedia.

Former President Donald Trump ran unopposed for the Republican primary in Maine and Minnesota. A couple of his opponents were Joe Walsh and Bill Weld. Trump ended up winning 13 states.

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The 2024 presidential contenders are gearing up for one the defining nights of the presidential primary election, known as Super Tuesday.

On a Tuesday, normally held in February or March, several states hold presidential primaries or caucuses. These events help determine the candidates who will appear on the ballot for the general election later in the year. This cycle, 15 states and one U.S. territory will vote for their preferred nominees in the 2024 presidential election. 

A Super Tuesday "win" means one candidate from each of the two political parties will secure a number of valuable delegates. Whoever wins the majority of delegates is likely to become their party’s nominee. 

Historically, any remaining candidates in the field who failed to secure enough statewide wins will bow out of the race shortly after and the party will begin to back a single candidate as the nominee.

Alabama, Alaska (Republican only), Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and the U.S. territory of American Samoa will all be participating in Super Tuesday primary voting.

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The South Carolina presidential primary took place on Saturday, February 24, between former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley on the Republican ticket. President Biden functionally ran unopposed and captured 96% of the vote when the Democrats held their primary.

South Carolina was highly anticipated to see how Haley’s name recognition as former governor would fare against Trump’s immense lead among GOP voters. Ultimately, Trump won with 60% of the vote compared to Haley’s 40%. This was comparable to Trump’s past victories in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada.

Haley remained defiant, insisting that an incumbent president losing 40% of the vote is evidence he can’t defeat Biden in November.

"Donald Trump as, technically, the Republican incumbent did not win 40% of the vote," Haley said to reporters during her campaigning in Michigan. "So, what you are looking at is something is shifting and this has been happening for a while."

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New York Jets owner and billionaire businessman Woody Johnson stood in support behind former President Trump in South Carolina after Trump was quickly projected the winner of the state’s primary.

Johnson, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom during the Trump administration, was on stage alongside his wife Suzanne behind Trump as the former president delivered a speech after his quick victory in the Palmetto State primary on Feb. 24.

Johnson, a member of the founding family of Johnson & Johnson, has previously expressed support for the former president during the 2024 campaign.

"Americans remember how good it was or how much better it was on the border, and inflation, and gas prices, and grocery prices, all that, during the Trump administration, and they want to get back there," Johnson told News’ Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo earlier in February.

"So I think the most important thing is getting the former president back in the White House, which looks like it’s happening."

Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

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Starting at 7 p.m. ET, FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will lead live marathon coverage surrounding the results during Democracy 2024: Super Tuesday Primaries. 

Throughout the evening, the co-anchors will be joined by a rotating team of commentators and hosts including Dana Perino, Sandra Smith and Bill Hemmer who will break down the latest developments in real-time on the electronic “Bill-Board.” 

Chief political analyst Brit Hume, Harold Ford Jr. and Kellyanne Conway will also contribute to the live coverage, along with appearances from Laura Ingraham, Jesse Watters, Sean Hannity, Shannon Bream, Jonathan Turley, Andy McCarthy, Jessica Tarlov, Kayleigh McEnany, Trey Gowdy and Karl Rove who will analyze the impact of the critical primary races for the presidential candidates.

7-11 PM/ET – Democracy 2024: Super Tuesday Primaries anchored by Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum11 PM-1 AM/ET – Democracy 2024: Super Tuesday Primaries anchored by Trace Gallagher1-4 AM/ET – Democracy 2024: Super Tuesday Primaries anchored by Gillian Turner and Mike Emanuel.

Super Tuesday results are not expected to all follow closely behind polls closing between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. ET.

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Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley still pushes through in the 2024 GOP presidential primary even after losing several states to former President Donald Trump.

After the South Carolina primary results came in, Trump and Haley gave speeches to their supporters.

"I said earlier this week that no matter what happens in South Carolina, I would continue to run for President. I’m a woman of my word. I’m not giving up this fight when a majority of Americans disapprove of both Donald Trump and Joe Biden," Haley said.

As of the recent primary in the state of Michigan, Haley had only 24 delegates while her opponent, Trump, had 122.

