As Bernie Sanders looked to cement his front-runner status in the U.S. Democratic presidential race after his dominant win in Nevada, his rivals sought in rallies on Sunday to blunt his momentum ahead of 15 nominating contests in the next 10 days.
Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont and self-avowed democratic socialist, rode a wave of support across age, race and ideology to capture 47% of the county convention delegates in the Nevada caucuses, with 88% of precincts reporting.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who had lackluster performances in the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, secured a second-place finish in Nevada, according to a projection by NBC News. But he trailed Sanders by a wide margin, likely to finish more than 20 percentage points behind once all the votes are tallied.
Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who won in Iowa and finished second in New Hampshire, appeared to secure third place in Nevada with 13.6%. If the final results keep Buttigieg below 15%, he may fail to win delegates, the key to securing the nomination.
Victor Joecks, columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, gives Dan & Amy the post-caucus view from Nevada: