Joe Biden swept the South including Texas and consolidated Democratic moderates from Minnesota to Massachusetts in an impressive Super Tuesday performance that arrested rival Bernie Sanders’ march to the party’s presidential nomination.
Despite Mr Biden’s resurgence, Mr Sanders demonstrated he will still prove a formidable contender by winning Super Tuesday’s biggest prize: California — though much will ride on the final vote totals in the state, which were still being counted late into the night.
The former vice-president started the evening winning landslides in the delegate-rich states of Virginia and North Carolina, where he used his strong support in the African-American community to build up double-digit margins over Mr Sanders.