Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the Alaska primary by post
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has been declared the winner of the Alaska primary after the state shifted to postal voting due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The state's ballots were sent out before Mr Biden's rival Bernie Sanders pulled out of the race last week, meaning the Vermont senator also took a proportion of the vote.
The final results of Alaska's first ever party-run primary utilizing ranked-choice voting are as follows with 15 delegates and 2 alternates apportioned.
Biden: 55.3%, 10,834 votes, 9 delegates including 1 alt.
Sanders: 44.7%, 8,755 votes, 8 delegates including 1 alt. #AKPrimary— Alaska Democrats (@AlaskaDemocrats) April 12, 2020
However, Mr Biden emerged as the clear winner with 55.3 per cent of the vote and nine of the state's 15 delegates, Alaska Democrats tweeted from the party's official account.
Mr Sanders took 44.7 per cent of the votes and eight delegates, according to the tweet.
He has stressed he would remain on the ballot and seek to gain as many delegates as possible in order to "exert significant influence" over the direction of the party.
Mr Biden, like most Americans, is under stay-at-home orders due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and has marked becoming the de facto 2020 nominee with press releases and comments broadcast online from his basement.
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He has urged Mr Sanders' supporters to join his campaign, which already has the backing of nearly all other ex-rivals in the race including senators Kamala Harris and Amy Klobuchar, and former Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg.