Former Vice President Joe Biden thrashed Sen. Bernie Sanders in Marion County and throughout Mississippi Tuesday in the Democratic presidential primary.
Biden received 85% (1,720 votes) in Marion County Democratic primary versus just under 11% (217) for Sanders.
By the end of the night Biden received 81% of the vote statewide on the Democratic side and earned 31 delegates, while Bernie Sanders had 15% and two delegates.
On the Republican side, incumbent U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo did well in Marion County against his three challengers, receiving nearly 77% of the vote here. Robert Deming was second with just under 10% and Carl Boyanton third with about 9%. Samuel Hickman placed fourth in the county with just shy of 5%.
Throughout the Fourth Congressional District, Palazzo received 67%, while Deming got 14%, Hickman 10% and Boyanton 9%. Palazzo does not have a Democratic opponent in the general election and thus will win a sixth, two-year term.
President Donald Trump faced only nominal opposition in his party's primary and utterly dominated in Marion County, taking 98.8% of the vote here against two relatively unknown challengers. Trump finished the night with 98.6% for the state, earning all 40 delegates.
U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith was not opposed in the GOP primary and will again face former U.S. Rep. Mike Espy, who easily won the Democratic nomination Tuesday. The two met in a 2018 special election to complete the late Thad Cochran's term, and Hyde-Smith won with 54%.
Turnout was about 34% with 5,680 votes cast in Marion County out of 16,601 registered voters.
