Super Tuesday: Bernie Sanders wins Oklahoma Democratic primary

Mar 02, 2016, 09:59

He joked, "After a lot of deliberation, I know that Bernie Sanders, here in Vermont, got at least one vote".

Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic presidential primary in Oklahoma.

The outcome will represent the closest thing yet to a national referendum on Trump, the brash NY billionaire who has thrown out the traditional rules of campaigning, as well as a look at whether a tag-team assault by rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz has tarnished his appeal.

For Marco Rubio, who is also seeking to emerge as the main alternative to Trump, the night was turning into a disappointment. While many Republican officeholders have rallied around him in recent days, his first victory remained elusive.

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Trump won in Virginia, Arkansas, Alabama, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Georgia on Super Tuesday. Black voters powered Clinton to victory in SC last weekend, with 8 in 10 voting for her, and were expected to give her a huge advantage throughout the South. "We are going to make America great again, folks".

Voting officials said they are investigating.

This article contains material from The Associated Press.

Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton has notched up seven victories, according to projections on the biggest night of the U.S. election campaign.

The situation has left some establishment Republicans openly questioning whether their fractured party is headed for disaster in November, should Trump win the nomination.

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Candidates are trying to win delegates who will vote for them at the parties' conventions in July. Democrats voted in 11 states and American Samoa, with 865 delegates at stake. It takes 2,383 delegates to win the nomination.

Arkansas, where she served as first lady for several years and the Clintons have strong ties, is a big win for Clinton, but Texas with its 222 delegates will prove to be a bigger get for her campaign as she aims to do well in the south. Clinton is projected to receive 120 of Texas' delegates and Sanders will get 42. Sanders has at least 232. Overall, Trump leads with 221 delegates.

Some of the candidates' supporters would likely go to Donald Trump. Instead, he's appeared to only grow stronger, winning states and drawing support for some of his most controversial proposals.

The eventual victor will succeed President Barack Obama, who can not run for re-election after two terms in office.

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