Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Wednesday that he has no intention of withdrawing from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination and said he “looks forward” to debating former Vice President Joe Biden.

“Last night obviously was not a good night for our campaign. From a delegate point of view, we lost in the largest state up for grabs yesterday, the state of Michigan,” said the independent from Vermont, referring to the 125 delegates in the Great Lakes State.

Sanders also noted that he lost to Biden in Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho.

“On the other hand, we won in North Dakota, and we lead the vote count in the state of Washington, the second-largest state contested yesterday. With 67 percent of the votes have been counted, we are a few thousand votes on top,” Sanders said during a news conference in Burlington, Vt.

He said his campaign is encouraged because it’s doing well in two “enormously important areas which will determine the future of our country.”

He said surveys and exit polls show that a majority of the American people “support our progressive agenda” and are concerned with income inequality, the lack of health care, the lack of a decent minimum wage and the escalating costs of school tuition.

“Today, I say to the Democratic establishment: In order to win in the future, you need to win the voters who represent the future of our country, and you must speak to the issues of concern to them,” Sanders said.

Biden and Sanders are scheduled to go head to head at this Sunday’s Democratic debate in Phoenix — even though there will not be a studio audience because of concerns about the spreading coronavirus outbreak.

“Let me be very frank as to the questions that I will be asking Joe,” Sanders said, mentioning Medicare for all, climate change, criminal justice reform and immigration.

The Democratic socialist’s comments come after Biden won four of the six states voting Tuesday, including double-digit wins in Michigan, Mississippi and Missouri.

The former vice president won by 6 percentage points in Idaho.

Washington is still too close to call.

Biden racking up wins in those four states and in 10 of the 14 states that voted last week on Super Tuesday has left Sanders with a narrow path to the presidential nomination.

By Wednesday morning, Biden was leading Sanders in the delegate count 857 to 709.

A candidate needs 1,991 delegates to win the nomination at the Democratic National Convention this summer.

Nine former Democratic hopefuls — including former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar — have endorsed Biden.

Sanders picked up endorsements from one-time campaign rivals Mayor Bill de Blasio and Marianne Williamson.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who dropped out of the race after a poor showing on Super Tuesday that included coming in third in her home state of Massachusetts, has yet to endorse Biden or Sanders.