2024-03-05 20:42:18 ET
March 5 (UPI) -- Former President Donald Trump will add 15 delegates to his total after winning the Virginia primary, one of 15 Republican presidential nominating races underway on Super Tuesday.
Trump has earned nearly 300,000 votes with more than 76% of polling locations reporting in Virginia. Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has 144,591 votes. She is the only other Republican candidate still campaigning against the former president. President Joe Biden is also set to win Virginia, carrying more than 89% of the vote.
Voters are casting ballots in 16 states to select the Republican and Democratic nominees for the 2024 presidential election. It's the single biggest day in the nominating process. More than one-third of Republican and Democratic delegates will be awarded.
Thirteen states are holding nominating contests for both major parties. Alaska and Utah are holding caucuses for the Republican Party. American Samoa is holding a Democratic primary.
Biden won the Iowa Democratic caucus Tuesday, marking the first result to come in on Super Tuesday. The win in Iowa actually came as the result of Iowa Democrats' mail-only caucus process last month. The president will receive 40 delegates.
Biden has earned 246 of 248 delegates for the Democratic Party. There are 1,420 delegates to be awarded Tuesday for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19. To win the nomination a candidate needs 1,969 delegates.
Two delegates were left uncommitted from Michigan's Democratic primary. More than 15% of votes were "uncommitted" after Rep. Rashida Tlaib , D-Mich., called for a protest vote over Biden's support of Israel. Tlaib, the only Palestinian-American elected to Congress, called for a protest vote to voice support for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas .
Former President Donald Trump entered the day with244 delegates to Haley's 43. Trump has won every Republican primary and caucus coming into the day except for the District of Columbia, which Haley won on Sunday. On Tuesday, 865 delegates will be decided for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 15.
Trump or Haley needs 1,215 of the 2,429 total delegates to win the Republican nomination.
California and Texas will award the largest share of delegates for both parties on Tuesday. Democrats will seat 424 from California and 244 from Texas. The count for Republicans will be 169 from California and 161 from Texas.
Poll closing will vary state-to-state. For instance, polls close in Alabama at 7 p.m. EST, Arkansas at 8:30 p.m. EST and California at 11 p.m. EST. Polls in Alaska close at midnight EST.
The rules around who can vote in which party's contest also vary by state. In general, voters may only participate in one party's nominating process. In some cases this is based on being registered with that party.