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News Round-Up: March 3, 2020

Some news items you might have missed: • Super Tuesday: Fourteen states are holding primaries or caucusing for the Democratic presidential candidate today, so make sure you get out and vote! Interesting factoid: CBS News reports early exit polling shows slightly more voters in Super Tuesday states want a return to Obama’s policies rather than more liberal policies. • The Advocate: Donald Trump’s Justice Department is weighing in on the side of a Kentucky photographer who doesn’t want to provide services to same-sex weddings, continuing its history under the Trump administration of supporting discrimination. Chelsey Nelson, a photographer in Louisville, filed a preemptive lawsuit in federal court against the city challenging its LGBTQ-inclusive Fairness Ordinance. Note – has never been asked to photograph a same-sex couple’s wedding. • NowThis News: Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) signed a bill Monday banning conversion therapy for minors. According to the Movement Advancement Project, a nonprofit that tracks LGBTQ+ legislation, Virginia will become the 20th state — and the first in the South — to ban the controversial therapy for minors. • The Verge: Apple has tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement after admitting to slowing down older phones. It covers people who bought any product in the iPhone 6 and 7 lineup — which Apple secretly throttled to conserve battery life. By default, Apple will offer $25 to any current or former owner of a covered iPhone. Named class members will receive $1,500 or $3,500. • NewNowNext: Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted a number of new amendments to the country’s Constitution, including one that would define marriage as between “a man and a woman.” Last month, he said same-sex marriage will not be permitted in the country as long as he is president. • KHOU: After Pete Buttigieg announced he was ending his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden told reporters he would definitely approach the former mayor of South Bend to take a role in his administration.

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Super Tuesday Was ‘Super’ For Some, Not So Much For Others

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It was an interesting Super Tuesday for the current crop of presidential contenders.

Hillary Clinton won 7 of the 11 Democratic contests (AL, AR, GA, MA, TN, TX, VA) as Sen. Bernie Sanders clinched the remaining four (CO, MN, OK, VT).

Sanders put lots of energy and resources into Oklahoma and Massachusetts but only won one of those. Some Bernie fans have blamed Sen. Elizabeth Warren for the loss in Massachusetts due to her lack of endorsement for her fellow progressive.

Part of Clinton’s dominance was rooted in her massive support from African-Americans and Latinos:

• Alabama: Clinton 93%, Sanders 5%
• Arkansas: Clinton 90%, Sanders 10%
• Georgia: Clinton 83%, Sanders 16%
• Oklahoma: Clinton 71%, Sanders 27%
• Tennessee: Clinton 85%, Sanders 12%
• Texas: Clinton 83%, Sanders 15%
• Virginia: Clinton 84%, Sanders 16%

At this point, Clinton has won 461 delegates to Sanders’ 295, and that doesn’t include super-delegates. NBC News’ First Read says the math makes it difficult for Sanders to clinch the nomination unless he wins 59% of the remaining delegates. 

On the Republican side, Donald Trump had a good night winning 7 states (AL, AR, GA, MN, TN, VT, VA), while Sen. Ted Cruz snagged wins in 3 states (AK, OK, TX), and Sen. Marco Rubio finally won 1 state with Minnesota.

Many pundits now give Cruz, Rubio and company only two weeks to effectively find a way to stop Trump or that’s all she wrote. On March 15th all primaries on the GOP side become “winner take all,” which means if Trump continues as he is now he will start pulling away from the rest of the pack FAST.