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Winners of 2016 US presidential contests, by state

WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) — Here is a list of the US states and territories won by each of the five remaining Republican and Democratic presidential candidates in the 2016 White House nominating contests held since February 1: DEMOCRATIC PARTY Forty-three contests have been held to date, including in Pennsylvania and the four other primaries on Tuesday. A total of 2,383 delegates are needed to secure the party’s presidential nomination, including the so-called “super-delegates,” who have […]

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Sanders says New Hampshire win shows people want ‘real change’

CONCORD, United States (AFP) — Bernie Sanders on Tuesday gave a triumphant victory speech after defeating Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire’s Democratic presidential primary, saying the win showed that voters were seeking “real change.” “What the people here have said is that given the enormous crises facing our country, it is just too late for the same old, same old establishment politics and establishment economics,” Sanders told supporters at his headquarters in Concord. “The people […]

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Clinton “breathing a big sigh of relief” with slim lead in Iowa contest

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton celebrated as she held a slim lead over rival Bernie Sanders in Iowa’s Democratic presidential nominating contest on Monday (February 1). “Wow, what a night, an unbelievable night!” she exclaimed as she took the stage at a Des Moines rally, alongside her husband, former president Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea Clinton. “This has been an incredible honor to campaign across Iowa with so many of you to make the […]

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Sanders says Iowa voters have begun “political revolution” after tie with Clinton in caucus

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist U.S. senator from Vermont, fought frontrunner Hillary Clinton to a virtual tie in Monday’s (February 1) Iowa caucus, and telling supporters as the results came in that they have begun a “political revolution”. Sanders congratulated Clinton for a hard fought contest, after Clinton said earlier that she was breathing a “big sigh of relief” after the results. After winning just 0.6 percent of the vote, Maryland […]

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