Meet Jason Palmer, who beat Biden in American Samoa's Dem caucus
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The previously unknown candidate said he had never visited the territory before securing an unexpected victory in the caucus.
President Joe Biden swept every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday — except for American Samoa. He fell short there to a previously unknown candidate named Jason Palmer. Out of 91 ballots cast in the territory's caucus, Palmer received 51 votes and President Biden received 40, according to the local party.
"I found out that I had won because my phone started blowing up with friends and campaign staffers texting me," Palmer said in an interview late Tuesday.
Palmer, 52, said he never visited the territory before the caucus.
"I have been campaigning remotely, doing Zoom town halls, talking to people, listening to them about their concerns and what matters to them," he said.
The outcome will hardly derail President Biden's march toward his party's nomination. Only six delegates were at stake in the U.S. territory, a tiny collection of islands in the South Pacific with fewer than 50,000 residents. Palmer and President Biden each earned three delegates from the race.
