Donald Trump won in all five Republican presidential primaries held yesterday in a clean sweep that illustrated his dominance this prompted the real estate mogul to declare himself the “presumptive nominee.”
In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won four of the five states in play on Tuesday: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) won the primary in Rhode Island.
Clinton appeared to have added 170 delegates to her lead over Sanders: By the Associated Press’s count, Clinton now has 88 percent of the delegates she needs to clinch the Democratic nomination.In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton won four of the five states in play on Tuesday: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt.) won the primary in Rhode Island.
In the GOP, Trump exceeded the already-high expectations for Tuesday. As of 10:55 p.m., the AP projected that Trump won at least 105 delegates, compared with just five for Ohio Gov. John Kasich and one for Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.).
In both parties, those results extended the front-runner’s advantage in convention delegates.
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