President Joe Biden easily won the Democratic primary in Nevada on Tuesday evening, where only one challenger, self-help guru Marianne Williamson, faced him in the vote.
The victory comes after Biden defeated Williamson and Minnesota Rep. on Saturday. Defeated Dean Phillips in the South Carolina Democratic primary.
South Carolina held its first official Democratic primary, although voters in New Hampshire also wrote in Biden’s names, also giving him a win in the Granite State last month.
Phillips, who announced his presidential bid in October, had hoped that after winning about 20 percent of the vote in New Hampshire — with Biden’s name not on the ballot due to the redistricting of the Democratic primaries — he could gain some . momentum.
However, because he entered the race so late, he missed the filing deadline to compete in Nevada.
President Joe Biden led a campaign rally in Las Vegas on Sunday ahead of the Democratic primaries in Nevada. Although he was widely expected to win against self-help guru Marianne Williamson, the goal was twofold: Nevada is a swing state in the general election.
President Joe Biden made a stop at Boba Tea store No. 1 on Monday while campaigning in Las Vegas, Nevada ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. He also spent time with members of the powerful culinary union
The next Democratic primary will be held in Michigan on February 27.
Although the primaries were not competitive, Nevada is poised to be a battleground in the fall.
That brought Biden to the Silver State this weekend, where he held a campaign rally on Sunday, then visited with culinary workers and stopped for boba tea before returning to Washington on Monday.
He thanked Nevada voters in a statement Tuesday evening.
“I want to thank the voters of Nevada for sending me and Kamala Harris to the White House four years ago, and for taking us one step further on that same path tonight,” Biden said. ‘We must organize, mobilize and vote. Because one day, when we look back, we will be able to say: When American democracy was at risk, we saved it together.”
Outside the polling place at the Sahara West Library in Las Vegas, 73-year-old Democratic voter Lorraine, who declined to give her last name, told DailyMail.com on Tuesday afternoon that she had voted for Biden.
Marianne Williamson has been campaigning in Nevada in recent days ahead of the state’s Democratic primaries. A voter interviewed by DailyMail.com said he voted for Williamson as an “anti-Biden vote” but would choose former President Donald Trump in the fall.
Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips is also challenging President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination, but he entered the race too late to meet Nevada’s filing deadline. Phillips received about 20 percent of the vote in New Hampshire, but was easily defeated in South Carolina
“I think he’s the only choice,” she said, though she added that she had some reservations.
She expressed disappointment that Biden skipped the traditional Super Bowl interview ahead of Sunday’s game, which will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
“I’m so devastated, I think he’s pretending to be too confident,” she said.
Lorraine added that she was “scared of MAGA” and that the thought of former President Donald Trump back in the White House was “terrifying to her.”
“This is not a reality TV show. This is a real country,” she said.
At the Victoria Fertitta Middle School polling place in Las Vegas, 62-year-old registered Democrat Jay Johnson told DailyMail.com he voted for Williamson.
“I don’t like Joe Biden. I think he is weak and weak, so I voted for Marianne Williamson,” he explained. ‘She has a different voice. Does she have a chance? No. But Biden, he’s just too old. This is an anti-Joe Biden vote.”
Johnson voted with his wife Lisa, a Trump supporter, and voted for “none of these candidates” in the Republican primaries, a symbolic vote for the ex-president.
Nevada Republicans can vote in two elections this week – Tuesday’s primaries, in which Nikki Haley is the only viable candidate on the ballot – or in Thursday’s caucuses, which will feature Trump and one longshot – and also the winner the assign delegates.
Johnson said he plans to follow his wife’s lead and vote for Trump in the fall, condemning Biden for not doing enough to curb inflation.
He added that he was impressed with Phillips and could see him being the future of the Democratic Party.
‘He’s articulate, at least he says the right things. We need younger, newer ideas, fresh and there is nothing fresh.”
