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| Democratic debate in Flint and Maine caucus results – live | Democratic debate in Flint and Maine caucus results – live |
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| Nancy Reagan, the former first lady who profoundly influenced Ronald Reagan during his eight years in the White House, died on Sunday – casting a shadow across the many candidates in the race who invoke her husband’s name. | |
| Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are almost certainly going to remark on Reagan’s death, and have already praised her activism (sometimes in opposition to other Republicans) in matters of gun control and stem cell research. | |
| And though the 94-year-old kept quiet in recent years about what she thought of the modern Republican party, friends and family had reported that it wasn’t very much. Mitt Romney, the party’s nominee in 2012, channeled her spirit in a speech earlier this week to denounce frontrunner Donald Trump and some of the rebellious factions in the conservative movement. “With the passing of Nancy Reagan, we say a final goodbye to the days of Ronald Reagan,” he said earlier today. | |
| Trump usually cites Reagan as part of his argument that a registered Democrat, like him, can transform into a beloved, “somewhat conservative” president. He tweeted on Sunday: “Nancy Reagan, the wife of a truly great president, was an amazing woman. She will be missed!” | |
| Related: US leaders pay tribute to Nancy Reagan's 'proud example' as first lady | |
| Reagan’s biographer Bob Colacello wrote an appreciation for the former first lady as well, which you can read here. | |
| 11.06pm GMT | 11.06pm GMT |
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| Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Democrats’ Maine caucus results and the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders since Super Tuesday and Super Saturday doled out hundreds of delegates for each candidate. | Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Democrats’ Maine caucus results and the first debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders since Super Tuesday and Super Saturday doled out hundreds of delegates for each candidate. |
| Eight of the 15 states that voted on those two days fell to Clinton, who won African Americans and older voters in landslide victories around the south. Seven states picked Sanders, but because delegates are distributed proportionally Clinton maintains a huge lead in the delegate count. Of 2,383 delegates needed to secure the nomination, Clinton has 1,121 and Sanders has 481. | |
| Today Puerto Rico delivered a second victory to Marco Rubio, who won by enough of a margin to sweep the territory’s 23 delegates. Rubio has won only one state – Minnesota – since the election season began in early February, and with only 128 delegates trails frontrunner Donald Trump (382) and senator Ted Cruz (300) in the race to win 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination. | Today Puerto Rico delivered a second victory to Marco Rubio, who won by enough of a margin to sweep the territory’s 23 delegates. Rubio has won only one state – Minnesota – since the election season began in early February, and with only 128 delegates trails frontrunner Donald Trump (382) and senator Ted Cruz (300) in the race to win 1,237 delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination. |
| Trump’s vitriolic rhetoric about torture, immigrants and his rivals – who have descended into the mud with him – will loom large over tonight’s Democratic debate, where Sanders and Clinton are likely to use broad strokes to contrast themselves with Republicans. | Trump’s vitriolic rhetoric about torture, immigrants and his rivals – who have descended into the mud with him – will loom large over tonight’s Democratic debate, where Sanders and Clinton are likely to use broad strokes to contrast themselves with Republicans. |
| But the Democratic race has quietly grown desperate for Sanders, who faces long odds in the states ahead. | But the Democratic race has quietly grown desperate for Sanders, who faces long odds in the states ahead. |
| He’ll likely try to draw sharper distinctions between himself and Clinton tonight: her history with big donors and Wall Street v his record-breaking small donations; her hawkish foreign policy in the Middle East v his reluctance to intervene; her “establishment” support (although he probably won’t mention her many endorsements from civil rights veterans) v his “political revolution” (although he may not talk about his struggle to turn out African Americans). | He’ll likely try to draw sharper distinctions between himself and Clinton tonight: her history with big donors and Wall Street v his record-breaking small donations; her hawkish foreign policy in the Middle East v his reluctance to intervene; her “establishment” support (although he probably won’t mention her many endorsements from civil rights veterans) v his “political revolution” (although he may not talk about his struggle to turn out African Americans). |
| Above all of this will be the problems of the city where the two debate: Flint, Michigan, a city left with lead-tainted water, poisoned children, and nearly two years of neglect from the governor – a saga of poverty, race issues and official mismanagement that, my colleagues have found, extends well beyond the snowy shores of the Flint River. | Above all of this will be the problems of the city where the two debate: Flint, Michigan, a city left with lead-tainted water, poisoned children, and nearly two years of neglect from the governor – a saga of poverty, race issues and official mismanagement that, my colleagues have found, extends well beyond the snowy shores of the Flint River. |
| The debate will be shown on CNN. Stay with us for live coverage from 8pm ET. | The debate will be shown on CNN. Stay with us for live coverage from 8pm ET. |
| Related: Water utilities serving American cities use tests that downplay contamination | Related: Water utilities serving American cities use tests that downplay contamination |
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| at 11.21pm GMT |