Trump, Biden secure enough delegates for party nominations

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday clinched enough delegates to become their respective parties’ official presidential candidates later this year. Voters in Georgia, Mississippi, and Washington cast their primary ballots Tuesday, along with Republican voters in Hawaii. By Wednesday morning, Biden had won a total of 2,107 national delegates and Trump had 1,241 delegates, according to the Associated Press. The president and former president need 1,968 and 1,215 delegates, respectively, to secure the nominations of their parties at this summer’s conventions.

The 2024 general election will be the first time in more than 65 years that the Democratic and Republican parties have put forward the same candidates as the previous election cycle. In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced off against Adlai Stevenson, whom he had defeated four years earlier. Eisenhower won a second term.

Who else is still in the race? Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last week collected enough signatures to appear on the ballot in Nevada. His campaign is trying to ensure he appears on the ballot in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. A spokesperson for Kennedy on Tuesday confirmed to The New York Times that he will name his running mate in the next month. New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura are reportedly on his list of potential picks.

Dig deeper: Read Brad Littlejohn’s column in WORLD Opinions about the problem of deepfakes during the election.