The polls had just closed in Georgia Tuesday evening when the race was called for Joe Biden, thereby officially making the Democratic nomination for president his.
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LIVE: Election Results – Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi, Washington
Not that this came as a surprise. Heading into Tuesday’s Democratic primaries in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington, Biden already had 1,867 of the 1,968 delegates needed to secure the Democratic nomination. With 108 delegates, Georgia handed him a resounding win that put him over the top. (With 17 percent of the vote counted as of this writing, Biden has 95.7 percent of the vote versus self-help guru Marianne Williamson at 2.5 percent. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), who’s already suspended his campaign, received 1.8 percent of the vote.)
Georgia didn’t have an “Uncommitted” option on its ballot, but Washington does, so it will be interesting to…