HUNTINGTON BEACH, California/ PALM BEACH, Florida - US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump swept to victory in statewide nominating contests across the country on March 5, setting up a historic rematch in November's general election despite low popularity ratings for both candidates.
Trump won the Republican votes in 14 of 15 states - including delegate-rich California and Texas brushing aside former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley.
Her only win of the night came in Vermont.
Trump's commanding performance on "Super Tuesday", when more than one-third of Republican delegates were up for grabs, means he has all but clinched his third consecutive presidential nomination, despite facing a litany of criminal charges.
Trump, 77, and Mr Biden, 81, quickly trained their focus on each other as the results became clear.
In a victory speech delivered at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump attacked Mr Biden's immigration policies and called him the "worst president" in history.
"Our cities are being overrun with migrant crime," Trump said, though crime data does not support that assertion.
In a statement, Mr Biden again cast Trump as a threat to American democracy.
"Tonight's results leave the American people with a clear choice: Are we going to keep moving forward or will we allow Donald Trump to drag us backwards into the chaos, division and darkness that defined his term in office?" Mr Biden said.
The President sailed through the Democratic contests, although a protest vote in Minnesota and six other states organised by activists opposed to his forceful support of Israel attracted unexpectedly strong results.
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