The Super Tuesday primaries are the largest voting day of the year in the United States aside from the November general election.Voters in 16 states and one territory are choosing presidential nominees. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor, senator or district attorneys.Party primaries, caucuses or presidential preference votes are being held in Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.Read below for the latest from Super Tuesday:12:44 a.m. ETFormer Trump presidential campaign adviser Katrina Pierson advances to a Republican primary runoff in Texas for a legislative seat in the Dallas suburbs.Pierson’s opponent in the May 28 runoff for the Texas House seat is Rep. Justin Holland. He was one of dozens of Republicans who voted last year to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Trump ally.It’s not the first time Pierson has run for office in Texas. She lost a run for Congress in 2014 before becoming a spokesperson for Trump’s presidential campaign.12:27 a.m. ETNikki Haley’s national campaign spokesperson Tuesday that the Republican candidate was honored to be the first GOP woman to win two presidential primary contests. Despite her win in Vermont on Tuesday and her primary win in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Trump was notching more victories.On the other side of the political aisle, Jason Palmer, 52, of Baltimore, told AP he knows he’s a longshot for the Democratic presidential nomination even after he won four delegates in American Samoa on Super Tuesday.12:02 a.m. ETRepublican Steve Garvey is advancing to a November election to fill the California U.S. Senate seat held for three decades by the late Dianne Feinstein, a rare opportunity for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race in this Democratic stronghold. Garvey also advances to a special election to complete the unexpired term of Feinstein.Garvey will compete against Democrat Adam Schiff, who is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.11:59 p.m. ETTwo Democrats advanced to a primary runoff election in the newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District in Alabama.Anthony Daniels and Shomari Figures emerged from the crowded field Tuesday. The district is closely watched by Democrats as a potential pickup opportunity in the U.S. House.11:35 p.m. ETU.S. Rep. Colin Allred has secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas. Allred will face U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November.11:30 p.m. ETAP projects that Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff will advance to the U.S. Senate general election in California, fending off fellow Democratic representatives Katie Porter and Barbara Lee after a heated campaign.Schiff is projected to face Republican and former MLB player Steve Garvey in November.11:15 p.m. ETThe biggest prize of the night. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are projected to win their primaries in California, which carries the largest delegate count of all Super Tuesday states for both parties.11 p.m. ETPolls have closed in California, leaving Alaska as the lone state still with residents filling out Super Tuesday primary ballots.10:35 p.m. ETHanding former President Donald Trump his only blemish of Super Tuesday, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has won the Vermont Republican primary, according to AP.This is the second contest Haley has won so far, the first being Washington D.C.’s primary.10:25 p.m. ETFormer President Donald Trump took the stage at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, to speak to supporters after a successful Super Tuesday night for the GOP frontrunner.10:05 p.m. ETLittle-known candidate Jason Palmer has defeated President Joe Biden in the American Samoas Democratic caucuses, AP and CNN project. Out of 91 ballots cast, Palmer won 51 and Biden won 40, according to the local party.The massive upset prevents Biden from a clean sweep of the Super Tuesday contests.Meanwhile, Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary in Utah.10 p.m. ETPolls have closed in Utah, leaving just California and Alaska with polls still open.9:45 p.m. ETAP projects that Sarah Stewart has won the GOP nomination to replace the retiring chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, which recently drew national attention for its ruling recognizing frozen embryos as children.Stewart, a current associate justice on the court, was a part of the majority opinion that threatened access to IVF in the state.She will face Democrat and Circuit Judge Greg Griffin in November.Video below: Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children; White House reacts9:30 p.m. ETOnly three states still have polls open; Utah, California and Alaska. It’s been a near-flawless night for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who will look to finish out strong in the remaining states.9:25 p.m. ET In Minnesota, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both projected to win their primaries, according to AP.Biden defeated longshot candidate U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who represents Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District. 