WASHINGTON – A resurgent Joe Biden scored sweeping victories from Texas to Massachusetts on Super Tuesday, revitalizing a presidential bid that was teetering on the edge of disaster just days earlier. But his rival, Bernie Sanders, seized the biggest prize with a win in California that ensured he would drive the Democrats’ nomination fight for the foreseeable future.

Biden won big in Virginia and also carried the day in Danville, where he easily outpaced Sanders, 3,879 to 748. Michael Bloomberg came in a distant third with 463 votes, followed by Elizabeth Warren, who was the choice of 170 voters. Just under 20% of Danville’s 27,385 registered voters went to the polls Tuesday. More than 5,000 voted in Danville.

Suddenly, the Democratic Party’s presidential field, once featuring more than two dozen candidates, transformed into a two-man contest. Biden and Sanders were battling for delegates as 14 states and one U.S. territory held a series of high-stakes elections that marked the most significant day of voting in the party’s 2020 presidential nomination fight.

The future of Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is in serious doubt after she finished a surprisingly weak third in the Democratic primary in her home state of Massachusetts. The disappointing finish in the state she represents, and a weak showing in other Super Tuesday contests, mark a striking collapse for the onetime favorite of progressives who was known for “having a plan” for nearly everything. After mediocre showings in the first four states, where Warren never finished higher than third place, Warren is trailing significantly in the delegate count.

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg plans to reassess whether he should stay in the race after disappointing results in Tuesday’s primaries. A person close to the Bloomberg campaign confirmed the deliberations. Tuesday marked Bloomberg’s first elections, and he spent more than $180 million in the 14 states that voted.

Former Vice President Joe Biden won key Southern states like Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, where Bloomberg had spent millions of dollars and campaigned heavily.

Bernie Sanders won California, the largest delegate prize in the primary contest and a state where Bloomberg spent at least $57 million on TV ads.

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