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Super Tuesday live results: Biden, Sanders compete in 14 states at once

The votes have been cast in the most pivotal day of the US presidential race so far, and the results are nothing short of stunning.

Super Tuesday wrap-up: The winners and losers

Joe Biden has stunned the political world in the United States, surging to a series of unlikely wins on Super Tuesday.

Fourteen states voted today, marking a sharp acceleration in the race to become the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.

Going into Super Tuesday, Mr Biden's goal was to stop left-wing Senator Bernie Sanders from compiling an unassailable lead. Instead, the former vice president took the lead himself, dominating across much of the electoral map and winning several states he had not even campaigned in.

He racked up particularly shocking victories in Massachusetts, the home state of fellow candidate Elizabeth Warren, and Minnesota, which Mr Sanders won against Hillary Clinton four years ago.

Mr Sanders did enjoy a couple of bright spots, especially in delegate-rich California, where he was leading comfortably with much of the vote still to be counted.

Ms Warren and billionaire candidate Michael Bloomberg both failed to win a single state.

Read on for all the latest news - and fallout - from a dramatic Super Tuesday.

Originally published as Super Tuesday live results: Biden, Sanders compete in 14 states at once

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