SWCO Follows State, Selects Sanders

03/04/2020

All five counties in Southwest Colorado followed the state in selecting Bernie Sanders as the front-runner in the Democratic Presidential Primaries. Here are the county-by-county results.

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SOUTHWEST COLORADO COUNTIES FOLLOWED THE STATE'S LEAD AND VOTED FOR BERNIE SANDERS AS THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT IN TUESDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. YOU'RE WATCHING THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORK. I'M WENDY GRAHAM SETTLE. AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING, BERNIE SANDERS, THE SELF-PROCLAIMED DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST, TOOK 36 PERCENT OF THE COLORADO VOTE FOLLOWED BY JOE BIDEN AT 23 PERCENT, MIKE BLOOMBERG WITH 20 PERCENT AND ELIZABETH WARREN AT 17 PERCENT. FORMER VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN SAW A RESURGENCE IN SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY, COLLECTING A TOTAL OF 453 DELEGATES NATIONALLY TO SURPASS SANDERS' 382 DELEGATES. BLOOMBERG ANNOUNCED HIS WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DEMOCRATIC RACE ON WEDNESDAY MORNING AND ENDORSED JOE BIDEN. A CANDIDATE NEEDS ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY ONE DELEGATES TO CLINCH THE NATIONAL NOMINATION. SO FAR, 963 DELEGATES HAVE BEEN DECLARED NATIONALLY. EVERY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO VOTED FOR SANDERS OVER BIDEN, BLOOMBERG AND WARREN. HERE ARE THE COUNTY BY COUNTY RESULTS. ARCHULETA COUNTY. . .  DOLORES COUNTY . . .  LA PLATA COUNTY . . .  MONTEZUMA COUNTY . . .  AND SAN JUAN COUNTY . . . IF YOU'D LIKE MORE DETAILS, VISIT THE COLORADO SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEB SITE AT S O S DOT STATE DOT C O DOT U S. THANKS FOR WATCHING THIS EDITION OF LOCAL NEWS NETWORK. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THIS STORY AGAIN, VISIT OUR WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP TO HAVE US DELIVER YOUR NEWS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR INBOX. I'M WENDY GRAHAM SETTLE FOR THE LOCAL NEWS NETWORK.

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