Voting booths filled the the Ward Five Community Center during the New Hampshire primary in Concord, New Hampshire on February 11, 2020. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Vice President Joe Biden will win the Nebraska Democratic primary, CNN projected Tuesday.

Biden, the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee, is the only candidate left in the Democratic presidential race, but Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont was still on the Nebraska ballot.

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Sanders suspended his campaign last month and endorsed Biden, but decided to remain on the ballot in order to amass “as many delegates as possible” as part of an effort, he said, “to exert significant influence over the party platform and other functions” at this summer’s Democratic National Convention.

Additionally, President Donald Trump was projected to win the Republican primary in Nebraska. He is the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, and the only Republican in the race.

A record number of Nebraska voters cast their ballots early amid the coronavirus pandemic, and election officials had told CNN they expected a light turnout on Tuesday. Early ballot returns exceeded total statewide votes cast in the 2016 presidential primary, according to Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen.

In an effort to minimize the risk of spreading coronavirus, poll workers and voters were to be provided with masks and had to abide by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s social distancing guidelines and stay 6 feet apart.

Voting booths and the sleeves that carry the ballots were wiped down after each person finished voting, according to the Nebraska secretary of state’s office. Every polling location received kits that included at least four N95 masks and a face shield per poll worker, 25 pairs of gloves, a 540 milliliter bottle of hand sanitizer, a canister of disinfecting wipes and individual black pens for each voter to keep. Masks were available for voters who need them.

Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse told CNN there would be no “I Voted” stickers handed out in the two most populated counties in the state, Douglas County and Lancaster County.

“It’s one less touch point between the poll workers and the voters,” Kruse said.

The last in-person primary took place April 7 in Wisconsin, where state officials were roundly criticized by candidates and health experts for moving forward with in-person voting. At least 19 people in Wisconsin who said they voted in person or worked the polls for the state’s election tested positive for coronavirus, according to the state health department.

“Unlike Wisconsin, we didn’t have a mass consolidation of polling places,” Kruse told CNN. “We started out with 222 and we have 200 tomorrow in Douglas County. So that’s also going to help voters spread out to their proper polling place. So we’re not going to have tons of voters, you know, push in to just a few polling places.”

Nebraska Assistant Secretary of State Cindi Allen told CNN she didn’t expect there to be lines at the polling locations because of how many people mailed in their ballots.

Allen said the polls were to be well staffed, and that many young people, members of local service clubs, realtors, attorneys and certified public accountants volunteered to take the places of poll workers who were in the higher-risk age category. The National Guard in Nebraska has volunteered to be on call to staff polls if needed, she said.

Several down-ballot races were also taking place on Tuesday.

Republican Sen. Ben Sasse, who has served in the US Senate since 2015, is running for reelection and was on the ballot for Tuesday’s Republican primary. Sasse, who has the backing of President Donald Trump, was being challenged by former Lancaster County GOP Chairman Matt Innis. Sasse’s Senate seat has been categorized by The Cook Political Report as “Solid Republican.” Seven Democrats were on the ballot for the Democratic Senate primary: Dennis Frank Macek, Chris Janicek, Larry Marvin, Angie Philips, Alisha Shelton, Daniel M. Wik and Andy Stock.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, who has served since 2005, ran unopposed in the Republican primary for Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District. Babs Ramsey and Kate Bolz were on the ballot for the Democratic primary.

In Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, Rep. Don Bacon, who has served since 2017, is running for reelection and faced challenger Paul Anderson in the Republican primary. Kara Eastman, Ann Ashford and Gladys Harrison were on the ballot in the Democratic primary.

Republican Rep. Adrian Smith, who has served since 2007, is running for reelection against Larry Lee Scott Bolinger, William Elfgren, Justin Moran and Arron Kowalski in Nebraska’s 3rd Congressional district. Mark Elworth Jr. ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.