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Joe Biden shuts Bernie Sanders out of Democratic nomination race after wins in latest primaries
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WASHINGTON - Former vice-president Joe Biden's sweep of the Arizona, Illinois and Florida Democratic primaries on Tuesday (March 17) indicates that the contest for the party's nomination appears to be over.
But the ongoing coronavirus crisis may drag out the process of officially crowning him the nominee to take on President Donald Trump in November, as five states so far have postponed their primary elections.
