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Biden, who started with the advantage of the position and recognition, prevailed over other potential candidates such as legislator Dean Phillips and writer Marianne Williamson.
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He is expected to formally secure the Democratic nomination later this month. Almost certainly, in the November presidential elections, he will face Donald Trump again after his last major rival for the Republican Party nomination, Nikki Haley, dropped out of the race.
Biden received 66% of the 1,563 votes cast, according to the Democratic Party of Hawaii, which pointed out that 29% of voters chose the "uncommitted" option.
Democrats voted on Wednesday in school cafeterias, community centers, and union venues throughout the state. Only party members who were registered had the right to vote, but the party facilitated voter registration and enrollment on the same day at all polling places.
Hawaii is a stronghold of the Democratic Party: it controls both chambers of its legislature, as well as the governorship, and all four members of the state delegation in Washington are Democrats.
The state sends 22 delegates to the national convention in August, committed to the winning candidate. In addition, it sends seven delegates to choose the candidates for the state's two federal legislative seats.
The Republican Party will hold its assembly in Hawaii on March 12.