PHILADELPHIA, April 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump on Tuesday easily won their primaries in the battleground state of Pennsylvania according to Edison Research, but thousands cast votes for former candidate Nikki Haley.
Pennsylvania, with 19 Electoral College votes toward the 270 needed to win, is a top prize and a toss-up in the 2024 presidential election featuring a Biden-Trump rematch.
Tuesday’s primary was one of the last tests of voter enthusiasm in a campaign marked by both candidates’ low approval ratings.
With 95% of the votes counted, Biden got 920,274 votes, or 93.1%, according to state election data. Dean Phillips, a Democratic congressman who dropped out of the race, got 68,046 votes, or 6.9%, state data shows.
Trump got 786,485 votes, or 83.5%, with 95% of the votes counted, state data showed. Haley, who dropped out the race, got 155,829 votes, or 16.5%.
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