Total delegates at stake on Super Tuesday are 854 for the GOP.  In order to win the GOP presidential nomination, however, a candidate must have 1,215 delegates or more out of the 2,429 delegates in total.

Haley lost to Trump in Michigan having only 26.60% of votes cast while the former president had 68.11%.

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In the United States’ election system, primaries are by each party to determine who their nominee for president will be. While the general election has some regulation from the federal government – like mandating that the election takes place on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November – primaries are well and truly governed by the state parties.

As such, parties will often jockey to have their state vote during strategically important times to try and maximize their influence on the presidential nomination process.

Enter Super Tuesday.

Why the day matters is simple: over 30% of the delegates that are available to win will be up for grabs on a single day. Primary campaigns often live and die off of Super Tuesday.

Prior to this recent trend, “Super Tuesday” used to refer to the last Tuesday of the election cycle, when big states like California were in play. However, since 2008, in an effort by parties to avoid politically bloody and costly primary elections, more and more states started frontloading their election dates in an effort to select a nominee early. 

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President Joe Biden won 10 out of 15 states on Super Tuesday in 2020, ultimately securing his lead in the Democratic presidential primary race.

Ahead of Biden's night of wins, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent, was a top contender in the Democratic presidential primary after tying for first place at the Iowa Caucus, and then winning both New Hampshire and Nevada.

However, Biden's slow start was given a boost when he was declared the victor of the South Carolina primary – the state where Democrats held their first contest this year. 

Just before Super Tuesday in 2020, Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Pete Buttigieg, a Democrat, ended their presidential bids and backed Biden ahead of the multi-state primary event, giving his campaign a final push to victory.

The night of Super Tuesday, Biden secured wins in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. 

Sanders, Biden's last standing competition, dropped out of the race weeks later and endorsed the now-president.

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As more results for the 2024 Super Tuesday come in, let’s take a look back at the 2016 primary results.

The primaries took place on March 1, involving both Democratic and Republican candidates. 

Looking at the totals for Republican candidates, Trump was in the lead with 283 total delegates, according to U.S. Election Atlas. Around 595 delegates were reported by Ballotpedia to be allocated to Republican candidates. 

Trump won 7 primaries in the 2016 Super Tuesday. Sen. Ted Cruz won 3 primaries and gained 245 delegates. Sen. Marco Rubio won one primary and received 97 delegates. Former Ohio Governor John Kasich won 0 primaries and gained 21 delegates. Ben Carson won 0 primaries and received 3 delegates.

For the Democrats, Ballotpedia reports that around 865 delegates were to be allocated by the presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton won 8 primaries and allocated 517 delegates, while Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., won 4 primaries and received 347 delegates.

Florida Rep. Byron Donalds joined "Fox News Sunday" with Shannon Bream this weekend to discuss Super Tuesday.

"Donald Trump overwhelmingly won every single state," Donalds said. "Now we move to Super Tuesday and let me just tell you, it's basically over already. It's going to be over Tuesday night when Super Tuesday ballots come in because there is no path to victory for Nikki Haley."

Donalds represents Florida's 19th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives.

"On our side of the aisle, we believe in choices, we want options. The Democrats are the one who basically kicked Robert F. Kennedy out of their primary. They basically stopped Dean Phillips from being able to even try to mount a campaign against Joe Biden," he told Bream.

"Nikki Haley had an opportunity to run like everybody else. They all lost. Donald Trump is the nominee. We're going to move forward to November," he concluded.

Fox News' Bill Melugin joined Arthel Neville on FOX News Live from Raleigh, North Carolina this weekend in the days leading up to Super Tuesday.

"She told me, when I caught up with her, she has no interest whatsoever in running on a third party, no labels ticket," he told Neville of GOP hopeful Nikki Haley. "Why? She says she doesn't want a Democrat as a VP and she is a Republican. She says she is Republican's best shot at beating Joe Biden this November."

Earlier in the day, Haley held a campaign event with more than 1,100 people.

"She says she's been seeing bigger crowds in recent days," he said.

Haley recently received endorsements from Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Maine Sen. Susan Collins.

