After More Primaries Biden Grows Lead As Coronavirus Reshapes Primary Calendar

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🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Joe Biden now has secured more than half of delegates in the Democratic primary contest, making a Bernie Sanders comeback increasingly unlikely. Biden won primaries in Florida, Illinois, and Arizona on Tuesday night. Sanders gave a speech before voting had ended without mentioning the election at all. Instead, he used the address to debut his proposal to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, campaign correspondents Asma Khalid and Scott Detrow, and voting reporter Miles Parks.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the MBR Politics Podcast.
0:04.9	I'm Susan Davis.
0:05.9	I cover Congress.
0:06.9	I'm Miles Parks.
0:07.9	I cover voting and election security.
0:09.4	I'm Asma Khalid.
0:10.4	I'm covering the presidential campaign.
0:12.2	And I'm Scott Detreway.
0:13.2	I also cover the campaign.
0:14.4	And it is 10.46 pm on Tuesday, March 17th, Happy Saint Paddy's Day.
0:20.1	Three states conducted their primary elections today, Florida, Illinois, and Arizona.
0:24.9	The Associated Press was able to make a quick call for Joe Biden and Florida and Illinois.
0:29.4	We're still waiting on results from Arizona as we tape the podcast.
0:32.8	But I want to start with one of the states that did not vote today, the state of Ohio.
0:37.2	The governor there decided to delay in-person voting until June because of the public
0:42.0	health threats posed by the coronavirus.
0:44.7	Here's Secretary of State Frank Leroux talking to MBR earlier tonight.
0:48.0	It was very clear that it was not possible to conduct an election without jeopardizing
0:53.0	the lives of Ohioans.
0:54.0	Nor was it possible to conduct an election that would be legitimate because the governor
0:58.3	was effectively telling Ohioans over 65 that they shouldn't leave their homes unless
1:02.4	they had an absolute necessity to.
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