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| Primary live: Trump and Clinton win big as Kasich takes Ohio and Rubio quits | |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 2.49am GMT | |
| 02:49 | |
| Cruz paints picture of two-candidate race | |
| “Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. Ours, and Donald Trump’s,” Cruz says. | |
| “Only one campaign has beaten Donald Trump over, and over, and over again.” | |
| Cruz says the choice is “straightforward” – between a candidate who “shares your values” or “opposes your values.” | |
| 2.47am GMT | |
| 02:47 | |
| Cruz: 'America now has a clear choice' | |
| Here’s the last candidate to speak tonight, Ted Cruz (we have a report on Bernie Sanders’ speech in the works). | |
| Cruz is in Texas. He starts in immediately on Clinton, after thanking Carly Fiorina who warmed up the crowd for him. | |
| “Hillary tosses and turns in her jail cell thinking about [Fiorina].” Huh. | |
| “After tonight, America now has a clear choice, going forward.” | |
| “Let me now say a word about Marco Rubio. Marco is a prince.” | |
| Cruz says he welcomes Rubio supporters. | |
| Cruz says "tonight was a good night" | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.48am GMT | |
| 2.38am GMT | |
| 02:38 | |
| Contests still open | |
| Still out are Missouri, both sides, and the Illinois Democrats. All three contests are close. | |
| HUGE stakes in MO: Trump currently ahead of Cruz by just 3,366 votes (0.6%). Statewide winner wins 12 delegates. Stay tuned. | |
| The tally otherwise sees Clinton and Trump with three wins apiece, and John Kasich with a win in Ohio. | |
| But where did Kasich finish otherwise? He’s third in Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri – and fourth in Florida. | |
| Marco Rubio, who suspended his campaign this evening, finished second in Florida and last everywhere else. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.39am GMT | |
| 2.35am GMT | |
| 02:35 | |
| Mona Chalabi | |
| As ever, trawling through the raw data of actual votes is revealing. Sure, Trump has won Florida with 46% of votes there but did you know that Jeb Bush got 2% of votes and Ben Carson got 1%? | |
| In many states, ballot papers are printed far in advance and so voters are still presented with the names of some candidates who have dropped out of the race. That means that 79,924 Republican votes were essentially wasted in Florida – as well as 38,593 Democratic ballot papers that checked the name Martin O’Malley. | |
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| at 2.38am GMT | |
| 2.31am GMT | |
| 02:31 | |
| Missouri delivers suspense on the Democratic side, too. 84 delegates awarded on a proportional basis are at stake. | |
| 2.28am GMT | |
| 02:28 | |
| What’s at stake for Republicans in Missouri? It awards 52 total delegates, with 12 to the winner statewide and the rest per congressional district. If a candidate clears 50% that candidate takes all – but with a truly neck-and-neck race between Cruz and Trump, no such majority will likely materialize. | |
| Missouri on the GOP side is going to be very tight. Cruz is barely winning the KC metro, has closed in St. Louis County, & winning Columbia. | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.29am GMT | |
| 2.22am GMT | |
| 02:22 | |
| Mona Chalabi | |
| Trump claims he has been a victim of bad press. The Republican candidate seems to have conveniently overlooked the fact that political elections are perhaps the only time when the expression “all publicity is good publicity” actually holds true. | |
| Polls have a feedback loop. When a candidate is ahead in the polls, they are more likely to stay ahead in the polls. And simple name recognition can help them to get that early lead. As a household name, Trump already had that recognizability which undoubtedly worked in his favor early on but the media emphasized that by relentlessly covering every word and every move of the billionaire. | |
| As the New York Times showed earlier on today, Trump was essentially given free publicity. He spent far less on presidential ads than other candidates ($10m compared to Jeb Bush’s $82m) but earned $1,898m in media exposure from free coverage of his campaign. No other candidate comes close to that. | |
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| at 2.33am GMT | |
| 2.21am GMT | |
| 02:21 | |
