Trump, Clinton win big on Super Tuesday

After securing his place in the top three in the Republican caucuses, presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke briefly to a crowd at his watch party Feb. 2 in West Des Moines. Trump said, “I love you people, I love you people, thank you very much.”

Alex Hanson

They failed to sweep the entire map, but Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton walked away on Super Tuesday with the most wins on each side.

Trump and Clinton both won seven states, while Ted Cruz won three, including his home state of Texas. Marco Rubio picked up his first win in Minnesota and Bernie Sanders was able to edge out victory in four states.

All of states have been called and results are below:

Alabama GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 43 percent
  2. Ted Cruz – 21 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 19 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 10 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Alabama Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 78 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 19 percent

Alaska GOP:

  1. Ted Cruz – 36 percent
  2. Donald Trump – 34 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 15 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 11 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin endorsed Trump in Ames at Iowa State, but Cruz was still able to edge out a narrow victory.

Arkansas GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 33 percent
  2. Ted Cruz – 31 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 25 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 6 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Arkansas Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 66 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 30 percent

Colorado Democrats:

  1. Bernie Sanders – 59 percent
  2. Hillary Clinton – 40 percent

Georgia GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 39 percent
  2. Ted Cruz – 24 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 24 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 6 percent
  5. John Kasich – 6 percent

Georgia Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 71 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 28 percent

Massachusetts GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 49 percent
  2. Marco Rubio – 18 percent
  3. John Kasich – 18 percent
  4. Ted Cruz – 10 percent
  5. Ben Carson – 3 percent

Massachusetts Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 50 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 49 percent

Minnesota GOP:

  1. Marco Rubio – 37 percent
  2. Ted Cruz – 29 percent
  3. Donald Trump – 21 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 7 percent
  5. John Kasich – 6 percent

Minnesota marks Rubio’s first win of the nominating contests.

Minnesota Democrats:

  1. Bernie Sanders – 62 percent
  2. Hillary Clinton – 38 percent

Oklahoma GOP:

  1. Ted Cruz – 34 percent
  2. Donald Trump – 28 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 26 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 6 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Oklahoma Democrats:

  1. Bernie Sanders – 52 percent
  2. Hillary Clinton – 42 percent

Tennessee GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 39 percent
  2. Ted Cruz – 25 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 21 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 8 percent
  5. John Kasich – 5 percent

Tennessee Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 66 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 32 percent

Texas GOP:

  1. Ted Cruz – 44 percent
  2. Donald Trump – 27 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 18 percent
  4. Ben Carson – 4 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Texas Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 65 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 33 percent

Vermont GOP:

  1. Ted Cruz – 33 percent
  2. John Kasich – 30 percent
  3. Marco Rubio – 19 percent
  4. Ted Cruz – 10 percent
  5. John Kasich – 4 percent

Vermont Democrats:

  1. Bernie Sanders – 86 percent
  2. Hillary Clinton – 14 percent

Vermont is Sanders’ home state.

Virginia GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 35 percent
  2. Marco Rubio – 32 percent
  3. Ted Cruz – 17 percent
  4. John Kasich – 9 percent
  5. Ben Carson – 6 percent

Virginia Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 64 percent
  2. Bernie Sanders – 35 percent

Results source: The New York Times.

DELEGATES:

Candidates may declare victory, but the delegate count is important at this point. The eventual Republican nominee needs 1,237 to secure the nomination while the Democrat needs 2,383.

Here is the updated delegate count after Super Tuesday, including Super Delegates on the Democratic side.

GOP:

  1. Donald Trump – 316
  2. Ted Cruz – 226
  3. Marco Rubio – 106
  4. John Kasich – 25
  5. Ben Carson – 8

Democrats:

  1. Hillary Clinton – 1,034
  2. Bernie Sanders – 408

Delegate source: Associated Press.