Biden, Trump quickly win RI's presidential primaries. Here are the results.

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There was no suspense as President Joe Biden and Donald Trump handily won their respective parties' primaries in Rhode Island on Tuesday night.

The Associated Press called the race less than fifteen minutes after polls closed, while results were still coming in.

As of 8:46 p.m., with 95% of polling places reporting results, Biden had 78.9% of the vote in the Democratic primary and Trump had 84.9% of the vote in the Republican primary.

How many people voted 'uncommitted'?

Roughly 16.1% of voters in the Democratic primary selected the "uncommitted" option instead of voting for Biden.

A coalition of pro-Palestinian groups had urged Rhode Islanders to vote "uncommitted" as a protest against Biden's continuing support for Israel, though the campaign got a relatively late start and largely lacked the on-the-ground efforts that boosted turnout in Michigan.

On the Republican side, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley came in second place to Trump, with 9.9% of the vote.

Low turnout

With both candidates having already secured their parties' nominations in March, participation in Rhode Island's late presidential primary was low. As of 7:45 p.m., only 36,791 people had voted, according to unofficial data from the Secretary of State's office. That translated to 4.8% turnout.

Roughly 5,588 people voted early and 6,609 voted by mail, according to the turnout tracker. Another 24,594 voted on Election Day.

The general election will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Rus Dionne cast his vote in the presidential preference primary at the Old County Road Elementary school in Smithfield on April 2, 2024.
Rus Dionne cast his vote in the presidential preference primary at the Old County Road Elementary school in Smithfield on April 2, 2024.

Who will be a delegate to the DNC and RNC conventions?

Rhode Islanders who went to the polls on Tuesday also voted for some familiar names to serve as delegates to the Democratic National Convention and Republican National Convention.

With 95% of polling places reporting results and mail ballots still to be counted, Democrats appeared poised to elect Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, State Sen. Sandra Cano, Central Falls Mayor Maria Rivera, Kristan Peters-Hamlin, Debra Rota, Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien and Thomas William Kane to serve as delegates from the First Congressional District. Autumn E. Guillotte, Melissa Carden, Mary-Murphy Walsh, Erica Hammond, and Jay G. Wegimont will represent the Second Congressional District. All ran as Biden delegates.

On the Republican side, Paul A. Carroll, John M. Conte and Edward J. Doura, Jr. were on track to represent the First Congressional District. Lacey McGreevy, former State Representative Justin K. Price, and Harold Robert Rilling were leading the contest to represent the Second Congressional District.

Paul R. Durfee, Thomas M. Carroll, Gregory J. Rice, Jennifer P. Nerbonne, David J. Shepherd, Aimee M. DeGregory, Kathleen S. Odell, Preston W. Woodward, Diane Bampton Allen, and State Representative Sherry L. Roberts will be statewide delegates to the convention.

All ran as Trump delegates.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Who won RI presidential primary? Trump, Biden have party nominations