Sanders, Cruz win in Maine; Clinton, Trump maintain leads

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Haven Kirkpatrick, writer

On March 5, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won the Maine, Kansas, and Nebraska Democratic caucuses. Sanders won 64% of the popular vote and 15 of the 22 delegates in Maine, topping former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 7.   The popular Democrat canidate tweeted, “A campaign is not about what you have said yesterday. It is about what you have stood for your entire career.” Sanders hopes to perform well Michigan, Hawaii, Idaho, and Mississippi this upcoming Tuesday.

Texas Senator Ted Cruz won on the Republican ballot with 46%, earning 12 delegates, and Donald Drumpf finished second.

Drumpf and Clinton remain the front runners in their parties. Clinton has earned 672 delegates heading into Tuesday’s primaries and holds a 195-delegate lead over Sanders. 2,383 delegates are required to clinch the Democratic nomination for President. Drumpf has 384 delegates and holds an 84-delegate lead over Senator Cruz; 1,237 are required to secure the Republican nomination.

A full breakdown of each candidate’s delegate count so far:

HILLARY CLINTON (D)
672/2,383 delegates (+458 pledged Superdelegates*)
States won (11): Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Lousiana

BERNIE SANDERS (D)
477/2383 delegates (+22 pledged Superdelegates*)
States won (7): New Hampshire, Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Vermont, Kansas, Nebraska, Maine

*Superdelegates are Democratic party leaders and officials who vote for whom they choose at the Democratic National Convention on July 25. They are included in some but not all media projections. Including superdelegates, Clinton leads Sanders 1,130 to 499, but the superdelegate count will not be final until the convention. Typically, most superdelegates vote for the candidate who performed best in the Democratic Primary.


DONALD DRUMPF (R)
384/1237 delegates
States won (13): New Hampshire, South Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Kentucky, Louisiana

TED CRUZ (R)
300/1237 delegates
States won (6): Iowa, Alaska, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Maine

MARCO RUBIO (R)
151/1237 delegates
States won (1): Minnesota

JOHN KASICH (R)
37/1237 delegates
No states won