9:10 p.m. ETMinutes after President Joe Biden was projected as the winner of his primary in Colorado, AP also said former President Donald Trump won the state’s GOP primary.Video below: Experts weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision to allow Donald Trump on ballots9:05 p.m. ETAlmost as soon as the polls closed in Colorado, President Joe Biden was tabbed as the winner of the Democratic primary, AP projected.Additionally, in Texas, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is projected to win the GOP primary for his seat in the Senate.9 p.m. ETPolls have closed in Colorado and Minnesota, leaving just a handful of states with polls still open. Also, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are projected to win their respective primaries in Texas, according to AP. Additionally, Trump has been declared the winner in the GOP primary in Arkansas. Biden took Arkansas earlier in the night.8:55 p.m. ETWhile it’s been mostly smooth sailing for the two frontrunners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, one state is providing Trump a little trouble: Vermont. At the time of this update, Trump is only up on former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley by less than 800 votes, holding a 49.3% to 46.9% lead with less than half of the vote counted.8:50 p.m. ETFormer President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Massachusetts, according to AP.8:45 p.m. ETPresident Joe Biden is projected to win the Arkansas Democratic primary, according to AP. Biden is also projected to win in Alabama, as is former President Donald Trump in the state’s GOP primary.8:40 p.m. ETNorth Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is projected to win the House Republican primary in the state’s 14th District, a top target for the GOP to flip in November thanks to redistricting. Video below: Some Massachusetts voters use Super Tuesday to send message to frontrunners8:30 p.m. ETAP is projecting that President Joe Biden is the winner of the Massachusetts and Maine Democratic primaries, meanwhile, former President Donald Trump is projected to win the Maine GOP primary8:20 p.m. ETNeither candidate has missed a state yet as Biden and Trump are projected to win their respective primaries in Oklahoma, according to AP.8:10 p.m. ETAP is projecting that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will win the Tennessee Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. The night is going as well as could be expected for the two candidates who will likely face off in a rematch this November.Video below: Large rally urging ‘no preference’ primary vote shuts down Massachusetts road8:05 p.m. ETPresident Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been declared the winners of their respective primaries in North Carolina, according to AP.Additionally, AP projects that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has won the Republican primary for governor in North Carolina, and Josh Stein, the state’s attorney general, has won the Democratic primary, setting up a showdown in November that will garner many eyes nationally. 8 p.m. ETThe biggest round of states has closed the polls, including Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee.7:55 p.m. ETNearly two-thirds of North Carolina primary voters say that they’d consider former President Donald Trump fit for the presidency if he’s convicted of a crime, according to the initial results of CNN’s exit poll of Republican primary voters in the state, with slightly over half of GOP primary voters in Virginia saying the same.Roughly 4 in 10 primary voters in North Carolina describe themselves as part of the MAGA, or “Make America Great Again,” movement, compared to about one-third in Virginia. That’s below the 46% in Iowa’s caucuses who identified with the MAGA slogan. In South Carolina, about 41% of GOP primary voters described themselves as identifying with MAGA, with about one-third of New Hampshire GOP primary voters saying the same.Roughly 6 in 10 North Carolina GOP primary voters baselessly deny that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was legitimate, as do close to half of Virginia voters. Across all of the states of the GOP primary this year where entrance and exit polls have been conducted – including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina – none has seen a majority of the GOP electorate willing to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election.Exit polls are a valuable tool to help understand primary voters’ demographic profile and political views. Like all surveys, however, exit polls are estimates, not precise measurements of the electorate. 7:45 p.m. ETNikki Haley has pegged her Republican presidential campaign to the biggest day of the primary season, crossing the country over the last several days to visit Super Tuesday states.But the former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor is not holding any public events Tuesday night. And she has no future campaign rallies listed on her website.Haley’s campaign says she’s spending election night in the Charleston, South Carolina, area and watching results come in with her staff.7:40 p.m. ETPresident Joe Biden remains undefeated as AP projects that he will win the North Carolina Democratic primary.7:30 p.m. ETPolls have closed in North Carolina, the third state to begin counting votes on Super Tuesday.Video below: Trump hails Supreme Court decision to keep him on the ballot as a ‘great day’ for the country7:25 p.m. ETFormer President Donald Trump is projected to win the Virginia GOP primary, according to AP and CNN. It is his first win of the night.7:20 p.m. ETThe AP is projecting that President Joe Biden won the Vermont Democratic primary. Biden has gone a perfect three-for-three so far tonight, also notching victories in Virginia and Iowa.7:10 p.m. ETPresident Joe Biden is the projected winner of the Virginia Democratic presidential primary, according to AP. Biden was also declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses earlier in the night.7 p.m. ETPolls have closed in Vermont and Virginia, the first states of Super Tuesday. The next state to close its polls is North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The Super Tuesday primaries are the largest voting day of the year in the United States aside from the November general election.
Voters in 16 states and one territory are choosing presidential nominees. Some states are also deciding who should run for governor, senator or district attorneys.
Party primaries, caucuses or presidential preference votes are being held in Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia.
