Super Tuesday highlights: Trump, Biden bring in major primary wins as Haley faces a tough delegate outlook

Rep. Barry Moore has defeated Rep. Jerry Carl in a rare incumbent-vs.-incumbent Republican primary spurred by a Supreme Court decision forcing Alabama to adopt redrawn congressional districts, NBC News projects.

Moore’s Super Tuesday victory is a win for the House Freedom Caucus — the band of far-right, anti-establishment rabble-rousers that frequently clashes with GOP leadership and whose super PAC backed Moore. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., a former Freedom Caucus member, campaigned alongside Moore over the weekend in Alabama.

Carl, a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee and the Republican Study Committee, is more closely aligned with the business wing of the party. 

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Men and women were divided in their votes and preferences in California's Super Tuesday Senate primary, according to NBC News Exit Poll results.

Adam Schiff, a Democrat, and Steve Garvey, a Republican, prevailed over their competitors to advance to the general election in November. Men were more likely to favor Garvey, while women were more likely to support Schiff, the poll found.

Women were considerably more likely than men to say they would like the winner of the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat to continue her policies. Male voters were more likely to say they would like to the next senator take the state in a more conservative direction.

Democratic Rep. Lizzie Fletcher easily won the primary in Texas's 7th Congressional District, defeating progressive challenger Pervez Agwan, the AP projected. The race in the newly redrawn suburban Houston district was made complicated by the issue of the Israel-Hamas war, with Fletcher as a strong supporter of Israel and Agwan advocating for a cease-fire.

Agwan was sued by a former staffer who alleged sexual misconduct, an allegation he denied, telling the local news outlet Houston Landing that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the pro-Israel political group that endorsed Fletcher, was behind the claim.

In addition, text messages that claimed to be from Fletcher were sent to voters in the district touting AIPAC's endorsement, but her campaign said they were fake and implied Agwan was responsible. Agwan denied the allegation and called Fletcher's suggestions "bigoted and racist" in a statement. The Agwan campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Incumbent Houston District Attorney Kim Ogg lost her Democratic primary to former subordinate Sean Teare. Ogg's election in 2016 made her the first democratic DA elected in Houston in nearly 40 years.

Teare worked as the division supervisor for the Vehicular Crimes Division of the DA's office before leaving in February to run against her. He received the backing of one of Houston's most powerful political figures, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, who was the subject of a criminal investigation by Ogg's office. Hidalgo denies the allegations against her.

Ogg's campaign was the subject of a bombshell report from the Houston Chronicle released last month that found that as many as 4,500 of the defendants in Harris County jail lacked probable cause to be there. Both candidates are progressive on criminal justice issues, backing reducing incarceration and legalizing marijuana.

Former Rep. Mayra Flores has won her Republican primary, setting up a rematch this fall with Democratic Rep. Vincente Gonzalez.

Flores won a low-turnout special election to fill a vacancy in the seat in June 2022. She became the first Mexican-born woman to serve in Congress. In November of that year, she lost the general election in the district by 8 points to Gonzalez, who formerly represented the neighboring 13th District.

Phillips lost his own congressional district, according to unofficial results posted on the Minnesota secretary of state's website.

Phillips, who was first elected to Congress in 2018, won just 14% of the primary vote in the 3rd District, narrowly edging out "uncommitted" for second place behind Biden, who won 70%.

Phillips best performance so far in the Democratic contest came in the unsanctioned New Hampshire primary. He won 20% of the vote but could not win any delegates because the state did not comply with the Democratic National Committee's new primary calendar.

We’ve been asking this question of the campaign and our sources all night. Campaign officials stopped giving updates around 9 p.m. ET. Their only updates before that were that they were “happy warriors” and partying in their campaign headquarters. That party was still going past 10 p.m.

Vibe check? We cannot stress how weird this evening was. It was lonely on the street outside her quiet campaign HQ and a stark contrast with Trump's party.

So what does it all mean? Clearly, there’s reassessing going on behind the scenes. That was always going to be the case given the way this group talked about taking it “step by step” after Super Tuesday. 

But could she still stay in? Yes. Money has never been the problem for Haley, a prolific fundraiser who was sending texts to grassroots donors as late as 6 ET tonight.

Haley has no events scheduled for tomorrow. But at around 11:30 p.m., her event staff members seemed to be wheeling small trolleys and hard cases, which looked like lights, into the campaign headquarters building, indicating they could be setting up for an event.

The forecast in Charleston is rainy tomorrow, which could indicate why this setup would be happening inside.

The campaign has not indicated that there is a coming event.

More than half of the states holding GOP nominating contests tonight aren't de-facto winner-take-all; instead, delegates are awarded either proportionally or based on the results in individual congressional districts.

But certain thresholds need to be met in each of those states to dole out delegates to more than one candidate. That's the danger facing Haley right now: Her low vote share in a handful of Southern states means she's at risk of being virtually shut out even in states that aren't winner-take-all by design.

Oklahoma: Haley is at 15.9% statewide right now, and the state has a 15% threshold to win delegates. The NBC News Decision Desk has awarded all 43 of the state's delegates to Trump, which means he's projected to clear 50% statewide and in every congressional district.

There will be a runoff in Alabama's 2nd Congressional District, a new seat with a large Black population created as the result of a 2023 federal court order. Black residents make up about a quarter of the population in the state, but there’s long been just one district with a majority Black population. The new district’s voting-age population is just shy of being majority-Black.

NBC News projects that Shomari Figures, a former deputy chief of staff and counselor to Attorney General Merrick Garland, and Anthony Daniels, the state House minority leader, will meet in the runoff in April. The winner is expected to be the heavy favorite in November's general election against the Republican nominee.

Katrina Pierson, who served as Trump’s chief spokesperson in his 2016 campaign, is headed to a runoff in Texas House District 33 against incumbent Justin Hollins. Pierson, who previously ran unsuccessfully for Congress, was endorsed by Ken Paxton in her race against Holland, who voted to impeach Paxton. 

The Haley campaign celebrated its projected win in a statement tonight, saying it was "honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont."

