President Joe Biden won Democratic primaries Tuesday in New Jersey and Washington, D.C., among some of the last contests on the 2024 primary calendar.
Biden's wins came as a handful of states were holding presidential primary contests for both parties, marking the first time Donald Trump's name appeared on the ballot since his historic conviction on criminal crimes.
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The former president was on the ballot in Republican contests in Montana, New Mexico and New Jersey. Trump was unopposed in the New Jersey contest and declared the winner.0
Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, competes in the same states, plus the primary in Washington and one in South Dakota.
Republicans in D.C. held a party-run primary in March. South Dakota canceled its GOP presidential primary because Trump was uncontested.
Voters were also casting ballots in primary races for federal, state and local offices in those states.
Trump and Biden are both expected to easily prevail in all of Tuesday's contests as the last major candidates still running.
But the results could signal voter concerns about their choices as November's election barrels closer.
If Trump's margins of victory are closer than expected, it could be a sign that voters have hesitations about nominating a presidential candidate with a criminal record.
Trump's domination in the primary has also been shadowed by ongoing support from a minority of GOP voters for former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who dropped out in March. Tuesday's contests will be the first since Haley said two weeks ago that she would vote for Trump in November. They may be an indicator of whether her supporters will follow her.