President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are already considered candidates for their respective parties, and both have won the 2024 Indiana presidential primary, according to an NBC News project.
Both Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump have secured the necessary delegates to become their party's nominees on March 12, making the outcome in Indiana certain.
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This race will be the first time since 1912 that a former president and incumbent president will face off in a November election. In that election, New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson defeated incumbent President William Howard Taft and former President Theodore Roosevelt.
Biden has faced criticism from within his own party over his age and stance on the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, with some voters choosing to vote for other candidates on their ballots. is against.
In Indiana, only Biden's name appeared on the ballot.
As for Republicans, Trump's name is one of two on the primary ballot, with former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley still appearing on the state's ballot despite dropping out of the race. .
President Trump currently faces challenges of his own, including numerous legal battles, including an ongoing trial in New York over allegations of hush money paid to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Federal prosecutors have also charged him with leading an effort to sway the certification of the 2020 presidential election, and he also faces state charges in Georgia in connection with that effort.
President Trump has accused prosecutors of being politically motivated and argued before the Supreme Court that he should be granted broad immunity from prosecution on these charges.