The campaign also said addressing the concerns some voters have about Trump "will make the Republican Party and America better."

"Unity is not achieved by simply claiming ‘we’re united.’ Today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump," the campaign said. "That is not the unity our party needs for success."

California voters who cast ballots in the Senate primary on Super Tuesday were sharply divided in their views of Gov. Gavin Newsom, as well as of Biden, according to NBC News Exit Poll results.

Half of voters said they approved of the job Newsom is doing as governor, while a similar share disapproved.

Voters were divided along partisan lines, with most who identify as Democrats viewing Newsom in a positive light — and Republican voters viewing him negatively.

Voters were also about evenly divided on the job Biden is doing as president and were similarly split along partisan lines.

Asked about Trump’s legacy, 66% of voters said they disapproved, while 33% approved.

Among independent voters who cast ballots in the Senate primary, Trump was viewed in a slightly more favorable light compared with Biden and Newsom. 

Jeff Jackson, who represents the Charlotte area in North Carolina's 14th Congressional District, won the race to be the Democratic nominee for state attorney general, NBC News Projects.

Jackson declined to run for another House term after redistricting made his district more Republican.

He is perhaps best known for his popular TikTok account, where he explains congressional rules and news to his 2.5 million followers.

Ryan Zink, who was convicted for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, lost the House Republican primary in Texas' 19th Congressional District to incumbent Jodey Arrington, NBC News projects.

Zink recorded himself entering the Capitol, saying, "We're storming the Capitol! You can't stop us!" He has not yet been sentenced. He received 1,706 votes, coming in fourth.

DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, in reaction to Super Tuesday results, laid out what he said was at stake in the general election.

"This November will be a choice between Democrats who are focused on delivering for the American people and MAGA extremism led by Donald Trump, who is running a campaign of revenge and retribution," Harrison said in the statement.

"Time and again, the American people choose unity over hate, democracy over authoritarianism, and hope over fear — and they are ready to do it again this November," he added.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff will advance to the runoff election in November for the California Senate races, NBC News projects — both the election to complete the current term and the contest for the full six-year term that begins in 2025.

Schiff was endorsed by former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. And he gained national attention when he led the effort to impeach Trump while he was in office.

Whom Schiff will face in the runoff is still to be determined. With 17% of the vote counted, Republican Steve Garvey, a former star baseball player, is in second place, and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter is in third.

About 8 in 10 California Republican primary voters said they approve of the way Trump handled his job when he was president, which helped fuel his projected victory there tonight, according to the NBC News Exit Poll.

Trump continued to secure votes from the Republican base, with 76% of self-identified Republicans and 92% of voters who identify as very conservative supporting him. He also won 68% of independents and 59% of moderates. Those are groups that Haley has secured in most Republican primary states until California tonight.

Trump also won the support of white evangelicals (86%), voters over 65 (74%) and white voters without college degrees (79%).

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a top Biden campaign surrogate, called for Phillips to drop out of the presidential race after the long-shot candidate posted a self-critical comment on X.

"Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me," said Phillips, who has yet to secure a single delegate.

Newsom reposted Phillips, calling on him to support Biden.

"Appreciate the self awareness," Newsom said in his repost. "Tonight’s the night you should drop out and support our nominee, @JoeBiden."

Phillips shot back in a repost to Newsom, saying, "from a self-awareness professional."

NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the California Republican primary, securing 169 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the California Democratic primary.

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Phillips appears to have won a single town in Maine so far, the tiny unincorporated township of Atkinson. The vote was 2-1 — as in two votes to one vote for Biden, out of three total. Most of the town's residents who voted did so in the GOP primary.

NBC News projects that Nikki Haley has won the Vermont Republican primary.

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Trump spoke for about a half hour at Mar-a-Lago, celebrating his projected Super Tuesday wins while promoting anti-immigrant remarks that have become a familiar part of his speeches.

He argued that the country was "dying," promoting anti-immigrant sentiment by characterizing migrants as overrunning cities with violent crime. He also argued that people are invading the country and coming from dangerous places.

Trump has a record of leaning into anti-immigrant remarks, having just yesterday compared migrants to Hannibal Lecter in 'The Silence of the Lambs."

He also reiterated criticisms of the Biden administration. He did not mention Haley, his rival who trails him.

After Biden fell short tonight in the American Samoa Democratic caucus, Jason Palmer — a little-known candidate — celebrated his victory there.

"Honored to announce my victory in the American Samoa presidential primary," Palmer wrote on X. "Thank you to the incredible community for your support. This win is a testament to the power of our voice."

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to NBC News’ Tom Llamas and Hallie Jackson about Trump’s victories in the primary and whether he would be open to taking on the position of vice president.

Republican Brandon Gill easily won the crowded GOP primary in the open 26th District in Texas, NBC News projects. Gill had Trump's endorsement in the race, and his father-in-law, Dinesh D’Souza, directed the election conspiracy theory film “2000 Mules” about the 2020 election.

The race featured a barrage of outside spending from Gill's ally, Club for Growth Action, and from his opponents. Two super PACs funded by GOP megadonors spent more than $2 million against Gill.

Gill, 29, is likely to come to Congress and succeed retiring GOP Rep. Michael Burgess, because the 26th District is heavily Republican.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite their fervent support for Trump, some Oklahoma elected officials remain hesitant to embrace his continued election denialism.

NBC News spoke with two Republican officials at the Oklahoma Republican Party’s election night watch party, both of whom were pleased with tonight’s election results showing Trump handily winning the state’s primary.

While the two officials squarely back Trump, neither would wholeheartedly echo his claims of that the 2020 election was rigged, despite assurances from election officials that votes were secure.

“I think the most important thing for us really to focus on is the reversal of the executive orders that made this country strong,” state Rep. Jay Steagall said in an interview.

Pushed again about Trump’s unfounded claims of an unfair election and whether that message may hurt his chances in states more competitive than Oklahoma in a general election, Steagall again dodged the question.

“Well, I think good voter turnout is always encouraged, and I agree with his assessment that we need to make sure the people that want a voice get out and exercise [it],” he said.