| In his rambling victory speech, Trump mentioned the Australian pro golfer Adam Scott winning a tournament at his Florida golf course. | |
| And the Parks and Recreation actor by the same name is forced to Twitter to beg for mentions mercy: | |
| I'd like Trump to stop talking about me right now please. | |
| (h/t @claire_phipps) | |
| Updated | |
| at 2.22am GMT | |
| 2.18am GMT | |
| 02:18 | |
| There’s one Republican race left to call – Missouri. Here’s how it looks with 32.2% reporting: | |
| 2.17am GMT | |
| 02:17 | |
| Let’s take a step back: | |
| The race has come down to Republican elites desperately hoping Ted Cruz can survive a brutal contested convention, just as we long expected | |
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| 02:15 | 02:15 |
| Lauren Gambino | |
| Hours before Hillary Clinton took the stage in West Palm Beach – even before polls in the state closed - her election night party pulsed to the Latin rhythms blaring over the loudspeakers. The cheered and chanted “Hillary” and “I’m with Her”, growing louder as the night unfolded. | |
| Then came Clinton’s first big win of the night: Florida. The crowd erupted into deafening applause. Wins in North Carolina and Ohio, where the race between her and opponent Bernie Sanders was expected to be close, followed. | |
| Then the crowd erupted in wild cheers and chants as Clinton emerged on stage. She smiled brightly, turned and waved to the crowd that encircled the podium. | |
| “This is another Super Tuesday for the campaign,” Clinton says. “Thank for Florida, thank you North Carolina, than you Ohio.” | |
| The crowd went wild again. By the end of the night, Clinton said, her campaign expected to expand its lead over Sanders to more than 300 pledged delegates – nearly enough to block his path to the nomination. | |
| With Tuesday night’s wins, her campaign can confidently say it swept the south while rebutting the argument that she is a regional candidate whose wins are concentrated in states that Democrats don’t win in a general election. At this stage, she’s won the battleground states of Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia and Nevada. | |
| The backdrop of the event – from the Latin music to the Spanish signage – worked as a reminder of the diverse coalition that has so far powered her biggest wins yet. Latinos and especially black voters have been at the heart of her string of major victories. While Sanders has made marginal gains among Latino and black communities, he has been unable to draw these voters away from Clinton in large enough numbers to make a difference. | |
| During Clinton’s victory speech, she trained her fire on Donald Trump, who after big wins on Tuesday is increasingly likely to be the Republican nominee. | |
| “This may be one of the most consequential campaigns of our lifetimes,” she said. “The next president will walk into the Oval Office next January…” | |
| “YES SHE WILL,” someone in the crowd shouted. | |
| Clinton continued: “... sit down at that desk and start making decisions that will affect the livelihoods of everyone in this country, indeed everyone on this planet.” | |
| In the past week, Clinton has attempted to distinguish herself from Trump on an international stage, noting in the CNN debate earlier this week that she had world leaders reaching out to her about the tone and tenor of the election. | |
| “Our commander in chief has to be able to defend our country, not embarrass,” Clinton declared in her remarks on Tuesday night. Clinton railed against Trump’s most controversial proposals, including his calls for mass deportations of all undocumented immigrants and barring Muslims from entering the US, as well as his embrace of torture. | |
| “That doesn’t make him strong, that makes him wrong,” she declared. | |
| Though results were still pending in two states by the time her speech ended, Tuesday night clarified and all but cleared Clinton’s path to the nomination, pushing her campaign into a new and unpredictable stage of the race. | |
| 2.15am GMT | |
| 02:15 | |
| Trump wraps. No questions tonight. | Trump wraps. No questions tonight. |
| Trump just called a press conference and didn't take any questions. | |
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| at 2.16am GMT | |
| 2.13am GMT | 2.13am GMT |
| 02:13 | 02:13 |
| Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith is in the Trump room, which looks like this: | Guardian Washington correspondent David Smith is in the Trump room, which looks like this: |
