Primary wins for the community
Colin Allred Allred, Johnson win primaries outright, Valdez advances to runoff TAMMYE NASH | Managing Editor nash@dallasvoice.com The presidential primaries in Texas went as expected, with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump easily claiming victories in the Democratic and Republican races, respectively.
Biden claimed 85 percent of the vote in a field of eight candidates, while Trump won 80 percent in a field of nine candidates.
Republican Primary results in Texas and other Super Tuesday states did, however, prompt Republican Nikki Haley to suspend her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Haley won 17 percent of the Texas GOP Primary vote. The big question on Tuesday in Texas, though, was what would happen in the down-ballot races.