State Auditor Cindy Byrd, donning a Trump lapel pin and an “I Voted” sticker, declined to offer an opinion on the fairness of elections outside her state.

“Well, as Oklahoma state auditor, I have to audit something to make a conclusion on that. I believe that in Oklahoma our elections are very fair. Other states I don’t know about,” she said.

In an unexpected turn of events, Biden has lost the American Samoa caucus to little-known candidate Jason Palmer. Palmer is a Maryland-based entrepreneur with an MBA from Harvard and an extensive résumé in corporate America, according to his LinkedIn profile. He worked for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as a deputy director for their post-secondary program.

Though his candidacy is very much a long shot, Palmer has received some mainstream media attention with interviews with Politico and BBC News. He was also on the ballot today in Colorado and Vermont. His platform includes support for a cease-fire in Gaza, expanding a path to citizenship and support for unions. His website features an AI-powered version of himself.

At 52, Palmer is the youngest of Biden's primary challengers. He campaigned extensively in American Samoa over the last few months, sponsoring several beach clean-ups.

Biden said Super Tuesday's results leave voters with a "clear choice," drawing a contrast between his record and Trump's.

"Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us backwards into the chaos, division, and darkness that defined his term in office?" Biden said in the statement, released today after he was projected the winner in several primaries.

He said Trump is motivated by "grievance" and "focused on his own revenge."

"He is determined to destroy our democracy, rip away fundamental freedoms like the ability for women to make their own health care decisions, and pass another round of billions of dollars in tax cuts for the wealthy — and he’ll do or say anything to put himself in power," Biden said.

NBC News has reported that the Biden campaign was viewing Super Tuesday as a moment crystallizing the 2020 rematch.

Both Biden and Trump have secured more than half of the delegates needed to clinch their parties' nominations.

Biden has 994 delegates, with 1,968 needed for the Democratic nomination.

Trump has 715 delegates, with 1,215 needed for the Republican nomination.

More Super Tuesday delegates are on the line tonight, with a handful of states yet to be called.

With about 20% of expected votes counted in Minnesota's Democratic primary, "uncommitted” is on track to do as well as or better there than it did in Michigan last week.

The ballot line is being used to protest Biden's handling of Israel's war in Gaza.

The campaign encouraging Minnesota Democrats to vote "uncommitted" launched just eight days ago and spent only $20,000, according to organizers.

The campaign publicly set a goal of getting 5,000 votes for "uncommitted," but it has already more than doubled that number with just 1 in 5 expected votes having been counted.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Utah Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Colin Allred has won the Texas primary for U.S. Senate, beating Roland Gutierrez.

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Jason Miller, a senior adviser for the Trump presidential campaign, said the list of potential picks for vice president has been “growing and getting longer.” Miller also added the campaign is “quite a ways away” from making a decision.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Minnesota Democratic primary, securing 56 delegates.

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Our NBC News tip line often gets questions from voters inquiring about election curiosities. One common question we see in the primaries: Why are so many candidates listed?

While most voters expect to see Trump, Biden and a few other names, presidential primary ballots often include long lists of candidates that can surprise voters.

NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Minnesota Republican primary, securing 16 delegates.

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NBC News’ Laura Jarrett reports on how voters haven’t been swayed from Trump despite his many legal battles and examines how an actual verdict in his coming criminal trial could affect their choice.

Trump's victory in Colorado comes after a legal battle over his eligibility to appear on the ballot.

The Colorado Supreme Court removed him from the ballot in December, ruling that his actions during the Jan. 6 attack qualified as insurrection and he was thus ineligible under the 14th Amendment.

The U.S. Supreme Court overruled the decision yesterday. Its decision held that Congress was responsible for enforcing the 14th Amendment provision, not the states.

Republican strategist Karl Rove said on Fox News that it was a strong night for Trump but also warned that his campaign "ought to be concerned about unifying the Republican Party."

Holding a dry-erase board, Rove highlighted how Haley had drawn more than 20% of the vote in many states, including Virginia, Massachusetts and Maine.

"There's still some work to be done to unify the Republican Party, and that's going to depend a lot on his tone tonight and whether or not he stops doing things like calling her birdbrained and threatening that if you give money to her campaign you're going to be permanently banned," he said.

After Biden was projected the winner in several Democratic primaries, Phillips took to social media, saying, "Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating more appeal to Democratic Party loyalists than me."

Phillip has said he would drop out and endorse Biden if his campaign was not viable after Super Tuesday.

NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Colorado Republican primary, securing 37 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Colorado Democratic primary, securing 54 delegates.

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NBC News just projected Trump as the winner of the Arkansas primary. It's no surprise: The former president is leading Haley 75% to 20% at 8:50 p.m. ET.

But Haley's vote share is important to watch if you're deeply invested in the delegate chase. That's because while Trump's victory has already netted him 27 of the state's 28 at-large delegates, we're waiting to see whether Haley finishes above 15%.

If she does, she'll win the state's final at-large delegate, possibly the only one she'll win in the entire state. But if she slips below 15% statewide and if Trump eclipses 50% in every congressional district, Haley won't win a single delegate from the state.

A lot of states have quirky delegate rules. But Arkansas is one of the only ones that reserves one at-large (read: statewide) delegate for a candidate who hits a similar low bar.

NBC News projects that Ted Cruz has won the Texas primary for U.S. Senate.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Texas Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Massachusetts Republican primary, securing 40 delegates.

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NBC News is projecting that Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor of Houston last year, will win the Democratic primary in the state's 18th Congressional District.

She faced a challenge from former Houston City Council member Amanda Edwards, who also ran for mayor but dropped out and entered the congressional race once Jackson Lee announced her candidacy for mayor.

Jackson Lee has represented the district since 1995.

NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Texas Republican primary.

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Why has Haley been struggling so much in the fight for the GOP nomination? One big reason is her lackluster support with Republican voters.

While Haley has performed far better with independent and Democratic voters, who can vote in some GOP nominating contests, Trump has been winning the overwhelming share of Republican voters.

Watch NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd break down those trends below.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Alabama Democratic primary, securing 38 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Alabama Republican primary, securing 29 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Maine Republican primary, securing 20 delegates.

