President Biden has suffered his first 2024 loss.
Democrats caucusing in American Samoa instead backed entrepreneur Jason Palmer by just more than 10 percentage points on Super Tuesday.
Mr. Palmer grabbed roughly 56% of the vote and secured four delegates, while Mr. Biden saw roughly 44% of the vote and grabbed two delegates.
Mr. Biden had won every primary and caucus to this point in the 2024 Democratic presidential-nomination race, including nearly every other Super Tuesday contest with margins of 85% and higher.
The longshot candidate gained momentum after he qualified for the presidential ballot in 16 states and territories, according to a release from the campaign. His platform is based on “people-first conscious capitalism, modernizing our federal government and reigniting the faith of young people and independents who have lost confidence in America’s institutions.”
Mr. Biden also lost the territory in 2020, to former New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
As a territory, American Samoa does not get to vote in the general election. It can send delegates to the party nominating conventions and, like other non-state entities such as Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, it elects a nonvoting delegate to the U.S. House.
• Mallory Wilson can be reached at mwilson@washingtontimes.com.
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