The 2024 presidential primary calendar is drawing to a close, with the last of the state contests set for Tuesday. Voters in Montana , New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota will cast ballots in the presidential race — and, along with Iowa, weigh in on key state and local races down the ballot. Washington, D.
C., will hold its Democratic presidential primary, and two more Democratic contests in Guam and the U.S.
Virgin Islands will close things out the following week. President Biden and former President Trump are both expected to scoop up more delegates as they head toward a November rematch , just days after Trump’s historic conviction in his Manhattan hush money case. Polls will close in the various states between 8 and 10 p.
m. Eastern time on Tuesday. Here are seven key races to keep an eye on: Biden and Trump both easily scored their party nods back in March, but their primary performance in several states has been hampered by protest vote efforts on both sides of the aisle.
Democrats frustrated with Biden’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war have picked “uncommitted” options, while Republicans turned off by Trump have cast ballots for Nikki Haley, who is no longer in the race. “Uncommitted” votes have notched 30 delegates against Biden so far, according to DDHQ/The Hill’s tracker , while Haley’s pulled in tens of thousands of ballots on the GOP side. Though those numbers don’t threaten either Trump or Biden’s status as presumptive nominees, the prote.