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Two California voters told NBC News that they sat out the presidential primary election when they went to the polls this afternoon because they don't like any of their choices.

Emily Smet is supporting Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee in the Senate race but was not confident in any of her choices for president because of the ongoing situation in Gaza. Smet said she is supporting Lee because she has called for an immediate cease-fire.

“I don’t think any of the candidates really represent my views, and I don’t think any of them, especially Joe Biden or Donald Trump, care what’s going on in Gaza,” she said.

Alana Crump, a first-time voter, also did not participate in the presidential primary. Asked whether she plans to participate in the November general election, she said, “I want to see how [the primary] goes first.”

While Trump is overwhelmingly leading Haley on Super Tuesday, the former South Carolina governor was able to secure three delegates from the Virginia primary.

The three delegates Haley picked up came from Virginia's 8th Congressional District, located just outside of Washington, D.C.

Trump defeated Haley in Virginia overall, where 48 delegates were at stake.

GOP Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who announced a bid to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the longest-serving leader in Senate history, said tonight that he plans to support term limits for the post.

"One reason I am running to be the next Republican Leader is because I believe the Senate needs more engagement from all of my colleagues, and that includes the opportunity for any Member to serve in Leadership," Cornyn wrote on X. "I will support a conference vote to change the rules and institute term limits for the Republican Leader."

McConnell said last week that he would step down as Republican leader, a post he has held since 2007. Cornyn served as a whip to McConnell from 2013 until 2019, when he hit term limits for the position.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Arkansas Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Arkansas Republican primary, securing 27 delegates.

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The NBC News Decision Desk is now projecting the Vermont GOP presidential primary is "too close to call," making it the first contest of the night to earn that designation.

Vermont has always been seen as one of the few states that Haley could win outright tonight. She's backed by Republican Gov. Phil Scott, and the open primary in a deep blue state plays to her strength with independents and Democratic voters who decided to vote in the GOP contest.

As of 8:38 p.m. ET, the candidates are tied at 48% with about a third of the expected vote in.

The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, praised North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, who won his primary for the state's governorship, in a statement tonight. Walz called Stein "a proven fighter" and said that the organization would "work alongside him from now until November."

Biden highlighted his administration's work for North Carolina during a radio interview yesterday, which aired today.

The president pointed to 450,000 new jobs in North Carolina and touted his work to lower the cost of prescription drugs like insulin. He also emphasized his administration's work to improve local infrastructure, provide access to high-speed affordable internet and remove lead pipes.

Asked why he was running for president again, Biden responded: “To finish the job. There’s so much more that has to be done.” 

In the Virginia Republican primary, Haley performed much better among voters who said their families were getting ahead financially, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. Trump, in contrast, was the clear favorite among those who said their families were falling behind, and he also won support from a majority of those who said they were holding steady.

Looking more broadly, Virginia’s Republican primary voters said the national economy is poor or not good — but most voters said their own families’ personal financial situations were steady.

Trump was seen as the clear favorite to handle the economy, with 6 in 10 Virginia primary voters saying they trusted him over Haley on the issue.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Maine Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Tennessee Republican primary.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Massachusetts Democratic primary, securing 70 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Tennessee Democratic primary, securing 46 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Oklahoma Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Oklahoma Republican primary.

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There are still no significant threats to today’s election as Super Tuesday draws to a close for much of the country, a senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said on a press call this evening.

“We did not observe any issues out of the ordinary today. We continue with the assessment that there is no known, credible or specific threat to today’s election day operations, and we do believe that the American people should have competence in the process as it’s been executed today,” said the official, who requested to not be named as part of the call.

“We do ask that please give election officials the time and space to conduct the necessary processes, canvassing and certification,” the official added.

Trump added Virginia to his tally of decisive primary wins, NBC News projects, with strong support from conservative voters, white evangelicals and white voters with no college degree, the NBC News Exit Poll found.

But Haley held her own among some groups — with support among those with a college degree, as well as those who consider themselves ideologically moderate.

A large share of Virginia primary voters said they think it is likely that if Trump wins the Republican presidential nomination, he will defeat Biden in November. A majority of those who cast ballots for Haley agreed.

NBC News projects that Josh Stein has won the North Carolina primary for governor.

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Democrats are eager to paint Robinson as an extremist on reproductive rights, education and LGBTQ issues, and have already begun utilizing a lengthy paper trail of controversial public statements he’s made.

Among them are Robinson saying at a campaign event last month that he’d work to eventually abolish abortion rights in the state if elected governor.

“We got it down to 12 weeks. The next goal is to get it down to six, and then just keep moving from there,” he said.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the state's Republican primary for governor, NBC News projects, with a strong showing from the same demographic groups that backed Trump. They include very conservative voters, white evangelicals and those with no college degree, according to the NBC News Exit Poll.

Democrats across the country celebrated last month when Tom Suozzi, their party’s candidate, won a competitive House special election in New York.

They attributed his success on Long Island to honing a message about immigration, border security and abortion.

But in the weeks that followed, Asian American campaign strategists, consultants and community leaders pointed to another trend that boosted Suozzi: high turnout among Asian American and Pacific Islander voters, particularly in the Queens portion of Suozzi’s district, which is home to large communities of Chinese Americans, Korean Americans, Indian Americans and Arab Americans.

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Police in a town outside Detroit said they were investigating fake cameras hung outside a ballot drop box.

Plymouth Township Police Chief James Knittel told local media that it was investigating the situation. The township's Facebook page posted asking for information, and the local supervisor told local media that the cameras were a "clear attempt at voter intimidation."

Ballot drop boxes have been a focus of many baseless election fraud theories.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., who has made little secret of her desire to work in a second Trump administration, was among the early arrivals at the former president's Mar-a-Lago club for tonight's victory party.

The crowd, which had grown to a couple of hundred supporters by the early evening, erupted in cheers when Virginia and North Carolina were called for Trump.

By that time, it included Trump lawyer Boris Epshteyn, who appeared in a blue three-piece suit and red tie; Trump co-defendant Walt Nauta, who has been charged in the classified documents case; senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita and various other members of the Trump staff.