| Trump addressing packed ballroom. pic.twitter.com/FHsioWdH4L | Trump addressing packed ballroom. pic.twitter.com/FHsioWdH4L |
| 2.12am GMT | 2.12am GMT |
| 02:12 | 02:12 |
| Trump has a shout-out for his campaign manager, the target of a criminal battery complaint in North Carolina: | Trump has a shout-out for his campaign manager, the target of a criminal battery complaint in North Carolina: |
| Trump tells Corey Lewandowski "good job Corey." | Trump tells Corey Lewandowski "good job Corey." |
| Lewandowski on stage after manhandling a reporter, lying about it, & smearing her. Score another for lowered standards. #goodjobCorey | Lewandowski on stage after manhandling a reporter, lying about it, & smearing her. Score another for lowered standards. #goodjobCorey |
| 2.10am GMT | 2.10am GMT |
| 02:10 | 02:10 |
| Trump congratulates Rubio | Trump congratulates Rubio |
| Trump “I want to congratulate Marco Rubio on running a really tough campaign... he’s got a great future.” | Trump “I want to congratulate Marco Rubio on running a really tough campaign... he’s got a great future.” |
| He says he has received more negative advertising than anyone in the history of politics. | He says he has received more negative advertising than anyone in the history of politics. |
| “Mostly false. I wouldn’t say 100% but 90%.” | “Mostly false. I wouldn’t say 100% but 90%.” |
| “You explain it to me, because I can’t. My numbers went up. I don’t understand it. Nobody understands it.” | “You explain it to me, because I can’t. My numbers went up. I don’t understand it. Nobody understands it.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.11am GMT | at 2.11am GMT |
| 2.07am GMT | 2.07am GMT |
| 02:07 | 02:07 |
| Trump is rambling about how nobody expected him to run. “There is great anger, believe me, there is great anger.” | Trump is rambling about how nobody expected him to run. “There is great anger, believe me, there is great anger.” |
| We believe him. | We believe him. |
| Where are the steaks? Instead of steaks and wine this time we get Corey and Eric. | Where are the steaks? Instead of steaks and wine this time we get Corey and Eric. |
| “They’re not angry people, but they want to see the country properly run. They want to see borders. They want to see good health care. They want our military rebuilt. And they want the second amendment by the way protected and protected strongly.” | “They’re not angry people, but they want to see the country properly run. They want to see borders. They want to see good health care. They want our military rebuilt. And they want the second amendment by the way protected and protected strongly.” |
| “Our veterans are treated so badly.” | “Our veterans are treated so badly.” |
| “Something happened called Paris... Paris was a disaster. .. and it just goes on and on and on.” | “Something happened called Paris... Paris was a disaster. .. and it just goes on and on and on.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 2.09am GMT | at 2.09am GMT |
| 2.04am GMT | 2.04am GMT |
| 02:04 | 02:04 |
| Trump says if he’s elected president, Apple won’t make anything in China. | Trump says if he’s elected president, Apple won’t make anything in China. |
| “I want to pay my respects by the way to Todd Palin... He was in a very bad accident. He’s tough as nails, he’ll be fine. I just want to pay my respects to Todd. | “I want to pay my respects by the way to Todd Palin... He was in a very bad accident. He’s tough as nails, he’ll be fine. I just want to pay my respects to Todd. |
| “Yeah, sit down, everybody, please!” | “Yeah, sit down, everybody, please!” |
| 2.00am GMT | 2.00am GMT |
| 02:00 | 02:00 |
| Trump thanks his 9-year-old son for never seeing him: | Trump thanks his 9-year-old son for never seeing him: |
| “I want to thank Barron for the fact that I never see him anymore. And it’s his birthday on Sunday.” | “I want to thank Barron for the fact that I never see him anymore. And it’s his birthday on Sunday.” |
| 1.59am GMT | 1.59am GMT |
| 01:59 | 01:59 |
| Trump is flanked onstage by campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and son Eric. The Trumps are in pink ties. Lewandowski’s yellow. Very Florida. | Trump is flanked onstage by campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and son Eric. The Trumps are in pink ties. Lewandowski’s yellow. Very Florida. |
| Trump thanks his family after some poll talk. | Trump thanks his family after some poll talk. |