March 3, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden won their respective Presidential Preference Primaries in Tennessee and DeKalb County on Super Tuesday.
Trump carried every DeKalb County precinct in the GOP Primary for a total of 939 votes. His only Republican rival Bill Weld received just 3 votes in DeKalb County.
Biden won the Democratic Primary in DeKalb County with 447 votes followed by Bernie Sanders with 203 votes and Michael Bloomberg with 165 votes. Elizabeth Warren received 74 votes and Tulsi Gabbard had 6 votes.
Biden carried all 15 precincts in DeKalb County but he and Bloomberg each had 92 votes to lead the pack in early voting and absentees.
A total of 1,958 people cast ballots on Super Tuesday in DeKalb County including 1,258 on election day and 700 during early voting or by absentee.