Trump was expected to speak later in the night.

Biden's victory in the Iowa caucus is his first time winning that contest. He dropped out before losing to Rep. Richard Gephart of Indiana in 1988 and then lost to then-Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois in 2008, and to Pete Buttigieg in 2020 — 36 years from his first try to his first victory.

Haley already had an uphill battle tonight in her fight to win her first state (she did win D.C. over the weekend). Now that Virginia has been called for Trump, that takes one of her best chances to win a state off the table.

When I took a look at the map with Steve Kornacki and Adam Naboa, Virginia was one of the few states we thought Haley could win in a best-case scenario. That leaves just Massachusetts and Vermont, unless she can defy the odds somewhere else.

Trump’s sizable projected win in the North Carolina Republican primary was propelled by some of the same groups of voters who backed him in earlier primary contests.

According to NBC News Exit Poll results, Trump dominated among voters who identify as very conservative (87%), white voters without college degrees (83%), white evangelicals (81%), veterans (77%), voters over 65 (72%) and men (70%). He also won an overwhelming 97% of the almost 4 in 10 North Carolina Republican primary voters who said they are part of the MAGA movement.

Trump also won support from voters who cited immigration as the most important issue in choosing which candidate to back (82%) and those who said undocumented immigrants should be deported to the countries they came from (85%). And he was boosted by North Carolina Republican primary voters who said they would favor a national ban on abortion (82%).

Voters who said they favor a candidate who fights for people like them went for Trump 87% to only 8% for Haley.

Haley secured self-identified moderate voters (62%), a group she’s won support from in other states, but it wasn’t enough to give her momentum against Trump.

Beyond the Trump and Haley campaigns themselves, there was no significant “Get out the vote” effort led by Republicans ahead of this primary in Virginia.

That massive and well-funded “Secure Your Vote” effort from 2023 that was backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin? Nowhere to be seen. The website still directs voters to vote in last November’s statewide races.

Youngkin himself has long said he will not endorse until the general.

Scandal-plagued former Rep. Madison Cawthorn was spotted at Trump's Mar-a-Lago party. He was wearing his member of Congress pin.

Cawthorn lost his primary in 2022 following a series of scandals including misdemeanor charges and a nude video.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the North Carolina Democratic primary.

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NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the North Carolina Republican primary, securing all of the state's 32 delegates.

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NBC News projects that Mark Robinson has won the North Carolina primary for governor.

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NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Vermont Democratic primary, securing 10 delegates.

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NEEDHAM, Mass. — Biden voters here are describing the Israel-Hamas war as a “tough situation,” “difficult” and “volatile.”

Steve Prokesch, a Democrat who voted for Biden said he is "concerned" about the ongoing violence and "I don’t think there’s an easy solution to that. "

“I also think that Hamas has not gotten the criticism for sacrificing its own people the way it has," Prokesch added. "So I think it’s a horrible situation ... I support a cease-fire right now. I am not a Netanyahu fan. I think he’s a big part of the problem. But on the whole, I think it’s a really difficult issue. And I think Biden has handled it well,” Prokesch told NBC News.

Anne Bartiz said that “it was wrongful of Hamas to kill and take hostages," but that she too wishes leaders would commit to a cease-fire. She believes the destruction of hospitals, homes and businesses in Gaza “doesn’t help anybody.”

NBC News projects that Donald Trump has won the Virginia Republican primary.

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One of the most-watched races in Alabama on Tuesday is a primary for state Supreme Court chief justice.

The race has taken on increased importance amid the national uproar over the court’s recent ruling equating frozen embryos with children.

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The Biden campaign is viewing tonight as “rematch mode, activated,” as one campaign adviser put it. 

Biden aides will try to paint the “choice” as a contrast of values, previewing an expected theme of the president's State of the Union address on Thursday.

The campaign is tracking a possible "uncommitted" protest vote, though they do not expect anything as resounding as Michigan's 100,000 ballots cast for "uncommitted." One official said they believed that Michigan was most likely the “high water mark” for the "uncommitted" effort, but the campaign is still keeping an eye on Minnesota, Massachusetts and Washington state.

Biden aides were encouraged by the high turnout overall in Michigan, despite the “uncommitted” votes. They argue that there’s an underreported wave of enthusiasm for the president and Democrats overall, which they believe will be similarly demonstrated tonight in certain places where they expect high turnout.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Virginia Democratic primary.

See the latest results here.

Thousands of voters in Montgomery County, Alabama, received mailers misidentifying their congressional district, a county election official confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday.

The Southern Poverty Law Center raised concerns about inaccurate mailers on Monday after the group’s co-founder, Joe Levin, received one such mailer. The group subsequently discovered that thousands of Alabama voters who live in the 2nd Congressional District — a newly drawn Black opportunity seat — were listed in the wrong district in a voter file they'd previously purchased.

The state's congressional redistricting map was redrawn by a federal court last fall, moving Montgomery County voters into the new district. That resulted in competitive and crowded primaries on Tuesday for a seat Democrats hope to flip.

Voters in the Republican presidential primary in Virginia said that immigration and the economy were the most important issues in deciding how to cast their ballot, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll.

When it comes to border security, GOP primary voters said they were more convinced that Trump can handle it than Haley. Haley fared slightly better with voters on her ability to handle an international crisis, but a majority still said they trusted Trump more.

A North Carolina county launched emergency robocalls to correct some false election information that had been broadcast by a local radio station.

Patrick Gannon, public information director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said in a statement that it appeared to have been an honest mistake.

"After election officials learned of the incorrect information being shared on the radio in Yancey County, the county board of elections immediately called the radio station to correct the information," Gannon said. "Then, the county’s emergency management office used its public safety mass messaging system, called Rave, to issue correct information within an estimated 30 minutes of when the incorrect information was heard on the radio."

Gannon noted that accurate information was also posted on county government websites and social media platforms.

So far on Tuesday, there have been scatter reports of issues at polling places, though nothing out of what is considered ordinary for a major election day.