Read below for the latest from Super Tuesday:
12:44 a.m. ET
Former Trump presidential campaign adviser Katrina Pierson advances to a Republican primary runoff in Texas for a legislative seat in the Dallas suburbs.
Pierson’s opponent in the May 28 runoff for the Texas House seat is Rep. Justin Holland. He was one of dozens of Republicans who voted last year to impeach Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Trump ally.
It’s not the first time Pierson has run for office in Texas. She lost a run for Congress in 2014 before becoming a spokesperson for Trump’s presidential campaign.
12:27 a.m. ET
Nikki Haley’s national campaign spokesperson Tuesday that the Republican candidate was honored to be the first GOP woman to win two presidential primary contests.
Despite her win in Vermont on Tuesday and her primary win in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Trump was notching more victories.
On the other side of the political aisle, Jason Palmer, 52, of Baltimore, told AP he knows he’s a longshot for the Democratic presidential nomination even after he won four delegates in American Samoa on Super Tuesday.
12:02 a.m. ET
Republican Steve Garvey is advancing to a November election to fill the California U.S. Senate seat held for three decades by the late Dianne Feinstein, a rare opportunity for the GOP to compete in a marquee statewide race in this Democratic stronghold.
Garvey also advances to a special election to complete the unexpired term of Feinstein.
Garvey will compete against Democrat Adam Schiff, who is currently a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
11:59 p.m. ET
Two Democrats advanced to a primary runoff election in the newly-drawn 2nd Congressional District in Alabama.
Anthony Daniels and Shomari Figures emerged from the crowded field Tuesday. The district is closely watched by Democrats as a potential pickup opportunity in the U.S. House.
11:35 p.m. ET
U.S. Rep. Colin Allred has secured the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Texas. Allred will face U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in November.
11:30 p.m. ET
AP projects that Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff will advance to the U.S. Senate general election in California, fending off fellow Democratic representatives Katie Porter and Barbara Lee after a heated campaign.
Schiff is projected to face Republican and former MLB player Steve Garvey in November.
11:15 p.m. ET
The biggest prize of the night. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are projected to win their primaries in California, which carries the largest delegate count of all Super Tuesday states for both parties.
11 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in California, leaving Alaska as the lone state still with residents filling out Super Tuesday primary ballots.
10:35 p.m. ET
Handing former President Donald Trump his only blemish of Super Tuesday, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley has won the Vermont Republican primary, according to AP.
This is the second contest Haley has won so far, the first being Washington D.C.’s primary.
10:25 p.m. ET
Former President Donald Trump took the stage at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, to speak to supporters after a successful Super Tuesday night for the GOP frontrunner.
10:05 p.m. ET
Little-known candidate Jason Palmer has defeated President Joe Biden in the American Samoas Democratic caucuses, AP and CNN project. Out of 91 ballots cast, Palmer won 51 and Biden won 40, according to the local party.
The massive upset prevents Biden from a clean sweep of the Super Tuesday contests.
Meanwhile, Biden is projected to win the Democratic primary in Utah.
10 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in Utah, leaving just California and Alaska with polls still open.
9:45 p.m. ET
AP projects that Sarah Stewart has won the GOP nomination to replace the retiring chief justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, which recently drew national attention for its ruling recognizing frozen embryos as children.
Stewart, a current associate justice on the court, was a part of the majority opinion that threatened access to IVF in the state.
She will face Democrat and Circuit Judge Greg Griffin in November.
Video below: Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children; White House reacts
9:30 p.m. ET
Only three states still have polls open; Utah, California and Alaska. It’s been a near-flawless night for both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, who will look to finish out strong in the remaining states.
9:25 p.m. ET
In Minnesota, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both projected to win their primaries, according to AP.
Biden defeated longshot candidate U.S. Rep. Dean Phillips, who represents Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District.
9:10 p.m. ET
Minutes after President Joe Biden was projected as the winner of his primary in Colorado, AP also said former President Donald Trump won the state’s GOP primary.
Video below: Experts weigh in on Supreme Court’s decision to allow Donald Trump on ballots
9:05 p.m. ET
Almost as soon as the polls closed in Colorado, President Joe Biden was tabbed as the winner of the Democratic primary, AP projected.
Additionally, in Texas, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is projected to win the GOP primary for his seat in the Senate.
9 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in Colorado and Minnesota, leaving just a handful of states with polls still open.
