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Dems choose Biden as presidential nominee

Crook County’s choice of Joe Biden as its Democratic nomination for president was largely in line with the overall result from the Wyoming 2020 Presidential Preference Primary on Saturday.

Held entirely by write-in vote due to the current pandemic, this was also the first time the Wyoming Democratic Party had introduced ranked choice voting. All Democrats registered to vote by March 20 were mailed a ballot in three waves.

The results saw 80.7% of votes in Crook County cast for Biden compared to a state total of 72.2%. The runner-up candidate in both cases was Bernie Sanders with 19.3% of...