Voters in the California Democratic primary took to social media to express their confusion over the presence of candidate "President R. Boddie" on the presidential primary ballot above Biden, who is listed without his title. Some expressed concern that this could cause older voters or those with poor vision to confuse the two candidates.

Boddie, a life coach from Atlanta, was also on the ballot this year in New Hampshire, where he received 136 votes in a contest in which Biden was not on the ballot. Boddie also ran for governor of Georgia in 2022.

The president's campaign said that "Team Biden-Harris" — the campaign’s shorthand for itself and affiliated groups — broke its previous "grassroots" fundraising record in February.

NBC News cannot independently verify the assertion because February FEC filings are not due until later this month.

Grassroots fundraising typically refers to unitemized donations, or donations from people who have given a total of under $200.

Biden campaign officials argued that they surpassed expectations because of primary contests and special counsel Robert Hur’s report, which was a main driver for fundraising. First lady Jill Biden’s note was particularly lucrative, the campaign said.

"While Trump spends his limited funds on various other… issues, President Biden’s campaign is using this grassroots momentum to build a cutting-edge and winning campaign for this November," Deputy Campaign Manager Rob Flaherty said in a statement.

DENVER — Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold sat down with NBC News this afternoon to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to keep Trump on the ballot here as well as turnout in this year’s primary election.

Griswold said she’s glad the justices handed down the ruling ahead of Super Tuesday, but she’s worried that a gridlocked Congress might have trouble enforcing the Constitution’s insurrection clause going forward.

“One of my concerns about this case is logistically how it plays out. This case isn’t only about precedent, it’s about all candidates for federal office. The Supreme Court said states do not have the authority to enforce Section 3 of the 14th amendment to bar oath-breaking insurrectionists from our ballots ourselves, that Congress has that authority,” Griswold said.

She added, "But the current Congress is nearly nonfunctioning, so I do not believe that this Congress will take any action, which in logistical terms means that any candidate for federal office that is an oath-breaking insurrectionist will be able to be on the ballot without consideration or application of the Constitution.”

As Virginia GOP primary voters cast their ballots today, most said they are pessimistic about the state of the country and gloomy about national economic conditions — and about two-thirds strongly disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president, according to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll.

Eight in 10 Republican primary voters in Virginia said they are dissatisfied or angry about the way things are going in the country, and a similar share said national economic conditions are poor or not good.

1. A lot of Haley voters are not saying they will vote for the GOP presidential nominee regardless of who it is.
2. There continues to be a substantial break between Trump and Haley voters on whether Biden legitimately won in 2020. This is in line with splits that have been observed in prior primary states, such as New Hampshire and South Carolina
3. GOP primary voters tend to think Trump is more physically and mentally apt to serve as president than Haley. So much of Haley’s message is that both Trump and Biden are too old and unfit to serve
4. Haley is either winning college grads or keeping the margins relatively close. Trump is blowing out Haley with voters who do not have college degrees
5. Essentially no Trump voters approve of Biden’s job as president. But with Haley voters, Biden’s approval rating is actually above his national average

One of the most-watched races in Alabama on Tuesday is a primary for state Supreme Court chief justice.

The race has taken on increased importance amid the national uproar over the court’s recent ruling equating frozen embryos with children.

Read the full story here.

North Carolina could prove to be a bellwether state in the 2024 election. NBC News’ Shaq Brewster reports the highly competitive GOP gubernatorial race there could serve as a test for former President Trump’s down-ballot influence.

Gov. Brian Kemp told Punchbowl News on Tuesday morning that he is "glad the process has been able to play out like it has with a, you know, former governor, Ambassador Haley, still in the race."

He added that he believes it is better to let the process "play out" rather than Republicans trying to declare the race to be over.

"It's really the voters that decide," he said.

More than three-quarters of North Carolina Republican primary voters today said Trump has the physical and mental health he needs to serve effectively as president, while 22% said he does not, according to early NBC News Exit Poll results.

Trump, 77, has raised questions about the health of Biden, 81, which Biden has dismissed.

North Carolina's Republican primary voters were more concerned about Haley's health than Trump's, with 58% saying Haley, 52, has the mental and physical health needed to serve and 39% saying that she does not.

Just 39% of voters agreed that both Trump and Haley were healthy enough.

NBC News projects that Joe Biden has won the Iowa Democratic caucus, securing all of the state's 40 delegates.

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NEEDHAM, Mass. — Biden voters in Massachusetts acknowledge the president has aged but overall, are not concerned.

Daryl Evans, 67, told NBC News, “I know he’s an older man, you know, but that’s our choice, but he’s respectful. He’s had an experience, and I think he’s done great.”

Anne Bartiz, who is also 67, said Biden “walks slowed than he used to” and occasionally makes “stated mistakes” but does not believe this disqualifies him from being able to handle the responsibilities that come with the most powerful job in the world.

Styliama Pastra-Landis, 76, told NBC News, “He slips on his words, but so do I and it has nothing to do with our brain.”

She added, “It’s been a great four years and of course, I’m playing for him.”

John Burnham, 70, said he was “a little bit” concerned about Biden’s age but “not that much.” Burnham added, “Again to me, it’s a no-brainer. He’s a much better candidate [than Trump]”

OKLAHOMA CITY — Several midtown Oklahoma City Democratic primary voters, residents of a blue dot in a vast expanse of red, are unabashedly supporting Biden’s re-election efforts with one main motivating factor in mind: upholding democratic norms.

“Well, I voted for Joe. I wanted to write that right on here: Joe,” said Janie Fried, pointing to the “I voted” sticker on her hoodie.

Explaining the motivating factor behind her vote, Fried, a retired editor, told NBC News she cast her ballot for Biden “to save the democracy of the United States.”

More than 40% of Republican primary voters in California ranked the economy as the most important issue in deciding which presidential candidate to back, according to early NBC News Exit Poll results.

Immigration followed close behind as the most important issue for 39% of voters, with foreign policy (9%) and abortion (8%) trailing.

California Republican primary voters had grim views of the economy overall, with 55% saying its condition is poor and another 28% saying it’s not good. Only 10% had positive views.