"Let's face it, Super Tuesday could be a make or break moment for her campaign," Melugin said. In speaking with Haley, he told Neville that he asked Haley about whether she will endorse Donald Trump if Tuesday doesn't go her way.

"First of all, I'll tell you when you're running a race, you don't think about anything negative happening," Haley said in response. "You only look at running through the tape. So, I am running through the rape, I'm not thinking about anything after that."

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Super Tuesday’s history is littered with the bones of presidential campaigns. In an average post 2008 election year, upwards of 20% of available delegates are up for grabs.

In 2020, Super Tuesday was instrumental in securing President Joe Biden’s victory. Up until then, Biden had been struggling in early-voting states. But the day before Super Tuesday, many moderate Democrats dropped out and endorsed Biden. Biden swept 10 out of the 14 states, winning 53% of the delegates and solidifying his victory as the Democratic nominee.

In 2016 there were two days that the media deemed “Super Tuesday I & II”. On Super Tuesday I almost half of the remaining delegates required for victory were up for grabs, but on Super Tuesday II four states with winner-take-all delegate distribution were up for grabs.

Former President Trump won a plurality of delegates on Super Tuesday I and a majority on Super Tuesday II, all but locking down the nomination for him. 

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Presidential primaries, which are entirely run by state parties, are prone to changes based on the current political winds. 

For Super Tuesday 2024, candidates face an intimidating gauntlet of 16 states and territories including Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia.

While many of these states are mainstays of Super Tuesday, what is notable is the inclusion of delegate-rich states Texas and California on the same election day. While most Super Tuesdays have about 20% of the potential delegates up for grabs, the inclusion of both these states at once rockets that number to be 30% of Democrat electors and 36% of Republican electors available to be won.

The inclusion of these two powerful states could be interpreted as a desire for both parties to avoid a drawn out primary and focus on defeating the opposition in November.  

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Voters in Michigan handed decisive victories to President Biden and former President Trump last week, increasing the odds of a 2020 rematch as the candidates look to solidify their frontrunner positions on Super Tuesday.

The Associated Press called Michigan for Biden and Trump shortly after polls closed last Tuesday, leaving both candidates undefeated in their bid to once again represent their respective parties in 2024's presidential election.

Biden's victory in the state came despite a late push among Arab Americans to "abandon" their support for the president over his continued support of Israel in the War in Gaza.

A growing movement called on voters to cast an "uncommitted" ballot instead of continuing what has typically been overwhelming support for the president.

The movement picked up the support of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who announced her public opposition to supporting the president ahead of her home state's primary.

"I was proud today to walk in and pull a Democratic ballot and vote uncommitted. We must protect our democracy. We must make sure that our government is about us, about the people," Tlaib said in a video shared by Listen To Michigan, a group supportive of the uprising against Biden. 

Fox News' Michael Lee contributed to this report.

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Super Tuesday is a day during the U.S. presidential primary election season when several states, typically from various regions across the country, hold their primary elections or caucuses in early March. 

New Hampshire and Iowa were the first states to hold contests in the 2024 presidential election cycle in January.

Super Tuesday is considered a critical day in the primary process, as the outcomes of millions of voters can significantly influence the overall nomination for presidential candidates. This year’s Super Tuesday will be held on March 5 with polls closing around 7 or 8 p.m. Results will not be immediately announced for many states. 

On 2024's Super Tuesday, states participating in casting ballots include California, Colorado, Alabama, Arkansas, Alaska, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.

GOP candidate Nikki Hailey’s campaign manager, Betsy Ankney, wrote in a memo early Tuesday that “despite the media narrative, there is significant fertile ground for Nikki.” 

“After Super Tuesday, we will have a very good picture of where this race stands. At that point, millions of Americans in 26 states and territories will have voted,” the memo read.

Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has picked up several significant endorsements from key Republican senators. A growing number of GOP lawmakers urge Hailey to withdraw, advocating for party unity behind Trump before Super Tuesday.

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and Lindsey Graham have endorsed Trump, snubbing Hailey, despite her being a former governor of the state from 2011-2017.

Fox News' Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.