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US Senator Bernie Sanders today secured a convincing victory in the crucial Nevada caucus, giving a big boost to his campaign for the 2020 White House bid.
Multiple American media outlets declared Sanders as the winner of the Nevada Caucus for the Democratic Party’s presidential primary.
When last reports came in, Sanders had garnered more than half of the votes, with former vice president Joe Biden trailing at 19 per cent.
Sanders, who lost to former secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential primaries in New Hampshire, had won the New Hampshire primary recently and was in a virtual tie with Pete Buttigieg in Iowa. Trump congratulated Sanders in a tweet.
Nevada is the first state with a diverse population to hold a nominating contest. Ahead of the US Presidential election later this year, White House hopefuls are contesting for their party’s nomination in primary elections, known as primaries, across the country.