- President Joe Biden has misplaced one Super Tuesday contest – American Samoa’s caucus
- Entrepreneur Jason Palmer, who visited the territory, beat the sitting president by 11 votes, incomes him 4 Democratic delegates
- Palmer is a Baltimore-based investor whose marketing campaign web site crashed as soon as his win was introduced
President Joe Biden has suffered his first misplaced in a Democratic main, dropping American Samoa’s caucus Tuesday night time to unknown candidate Jason Palmer.
The president was defeated within the tiny U.S. territory within the South Pacific that is not awarded Electoral College votes however can nonetheless ship Democratic delegates to this summer season’s conference.
Just 91 Democrats turned out to vote, with Palmer receiving 51 votes to Biden’s 40. American Samoa has simply six delegates, with Palmer anticipated to earn 4 and Biden two.
Palmer is a Baltimore-based investor however has frolicked on the island in latest days, his marketing campaign mentioned.
During the 2020 Democratic main race, American Samoa was the one contest to be received by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, the previous New York City mayor.
Jason Palmer, 52, notched a shock win Tuesday night time in American Samoa’s Democratic caucus. The Baltimore-based entrepreneur beat President Joe Biden by 11 votes, which is able to earn him 4 delegates
After pouring tens of millions into his presidential race, Bloomberg promptly dropped out and endorsed Biden.
Moments after his win was introduced on CNN, Palmer’s marketing campaign web site appeared to have crashed.
Palmer’s declare to fame, his marketing campaign mentioned in a press launch, is that he is the primary presidential candidate to launch a speaking, AI-powered model of himself.
The 52-year-old hopeful beforehand labored at Microsoft, Kaplan Education, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and is a graduate of Harvard Business School, his marketing campaign mentioned.
His win comes as Biden has two better-known challengers, Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and self-help guru Marianne Williamson, who jumped again within the main race on Wednesday after she garnered extra votes than Phillips within the Michigan main.
Prior to Palmer’s win, Biden misplaced two delegates to ‘uncommitted,’ a protest vote over the president’s assist of Israel as civilians are being killed in Gaza.
President Joe Biden has misplaced the first in American Samoa to unknown candidate Jason Palmer
Neither Phillips nor Williamson have received a single delegate but.
Before Palmer’s sudden main win, the Minnesota congressman was already humorously speaking about his poor outcomes.
‘Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson, and Nikki Haley for demonstrating extra attraction to Democratic Party loyalists than me,’ he posted on X.
The final time a challenger of an incumbent Democrat received a contest got here in 1996, when perennial candidate Roland Riemers received in North Dakota as a consequence of President Bill Clinton not showing on the poll.
Clinton went on to win reelection.
The extra memorable time an incumbent was crushed was when President Jimmy Carter misplaced Massachusetts in 1980 to Sen. Ted Kennedy, Kennedy’s dwelling state after which in one other 11 states.
Carter misplaced his reelection bid to Republican President Ronald Reagan.