When it comes to which candidate would better handle the economy, 78% of California Republican primary voters said Donald Trump and 21% said Nikki Haley.

According to early NBC News Exit Poll results, 60% of North Carolina Republican primary voters said they do not think President Joe Biden legitimately won the election in 2020. Thirty-four percent disagreed.

The view that Biden didn't legitimately win the presidency was more common among voters for Donald Trump, with 79% agreeing and only 15% saying Biden won legitimately. The opposite was true for Haley voters — 80% said that Biden legitimately won and 16% said he did not. (There is no evidence that widespread voter fraud occurred in the 2020 election.)

About 8 in 10 North Carolina Republican primary voters said they disapprove of the way Biden is handling his job as president. Nearly all Trump voters disapproved, while Haley voters were split, with 52% saying they disapprove of the president and 48% saying they approve.

Democrats nervously looking ahead to November say they want to see Michelle Obama playing a bigger role in the campaign. Some even whisper about the possibility that she might replace a politically hobbled incumbent on the 2024 ticket this summer — making her a fantasy candidate for members of both parties, albeit for different reasons.

Trump supporters have fixated on the notion of Obama’s swooping in to replace Biden in attempt to diminish the president’s political viability and stoke the GOP base.

In a statement to NBC News, the former first lady’s office tried to rein in imaginations on the right and the left, making it clear her 2024 plans don’t include running for office.

A first-of-its kind fundraiser featuring three Democratic presidents this month is shaping up to be among the most lucrative in party history, according to a key organizer, forecast to raise more than $10 million and draw at least 3,000 people.

In an interview, Biden Victory Fund national finance chair Chris Korge laid out specifics of the March 28 soiree at Radio City Music Hall in New York featuring President Joe Biden and former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.  

While tickets will sell for as little as $250, the premier perks will go to the high rollers. The cost for a chance to pose in a photo with all three Democratic presidents at once? $100,000 and up. Those who donate at the $250,000 and $500,000 levels will also have access to two separate receptions with the presidential trio. 

As Nikki Haley looks to chip away at Donald Trump’s delegate lead tonight, all eyes are on Virginia — an open primary state where Republicans, Democrats and independents can all cast ballots in the Republican primary.

According to early results from the NBC News Exit Poll, Haley voters in Virginia were far more likely to identify as an independent or Democrat than Trump’s voters. More than 4 in 10 said they consider themselves independent, while a quarter said they are Democrats, compared to about a third who said they usually think of themselves as Republicans.

Virginia voters who cast ballots for Haley were also more likely to say this is the first time they’d voted in a Republican primary; that was true for 4 in 10 of Haley's voters, compared to 1 in 10 of Trump's voters.

Haley's voters said they were motivated by their opposition to Trump — 59% said their vote was mainly cast against Trump rather than in support of Haley. This stands in stark contrast to Trump’s voters — an overwhelming majority said they were casting their ballot in support of their candidate.

Biden campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa trolled top Trump campaign adviser Chris LaCivita on X.

"My moneys on the guy that can finish a complete sentance and walk down the street unaided …but you want a fight ? Oh we can fight," LaCivita posted to X, misspelling the word "sentence" in addition to other grammatical errors.

"My money’s on the guy with a team that can spell 'sentence,'" Moussa shot back.

A majority of Super Tuesday voters in North Carolina, Virginia and California said they will vote for the Republican nominee in the presidential election this November, regardless of who it is, according to early NBC News Exit Poll results.

Sixty-three percent of North Carolina GOP primary voters said they will vote for the nominated Republican candidate no matter who it is, while 35% disagreed.

In Virginia (which has an open primary system) and California (a Democratic stronghold) nearly 6 in 10 Republican primary voters said they will vote for the GOP nominee.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — Paul Somerset, a Democrat, voted in the state's Republican primary for the first time today, casting his ballot for Nikki Haley — although he has no plans to support her even if she were to win the Republican nomination.

“I’m voting against Trump. I’m not voting for Haley,” he said, explaining he wants to see Haley “beat or at least be strong enough to make Trump look weak.”

A handful of states tonight will award all their GOP presidential delegates to a candidate that wins the majority of the vote statewide. That's going to be very likely with only two major candidates in the race.

Here's a list of those states, and how many delegates are in play, below:

• California: 169 delegates
• Maine: 20
• Massachusetts: 40
• Utah: 40
• Vermont: 17

National polls aren’t always useful to measure state primary contests. 

Except when it’s (almost) a national Primary Day like this Super Tuesday is — with 15 different Republican nominating contests from California and Texas, to Vermont and Virginia.  

And last month’s national NBC News poll showed Trump with a 60-point national lead over Haley among GOP primary voters, 79% to 19%.

Voters in 16 states and one territory are heading to the polls to cast their ballots for president and more.

The NBC News Exit Poll interviewed voters about their decision in three Super Tuesday states — California, North Carolina and Virginia — and will have results available this evening. 

The exit poll for the Virginia Republican presidential primary will include approximately 1,500 interviews with voters conducted today outside of 30 polling places throughout the state. 

In North Carolina, there will be exit poll results for the Republican primaries for president and governor. Interviewers were stationed at 30 polling places across the state today and also spoke to early in-person voters at polling places from Feb. 23 to March 2. The exit poll is expected to include approximately 1,900 interviews in all. 

In California, there will be exit poll results for the Republican presidential primary and the U.S. Senate primary. Interviews were conducted via telephone and online from Feb. 23 to March 2 to capture the high percentage of early voters in the state. The exit poll will include approximately 1,500 interviews.

Read more here.

NBC News’ Ali Vitali reports from Nikki Haley’s home state of South Carolina on how the GOP presidential candidate walks a tightrope electorally on Super Tuesday.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum struggled to gain traction in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. But he’s getting a second wind as a surrogate for Trump — rekindling the speculation that he’s auditioning for a role in a second Trump administration.

Trump himself indulged the speculation in a radio interview Monday.

“Well, you know, I could say that,” Trump responded when asked by Scott Hennen of radio WZFG in Fargo, North Dakota, if Burgum was on his short list for vice president. 

