Biden Loses American Samoa Caucus to Obscure Candidate

The outcome will hardly derail the president’s march toward his party’s nomination. Only six delegates were at stake in the U.S. territory.

President Joe Biden walks out of the White House before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter, on Feb. 28, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Joe Biden suffered one loss on Super Tuesday.

It was to little-known candidate Jason Palmer in the Democratic Primary’s caucus in American Samoa, a U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean.