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State Democratic Party Primaries and Caucuses Statement by the White House Press Secretary.

March 11, 1980

The President would like for me to express his deep appreciation to the voters of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama for their very strong vote of support. It now appears that from these three States the President will have received between 85 and 90 percent of the total delegates selected. And the four other States that are yet to be heard from tonight—Oklahoma, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska—we expect to receive a generous majority of the delegates to be selected there. We're beginning to. get some fragmentary returns from Oklahoma, and it appears that Oklahoma will be consistent with the three previous States and the majority that they've given the President.

Note: Press Secretary Jody Powell spoke at 10:02 p.m. to reporters assembled in the Briefing Room at the White House.

Jimmy Carter, State Democratic Party Primaries and Caucuses Statement by the White House Press Secretary. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249971

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