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US election 2016: Big wins for Trump and Clinton in Florida | |
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are set for decisive wins in the crucial presidential primary in the US state of Florida. | Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are set for decisive wins in the crucial presidential primary in the US state of Florida. |
Florida Senator Marco Rubio dropped out of the Republican race after Mr Trump took 45% of the votes with nearly 75% of the results reported in the state. | |
Meanwhile Mrs Clinton has 65% with her challenger Bernie Sanders on 33%. | Meanwhile Mrs Clinton has 65% with her challenger Bernie Sanders on 33%. |
She is also projected to win in North Carolina and Ohio. Republican hopeful John Kasich is expected to win Ohio. | |
Polls have also closed in Illinois and Missouri. | |
Mr Rubio took to the stage in Miami to congratulate Mr Trump on his win on Mr Rubio's home turf. | Mr Rubio took to the stage in Miami to congratulate Mr Trump on his win on Mr Rubio's home turf. |
Announcing he was suspending his campaign, he said the US was in the middle of a "political storm", and voters were angry and frustrated. | |
Florida and Ohio are particularly important in the race for the Republican nomination because the winning candidate gets all of the delegates on offer - 99 in Florida and 66 in Ohio. | |
Those delegates go to the national convention in July where the presidential nominee will be chosen. | |
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For the Democratic nomination, Florida offers the greatest number of delegates - to be distributed proportionally - with 246. Meanwhile Illinois offers 156 delegates and Ohio 143. | |
Opinion polls had given Mrs Clinton a comfortable lead over her rival, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, especially in Florida and North Carolina. But Mr Sanders appeared to be gaining ground in the three other states. | |
Mr Sanders pulled off a major political upset with his win in Michigan a week ago. |