Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd during a campaign event at Wofford University February 28 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sean Rayford/Getty Images

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s first place projected win in South Carolina brings him to second place in the national delegate estimate.

It’s still early in the night, but CNN currently estimates Biden will earn at least 14 of the state’s 54 pledged delegates at stake.

The current CNN national Democratic delegate estimate is:

Sanders: 45

45 Biden: 29

29 Buttigieg: 26

26 Warren: 8

8 Klobuchar: 7

More on this: Candidates who earn more than 15% of the vote statewide or in a congressional district in the Palmetto State will be eligible for national delegates tonight.

Biden is hoping this win will help his prospects on Super Tuesday, when the candidates will compete for the largest delegate opportunity of the cycle.

About one-third of all pledged delegates, 1,344, are at stake Tuesday night. Fourteen states and American Samoa will head to the polls this coming Tuesday.

It takes 1,991 pledged delegates to win the Democratic nomination on the first ballot of the Democratic National Committee Convention this July in Milwaukee.

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