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| Super Tuesday Democratic primaries: Clinton projected to win in 6 states, Sanders in 2 | Super Tuesday Democratic primaries: Clinton projected to win in 6 states, Sanders in 2 |
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| MIAMI — Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton racked up a string of wins across the south on Super Tuesday, as she widened her lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination over rival Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. | |
| Clinton has won in at least six states--Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Texas, where the largest number of delegates were at stake. | |
| Sanders won his home state of Vermont, as well as Oklahoma. Early returns showed a close race between the two Democrats in Massachusetts, with Clinton narrowly in the lead. | |
| In early results from two states holding caucuses, Clinton was ahead in Minnesota and Sanders in Colorado. | |
| More Democratic delegates were up for grabs on Tuesday than on any other day of the nominating contest. | |
| The major contests came on the heels of Clinton’s trouncing of Sanders by nearly 50 percentage points in South Carolina on Saturday. That win revealed an overwhelming advantage for Clinton among African American voters that she built on to sweep six contests Tuesday in southern states with large minority populations. | |
| [Live updates and results from across the U.S.] | [Live updates and results from across the U.S.] |
| At a hall in Miami, where voters will go to the polls in two weeks, Clinton exulted: “What a Super Tuesday!” | At a hall in Miami, where voters will go to the polls in two weeks, Clinton exulted: “What a Super Tuesday!” |
| “Now the campaign moves forward to the Crescent City the Motor City and beyond,” Clinton said. “We’re going to work for every vote and we will need all of you to keep volunteering contributing, doing everything you can.” | “Now the campaign moves forward to the Crescent City the Motor City and beyond,” Clinton said. “We’re going to work for every vote and we will need all of you to keep volunteering contributing, doing everything you can.” |
| With a quick reference to Sanders, Clinton quickly geared her remarks to the big winner on the GOP side Tuesday: Donald Trump. | With a quick reference to Sanders, Clinton quickly geared her remarks to the big winner on the GOP side Tuesday: Donald Trump. |
| “America never stopped being great. We have to make America whole,” she said, referring to Trump’s slogan, ‘Make America Great Again.’ “It’s clear tonight that the stakes of this election have never been higher. And the rhetoric we’re hearing on the other side has never been lower.” | “America never stopped being great. We have to make America whole,” she said, referring to Trump’s slogan, ‘Make America Great Again.’ “It’s clear tonight that the stakes of this election have never been higher. And the rhetoric we’re hearing on the other side has never been lower.” |
| Sanders addressed supporters early in the evening in his home state of Vermont, telling them that by the end of the night, he will have won hundreds of delegates. | Sanders addressed supporters early in the evening in his home state of Vermont, telling them that by the end of the night, he will have won hundreds of delegates. |
| “We have come a very long way in 10 months,” he said. “At the end of tonight, 15 states will have voted. Thirty-five states remain. Let me assure you that we are going to take our fight for economic justice, for social justice, for environmental sanity, for a world of peace, to every one of those states.” | “We have come a very long way in 10 months,” he said. “At the end of tonight, 15 states will have voted. Thirty-five states remain. Let me assure you that we are going to take our fight for economic justice, for social justice, for environmental sanity, for a world of peace, to every one of those states.” |
| Sanders took the stage to waves of loud screens shortly with his wife, children and grandchildren and the crowd began chanting, “Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern!” | Sanders took the stage to waves of loud screens shortly with his wife, children and grandchildren and the crowd began chanting, “Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern! Feel the Bern!” |
| He mentioned Clinton only in passing, citing her as among those who have said his agenda is too ambitious before touting some of his grandest plans, including making tuition free at public colleges and universities and creating a single-payer health-care system. | He mentioned Clinton only in passing, citing her as among those who have said his agenda is too ambitious before touting some of his grandest plans, including making tuition free at public colleges and universities and creating a single-payer health-care system. |
| Exit poll data in one key state, Virginia, showed a dominating win for Clinton. Virginia is a swing state important to Democrats’ hopes of retaining the White House, where Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe serves as governor. | Exit poll data in one key state, Virginia, showed a dominating win for Clinton. Virginia is a swing state important to Democrats’ hopes of retaining the White House, where Clinton ally Terry McAuliffe serves as governor. |
| The polling data showed she won in every region of the state, as well as among both men and women, whites and blacks and in every age group older than 30. As he has in previous contests, however, Sanders bested Clinton among young voters. | The polling data showed she won in every region of the state, as well as among both men and women, whites and blacks and in every age group older than 30. As he has in previous contests, however, Sanders bested Clinton among young voters. |
| [Even as Clinton wins, many Va. voters stay focused on Trump] | [Even as Clinton wins, many Va. voters stay focused on Trump] |
| Clinton’s recent wins in South Carolina and also the Nevada caucuses have allowed her to stabilize her campaign after her dramatic loss to Sanders in the New Hampshire primary. | Clinton’s recent wins in South Carolina and also the Nevada caucuses have allowed her to stabilize her campaign after her dramatic loss to Sanders in the New Hampshire primary. |
| Sanders has mounted an unexpectedly tough challenge to Clinton and he continues to draw large crowds and rake in campaign contributions with an economic message that has promised to lift the middle class and close the gap between rich and poor. | Sanders has mounted an unexpectedly tough challenge to Clinton and he continues to draw large crowds and rake in campaign contributions with an economic message that has promised to lift the middle class and close the gap between rich and poor. |
| Still, after her recent victories, Clinton this week has begun to pivot to her likely general-election opponent, Donald Trump. | Still, after her recent victories, Clinton this week has begun to pivot to her likely general-election opponent, Donald Trump. |
| Taking questions from traveling reporters for the first time in months, Clinton said while campaigning in Minneapolis that Trump appears to be “on the path” to the GOP nomination. | Taking questions from traveling reporters for the first time in months, Clinton said while campaigning in Minneapolis that Trump appears to be “on the path” to the GOP nomination. |
| “I’m just speaking out against bigotry and bullying wherever I hear it,” said Clinton, who was campaigning with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D). “And I hear a lot of it from the Republican candidates.” | “I’m just speaking out against bigotry and bullying wherever I hear it,” said Clinton, who was campaigning with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton (D). “And I hear a lot of it from the Republican candidates.” |
| Clinton is spending her election eve in Florida, hosting a campaign victory party in a state that will be politically important later in the month. Florida will award 214 delegates on March 15. | Clinton is spending her election eve in Florida, hosting a campaign victory party in a state that will be politically important later in the month. Florida will award 214 delegates on March 15. |
| Sanders, meanwhile, cast his vote early Tuesday at a polling station in Burlington, Vt., the city where he served as mayor in the 1980s. | Sanders, meanwhile, cast his vote early Tuesday at a polling station in Burlington, Vt., the city where he served as mayor in the 1980s. |
| “I will tell you: After a lot of thought, I voted for me for president,” a smiling Sanders told one man after taking a selfie with him. | “I will tell you: After a lot of thought, I voted for me for president,” a smiling Sanders told one man after taking a selfie with him. |
| Sanders vowed that he would soldier on, regardless of how many delegates he wins Tuesday. | Sanders vowed that he would soldier on, regardless of how many delegates he wins Tuesday. |
| “This is a campaign that’s going to the Philadelphia convention in July,” he said. | “This is a campaign that’s going to the Philadelphia convention in July,” he said. |
| Sanders is not taking any time to reflect upon the results. His team has mapped out a busy schedule, with events planned over the next four days alone in Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. | Sanders is not taking any time to reflect upon the results. His team has mapped out a busy schedule, with events planned over the next four days alone in Maine, Michigan, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois and Ohio. |
| Sanders and his advisers insist that the calendar now becomes more favorable to his campaign, with most of the southern states behind them and several more delegate-rich targets on the horizon, including Michigan and other states likely to be more open to Sanders’s economic message. | Sanders and his advisers insist that the calendar now becomes more favorable to his campaign, with most of the southern states behind them and several more delegate-rich targets on the horizon, including Michigan and other states likely to be more open to Sanders’s economic message. |
| Among the states Sanders has told reporters he thinks he has a shot of winning is California, which holds its primary in June. | Among the states Sanders has told reporters he thinks he has a shot of winning is California, which holds its primary in June. |
| Sanders is likely to have the money to stay in the race, regardless of his performance on Tuesday. | Sanders is likely to have the money to stay in the race, regardless of his performance on Tuesday. |
| On Monday, the campaign announced it had raised an eye-popping $42 million in February alone, twice Sanders’s haul in January. As further evidence of the enthusiasm of his donors, the campaign said it had raised more than $6 million on the final day of February, nearly matching the amount in during the 24 hours following his stunning victory over Clinton in the New Hampshire primary. | On Monday, the campaign announced it had raised an eye-popping $42 million in February alone, twice Sanders’s haul in January. As further evidence of the enthusiasm of his donors, the campaign said it had raised more than $6 million on the final day of February, nearly matching the amount in during the 24 hours following his stunning victory over Clinton in the New Hampshire primary. |
| Wagner reported from Essex Junction, Vt. and Helderman from Washington. Scott Clement and Juliette Eilperin in Washington; Katie Zezima in Houston; Patricia Sullivan in Arlington, Va.; Laura Vozzella in Richmond, Va. Abby Phillip in Minneapolis, Minn.; Anne Gearan and Paul Kane in Washington; Robert Costa in Atlanta; Jose A. DelReal in Nashville; Fenit Nirappil in Norfolk, Va.; Ed O’Keefe in Alcoa, Tenn.; and David Weigel in Castleton, Vt., contributed to this report. | Wagner reported from Essex Junction, Vt. and Helderman from Washington. Scott Clement and Juliette Eilperin in Washington; Katie Zezima in Houston; Patricia Sullivan in Arlington, Va.; Laura Vozzella in Richmond, Va. Abby Phillip in Minneapolis, Minn.; Anne Gearan and Paul Kane in Washington; Robert Costa in Atlanta; Jose A. DelReal in Nashville; Fenit Nirappil in Norfolk, Va.; Ed O’Keefe in Alcoa, Tenn.; and David Weigel in Castleton, Vt., contributed to this report. |