Biden seizes momentum with Super Tuesday surge
A resurgent Joe Biden seized the momentum in the race to be the Democratic challenger to President Donald Trump with a string of Super Tuesday victories, including key prize Texas, against rival Bernie Sanders.
Sanders, a 78-year-old leftist who wants to reshape America's economy, have been the clear leader and was searching for a knock-out blow on the most consequential voting day on the primary calendar. Instead, the results signalled a amazing comeback for Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama who was projected to win at least nine, and perhaps 10, of the nomination contests held across 14 states. Just one week ago the 77-year-old senior statesman saw his campaign teeter on the edge of collapse.
Now he's vying once again for frontrunner status. "It's a good night and it appears to be getting better still! They don't really call it Super Tuesday for nothing," Biden told cheering fans in Los Angeles. Sanders, self-described democratic socialist, was projected to win his home state of Vermont, Colorado.
