With 40 delegates at stake in Mississippi, Donald Trump emerged victorious by securing all of them due to the state's winner-take-all rule for candidates receiving over 50 percent of the vote. Trump, facing minimal opposition, is set to add these 40 delegates to his current count, bringing him to 1,184 delegates out of the 1,215 needed for the Republican nomination. He now stands just 31 delegates away from officially securing the nomination, a milestone expected to be reached when Washington state's votes are tallied later in the evening.
On the Democratic side, Joe Biden also made significant gains by winning Georgia, a crucial battleground state, and securing an additional 35 delegates from Mississippi. Biden's delegate count now exceeds the required 1,968 delegates to clinch the nomination, with a total of 2,011 delegates in his favor. While there are 20 uncommitted delegates in the race, Biden has effectively secured his renomination, pending the formalities at the Democratic convention in Chicago later this summer.
These developments mark a pivotal moment in the ongoing campaign, setting the stage for a head-to-head matchup between Trump and Biden in the general election battleground states. While the official nomination ceremonies are yet to take place at the respective party conventions, the candidates are steadily building their delegate counts and making their cases to voters across the country.
