Oklahoma results: Biden wins Super Tuesday state that Bernie took home in 2016
Elizabeth Warren was born in Oklahoma City
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Your support makes all the difference.Joe Biden has won the Democratic primary in Oklahoma, a state that Bernie Sanders bagged in 2016.
Going into Super Tuesday, the former vice president was projected to take the state by around seven points.
Early returns from the state, which has 39 nominating delegates and 7 electoral college votes in the general election, suggested Mr Biden was set to win by 9 points or more.
It was one of a succession of eastern and southern states the 77-year-old was projected to win, in one of the most crucial dates on the election calendar.
He also won Virginia and was projected to win North Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee.
Meanwhile, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont and was projected to win Colorado, among the early states to post results.
Two of the other candidates contesting Super Tuesday have their own relationship with the state of Oklahoma.
Elizabeth Warren was born in Oklahoma City and grew up in the state.
Yet early results suggested she was set to come in behind not just Mr Biden, but also after Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg.
It was unclear whether whether the Massachusetts senator would meet the 15 per cent vote requirement to qualify for a share of the delegates.
In 2016, Mr Sanders won the Oklahoma primary, defeating Hillary Clinton 52-42.
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