Sen. Bernie Sanders' supporters gathering for a rally in Virginia offered scattered boos as Joe Biden was announced as the winner of the South Carolina primary Saturday night.
Much of the crowd was still arriving for a rally set to begin at 8 p.m. ET at a gymnasium at Virginia Wesleyan University when a projection screen tuned to CNN showed the former vice president predicted to win South Carolina.
It's Biden's first primary win in the 2020 election season, with Sanders garnering the most votes in the first three contests.
Some Sanders supporters who had counted down the final seconds before polls closed began booing at the results, though that faded shortly.
Shara Iglesias, a 25-year-old junior studying education at nearby Norfolk State University said she thinks Sanders, a Vermont senator, will win Virginia, which votes in three days on Super Tuesday.
Iglesias said, "I think he's going to do a lot better here."
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