Holocaust denier, ex-sports stars and a battle for Feinstein’s seat: Key results from Super Tuesday

On Super Tuesday, voters in sixteen states and one territory cast their ballots in Republican and Democratic primaries.

All eyes were on the presidential primary races between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, with the former president sweeping the states on Tuesday.

In an upset to Mr Trump, however, Ms Haley secured a win in Vermont, marking her second-ever primary victory this election season.

President Joe Biden also enjoyed a sweeping victory – aside from a small, surprise loss in the territory of American Samoa.

While the presidential primaries were top of the agenda, there was also a trove of down-ballot races playing out.

Here are some of the key results and takeaways from the night:

Mark Robinson, the current lieutenant governor of North Carolina, won the Republican primary nomination for the North Carolina gubernatorial race.

Mr Robinson has made several disparaging and untrue comments throughout his political career, including mocking school shooting survivors,calling LGBTQ+ people “filth”, claiming the US civil rights movement was a communist plot, and questioning whether the Holocaust happened.

He will face off against Josh Stein, a Democrat and current North Carolina attorney general, in November.

This year’s gubernatorial race will be particularly contentious as incumbent Roy Cooper, a Democrat, wraps up his final year in the term-limited position.

The race to replace late US Senator Dianne Feinstein came down to three Democratic representatives and two Republicans, one of them a former baseball star.

Under the state’s primary system, the two top vote-getters advance to the November general election, regardless of party.

Representative Adam Schiff secured first place in California’s Senate primary this Super