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BREAKING: Maryland delays presidential primary until June

Super Tuesday is set for March 3. Fourteen states will be holding presidential primaries in 2020's biggest election so far. They are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado ... Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina ... Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. American Samoa is also voting, as are Democrats Abroad, the Democratic party affiliate for American citizens living outside the U.S. With California and Texas as two of the nation's most populous states, more than one thi
By Stephanie Toone
March 17, 2020

Maryland has been added to the list of states that will not hold presidential primaries this spring to minimize the threat of coronavirus.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday that the April 28th democratic presidential primary would be postponed to June 2, according to tweet from WUSA-9 reporter Lorenzo Hall.

Just Monday, Ohio announced that its March 17 primary would be delayed until June 2 as well. Georgia and Louisiana also opted to postpone its primary to avoid inviting voters to come out en masse when there’s a national call to limit social interactions.

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