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Sanders edges Biden in Cook County

The polls in the 2020 presidential primary are closed. Photo by Rhonda Silence
The polls in the 2020 presidential primary are closed. Photo by Rhonda Silence

**Update**

With a narrow victory, Democrat Bernie Sanders edged Joe Biden to win the DFL nomination for Cook County. Sanders collected 376 votes throughout all of Cook County, compared to 333 for Biden.

Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who dropped out of the race earlier this week, collected 339 votes in Cook County. Elizabeth Warren collected 271 votes in Cook County,  accounting for more than 17 percent of the DFL votes locally. 

On the GOP ticket, President Donald Trump collected 370 votes, more than 99 percent of the party vote in Cook County. No other candidates were listed for GOP consideration other than Trump.

Click here for the full count from Cook County in Tuesday’s primary.

In addition, the per precinct results are now available for Cook County. Click here for the full results. 

The Minnesota Secretary of State has released election results for the 8th Congressional District. 

For the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party statewide, Joe Biden took a firm lead with 42.25 percent of the vote. Next closest is Bernie Sanders, with 27.23 percent. Michael Bloomberg had 11.08 percent, followed by Elizabeth Warren with 9.95 percent. Amy Klobuchar, who withdrew the day before the presidential primary accumulated 6.9 percent. 

As anticipated, President Donald Trump, the lone Republican on the ballot garnered the majority of the votes, with 98.62 percent. There were write-in votes totalling 1.38 percent. 

The statewide tallies are similar,with Biden taking the most votes at 38.40 percent. Next was Sanders at 30.22 percent. In the statewide count, Elizabeth Warren earned more votes than Bloomberg. She received 15.79 percent to Bloomberg's 8.23 percent. Klobuchar garnered 5.29 percent of the state's votes. 

WTIP's Joe Friedrichs contributed to this report.