Donald Trump will sweep all five Republican primary contests held
Tuesday, NBC News projects, racking up significant wins in Delaware,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania.
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has also
notched wins in Delaware and Maryland, NBC News projects. The Democratic
races in Rhode Island and Pennsylvania remain too early to call, and
the race in Connecticut is too close to call.
The victories for Trump are sure to translate
into big delegate hauls that will move him closer to clinching his
party's nomination. Rivals Ted Cruz and John Kasich have hoped to rob
Trump of as many delegates as possible by notching strong performances
in favorable pockets of each state.
The fight for the 1,237 delegates needed to
clinch the Republican nomination will be heavily focused on
Pennsylvania, where 54 delegates will be elected directly on the ballot.
These "unbound" Republican delegates will not be bound to support any
candidate at the July GOP convention, and each GOP campaign will heavily
court them for commitments of support.
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Source: NBC News
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