No Labels, the centrist group shopping for alternatives to Biden and Trump this fall, has signaled interest in Ohio’s Senate race.

In a Monday email obtained by NBC News, No Labels co-executive director Liz Morrison invited recipients to a Zoom call Tuesday evening with Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, who is running in a heated Republican Senate primary scheduled for March 19. 

LaRose, a former state senator, has been involved with No Labels programs in the past, but in recent years he tacked further to the right as he prepared a run for higher office.

Super Tuesday has been the scene of important outcomes in recent battles for the presidential nomination.

In 2008, Barack Obama emerged from Super Tuesday with more overall delegates than Hillary Clinton did, and Obama never gave up that delegate lead on his way to the nomination. 

In 2016, both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump padded their delegate leads on Super Tuesday — which Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz, respectively, couldn’t overcome.

Outside of a polling center in Denver, NBC News spoke with a Democrat who voted for Biden in today’s primary, although she was unenthusiastic about her options. 

“I’m not Biden’s biggest fan by any means. But in my opinion, anything’s better than Trump or Haley,” said 29-year-old Melissa Magalif from Denver. 

Huma Farid, 39, a lifelong Democrat in Needham, Massachusetts, voted for “no preference” today in the Democratic presidential primary.

“I just could not see the destruction of hospitals in Gaza, the destruction of safe water supplies, the humanitarian crisis is happening and in good conscience vote for somebody who had never advocated for a cease-fire,” she told NBC News.

A Haley campaign aide calls themselves “a bunch of happy warriors today.” As volunteers and staff participate in GOTV efforts, HQ staff are “playing music and having fun.” 

Songs of choice are almost too on the nose, per this official, including "Sisters Are Doing It for Themselves” and "Started From the Bottom."

Haley is expected to spend the day and evening in the Charleston area. She likely will spend the evening watching results from her home on Kiawah Island. 

The president said that the possibility of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas is up to Hamas at the moment.

"It’s in the hands of Hamas right now," he told reporters as he boarded Air Force One in Hagerstown, Md., when asked how close they are to a deal.

"Israelis have been cooperating. There’s been a rational offer. We will know in a couple of days what’s gonna happen. We need a cease-fire," he said.

In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Democratic Rep. Colin Allred evaded a question about whether he would be willing to campaign with Biden as Allred runs for Senate.

Allred said they're picking a senator who would serve the state for the next six years. "And so, listen, anybody’s welcome to come, but my message will stay the same, which is that I’m focused on Texas," he said.

Voters in Utah and Virginia expressed frustrations to NBC News over the likelihood of a Biden-Trump rematch in November.

Greg Walker of Salt Lake City, a Biden supporter, said although he “loves” Biden and thinks “he’s done a great job,” he is “sick of baby boomer presidents” and worries about Biden’s age.

Trump played golf this morning at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, a source who was with Trump today said.

Although the former president called into "Fox and Friends" for an interview this morning, he won't be participating with other media prior to this evening's speech at Mar-a-Lago, the Trump campaign said.

The polling location at the California Museum in Sacramento will feature not just VIP drop-ins from Gov. Gavin Newsom and the mayor, Darrell Steinberg, but the election inspector of this location, Eben Burgoon, is a cartoonist. He has done election day-themed drawings that are posted throughout the polling location. The cartoon atop the ballot box reads, “Slide your ballot into blue box ... like a pizza into the loving warm oven of Democracy.”

Burgoon tells me that voting should be fun.

You'll hear a lot today about open and closed contests, either primaries or caucuses. What exactly does that mean?

• Open: Voters may choose which primary to vote in regardless of their registration (in many cases, these states also don’t ask voters to register by party). Among the Republican contests today, Alabama, Arkansas, Minnesota, Texas, Virginia and Vermont are holding open primaries.
•  Partially open: These contests are typically restricted to members of the party, as well as unaffiliated voters. In some cases, voters are considered to be registered with a party if they cast their ballots in that primary, at least for the rest of the election cycle. The Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina and Tennessee** primaries are partially open. (We'll get back to Tennessee.)
• Closed: Voters must be registered with a party to vote in its primary or caucus. The contests in Alaska, California, Oklahoma and Utah fall into this category on the GOP side.

During an interview with Dallas radio station K104's "DeDe in the Morning" that aired today, Biden highlighted the initiatives his administration has taken to help Black communities.

He spotlighted, for example, the administration's providing more than $7 billion in funding for historically Black colleges and universities, as well as debt relief for college students.

The U.S. has seen no threat to the elections this morning, a senior official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said.

“We do not have any specific or credible threats to today’s election operations,” the official, who requested to not be named, said in a press call.

“We continue to provide around-the-clock support to election infrastructure partners across the country, and we stand ready to assist with any security related issues that may arise,” she said.

The official did note that the agency was aware of the ongoing outage at Meta, but said there was no indication that was the result of malicious cyber activity.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Speaking to NBC News, Davis Green, a 35-year-old financial analyst based in Salt Lake City who plans to vote for Trump in the 2024 election, said he believes the 2020 election results were legitimate, but Biden can't legitimately win in November.

People "are fed up with being gaslighted” on the economy, global politics, the war in Ukraine and the southern border during the Biden administration, he said.

Steve Kornacki joined "Morning Joe" to discuss Super Tuesday, which shows Trump with a big delegate lead over Haley in the GOP presidential race.

Today is the most consequential day in the race for both parties’ presidential nominations — a day political junkies have come to call “Super Tuesday.”

Sixteen states and one U.S. territory are holding presidential nominating contests today in some form. For both Republicans and Democrats, they will award more than one-third of the total delegates available throughout the entire nominating contest, all on one day.

Here’s a guide to what to expect as voters cast their ballots across the country.

Meta is experiencing a significant disruption this morning.

Experts at two organizations that monitor internet traffic, Kentik and NetBlocks, confirmed that Meta’s various companies — Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger — are experiencing a major drop in traffic.

The outages are related to how users log in and spans multiple countries, NetBlocks said. Some of those services, especially Facebook, are major political campaign tools.