Also, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are projected to win their respective primaries in Texas, according to AP. Additionally, Trump has been declared the winner in the GOP primary in Arkansas. Biden took Arkansas earlier in the night.
8:55 p.m. ET
While it’s been mostly smooth sailing for the two frontrunners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, one state is providing Trump a little trouble: Vermont.
At the time of this update, Trump is only up on former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley by less than 800 votes, holding a 49.3% to 46.9% lead with less than half of the vote counted.
8:50 p.m. ET
Former President Donald Trump has won the Republican primary in Massachusetts, according to AP.
8:45 p.m. ET
President Joe Biden is projected to win the Arkansas Democratic primary, according to AP. Biden is also projected to win in Alabama, as is former President Donald Trump in the state’s GOP primary.
8:40 p.m. ET
North Carolina House Speaker Tim Moore is projected to win the House Republican primary in the state’s 14th District, a top target for the GOP to flip in November thanks to redistricting.
Video below: Some Massachusetts voters use Super Tuesday to send message to frontrunners
8:30 p.m. ET
AP is projecting that President Joe Biden is the winner of the Massachusetts and Maine Democratic primaries, meanwhile, former President Donald Trump is projected to win the Maine GOP primary
8:20 p.m. ET
Neither candidate has missed a state yet as Biden and Trump are projected to win their respective primaries in Oklahoma, according to AP.
8:10 p.m. ET
AP is projecting that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will win the Tennessee Democratic and Republican primaries, respectively. The night is going as well as could be expected for the two candidates who will likely face off in a rematch this November.
Video below: Large rally urging ‘no preference’ primary vote shuts down Massachusetts road
8:05 p.m. ET
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have been declared the winners of their respective primaries in North Carolina, according to AP.
Additionally, AP projects that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has won the Republican primary for governor in North Carolina, and Josh Stein, the state’s attorney general, has won the Democratic primary, setting up a showdown in November that will garner many eyes nationally.
8 p.m. ET
The biggest round of states has closed the polls, including Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Texas and Tennessee.
7:55 p.m. ET
Nearly two-thirds of North Carolina primary voters say that they’d consider former President Donald Trump fit for the presidency if he’s convicted of a crime, according to the initial results of CNN’s exit poll of Republican primary voters in the state, with slightly over half of GOP primary voters in Virginia saying the same.
Roughly 4 in 10 primary voters in North Carolina describe themselves as part of the MAGA, or “Make America Great Again,” movement, compared to about one-third in Virginia. That’s below the 46% in Iowa’s caucuses who identified with the MAGA slogan. In South Carolina, about 41% of GOP primary voters described themselves as identifying with MAGA, with about one-third of New Hampshire GOP primary voters saying the same.
Roughly 6 in 10 North Carolina GOP primary voters baselessly deny that President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win was legitimate, as do close to half of Virginia voters. Across all of the states of the GOP primary this year where entrance and exit polls have been conducted – including Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina – none has seen a majority of the GOP electorate willing to acknowledge the results of the 2020 election.
Exit polls are a valuable tool to help understand primary voters’ demographic profile and political views. Like all surveys, however, exit polls are estimates, not precise measurements of the electorate.
7:45 p.m. ET
Nikki Haley has pegged her Republican presidential campaign to the biggest day of the primary season, crossing the country over the last several days to visit Super Tuesday states.
But the former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor is not holding any public events Tuesday night. And she has no future campaign rallies listed on her website.
Haley’s campaign says she’s spending election night in the Charleston, South Carolina, area and watching results come in with her staff.
7:40 p.m. ET
President Joe Biden remains undefeated as AP projects that he will win the North Carolina Democratic primary.
7:30 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in North Carolina, the third state to begin counting votes on Super Tuesday.
Video below: Trump hails Supreme Court decision to keep him on the ballot as a ‘great day’ for the country
7:25 p.m. ET
Former President Donald Trump is projected to win the Virginia GOP primary, according to AP and CNN. It is his first win of the night.
7:20 p.m. ET
The AP is projecting that President Joe Biden won the Vermont Democratic primary. Biden has gone a perfect three-for-three so far tonight, also notching victories in Virginia and Iowa.
7:10 p.m. ET
President Joe Biden is the projected winner of the Virginia Democratic presidential primary, according to AP. Biden was also declared the winner of the Iowa caucuses earlier in the night.
7 p.m. ET
Polls have closed in Vermont and Virginia, the first states of Super Tuesday. The next state to close its polls is North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. ET.
