Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won the party’s South Carolina primary election Saturday evening in a major boost for the former front-runner’s campaign.
The former vice president will be awarded 20 of the 54 delegates up for grabs in the state’s primary, NBC News projected. His victory, called by the Associated Press around 7 p.m., comes just days before Super Tuesday next week, when 14 states hold primaries.
Biden is currently polling at 18.8 percent nationally, in second place behind Vermont senator Bernie Sanders, who is at 29.6 percent support, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls.
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