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Surprise in American Samoa on Super Tuesday: US President Biden has to admit defeat to an unknown candidate in the primary elections in the US territory.
Washington, DC – The campaign of a little-known presidential candidate named Jason Palmer has organized several events in American Samoa in recent weeks.
Two examples: a performance in a town hall and a beach clean-up day.
And although Palmer only appeared virtually, his efforts appeared to pay off on March 5: He won the Democratic primary in the US, defeating President Biden, who won all other Democratic primaries on Super Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden.
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"From what I'm hearing from the people there, they just wanted to be heard," Palmer's campaign manager Mario Arias told the
Washington Post
.
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According to the
Associated Press
, Palmer received 51 votes compared to 40 for Biden.
The AP
originally calculated
four delegates for Palmer and two for Biden, but later changed the number of delegates to three per person.
Around 45,000 people live on the island territory in the South Pacific - and Biden also lost there in the 2020 primaries.
Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, defeated Biden there in Bloomberg's campaign's only victory.
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Palmer lives in Baltimore and describes himself on his campaign website as an “entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist.”
He lists Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation as places where he has worked.
In his campaign, Palmer has emphasized his age (52) and claimed to be the youngest Democrat to challenge Biden.
“Young people feel like they are not being heard on the issues they care about most,” Palmer said in a
BBC
interview in November, citing climate change as an example.
Campaign finance reports show that Palmer borrowed more than $500,000 himself and spent the money on a variety of traditional campaign expenses, such as buying ads and filing fees.
Jason Palmer, a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has won the Democratic primary in American Samoa.
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Palmer said on Monday on
His campaign manager said the campaign had a staffer on site who helped organize the events, which Palmer then addressed virtually.
For example, the employee rented a restaurant where a few dozen people showed up at City Hall, Arias said.
Palmer's victory in American Samoa caught the attention of another Biden challenger, Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.).
“Congratulations to Joe Biden, Uncommitted, Marianne Williamson and Nikki Haley, who have resonated more with Democratic Party loyalists than I have,” Phillips said Tuesday night, adding, “And Jason Palmer.”
By Patrick Svitek
We are currently testing machine translations. This article was automatically translated from English into German.
This article was first published in English on March 6, 2024 at “Washingtonpost.com” - as part of a cooperation, it is now also available in translation to readers of the IPPEN.MEDIA portals.