Welcome to Breitbart News’s live updates of the 2016 horse race.
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All times eastern.
Democrats caucus today in Alaska, Washington, and Hawaii.
[Sunday] 8:51: Sanders win confirmed in Hawaii:
(AP) Bernie Sanders netted nearly three dozen delegates after his win in Hawaii, having swept three states. It’s a solid showing, but it didn’t significantly tighten Hillary Clinton’s overall big lead.
Sanders needs to win 67 percent of the remaining delegates and uncommitted superdelegates through June to be able to clinch the Democratic nomination. So far he’s only winning 37 percent.
With 25 Hawaii delegates at stake, Sanders picked up 17. Clinton gained eight. That means in Saturday’s contests, Sanders won a total of 55 delegates, having also won Washington state and Alaska. Clinton picked up 20.
More delegates are likely to be allocated to Sanders in several weeks, when the Washington state Democratic party releases vote shares by district. Still, Clinton maintains a wide advantage in delegates. Based on primaries and caucuses to date, she’s won 1,243 delegates to Sanders’ 975.
Clinton’s lead is even bigger when including superdelegates, or party officials who can back any candidate they wish. Including superdelegates, Clinton has 1,712 delegates to Sanders’ 1,004. It takes 2,383 to win.
8:20: Hawaii caucuses under way. Huge turnout:
Turnout is enormous at Kawananakoa Middle School. pic.twitter.com/JToFpS6OeX
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 26, 2016
Voters begin casting their ballots at Stevenson Intermediate School in Makiki. #HIcaucus pic.twitter.com/U51xz7oUbc
— Honolulu Civil Beat (@CivilBeat) March 26, 2016
After Washington and Alaska, Hawaii is up next. Take a look at what's at stake https://t.co/VpUGaZ8k4I #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/GWqZ3nxGBM
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) March 26, 2016
7:15: Sanders again blasts Gov. Walker. Says his victory of the unions will be a “short-lived” one.
7:10: Good point about this being Sanders’s first “true” victory speech. Sanders’s Madison supporters sounded like fans of the U.S. men’s national soccer team (even after their terrible loss to Guatemala) by chanting “We believe that we will win!”
Though he's won several states & held rallies on most election nights this might be @BernieSanders' first real election night victory speech
— Danny Freeman (@DannyEFreeman) March 26, 2016
7:07: Interesting prediction:
If Hillary Clinton gets elected President, my guess is that it will be end of Democratic Caucus contests (IA is a possible exception)
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) March 26, 2016
7:05: Newt on Sanders’s huge win:
Size of bernie sanders win in washington state is unimaginable.such a big margin in a big state may blow race wide open.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) March 26, 2016
7:02: Updated delegate count:
CNN delegate count: Clinton 1711 (Pledged: 1229, Superdelegates: 482)
Sanders 961 (Pledged: 934, Superdelegates 27)— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 26, 2016
6:58: Sanders now appealing to Native Americans. He says Native Americans were treated “absolutely disgracefully” before “we became a country.” He says “they were lied to” and “treaties that were negotiated in good faith were broken.” He says we owe the “Native American people more than we can repay them.”
6:50: Sanders says he will use executive power to give illegal immigrants a path to citizenship if Congress doesn’t act.
6:31: Sanders says his campaign is creating a lot of energy that will lead to huge voter turnout in November and implies that Clinton is not energizing progressives. Sanders gives his crowd a “news alert” and says “we just won the state of Washington.” Madison crowd goes wild. Sanders slams GOP candidates for attacking their wives and also slams Wisconsin Gov. Walker to gin up his left-wing base re: allegations of voter suppression.
6:29: Sanders projected to win Washington.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic presidential caucuses in Washington state.
— Lisa Lerer (@llerer) March 26, 2016
6:27: Sanders says “this is what momentum is.” He says he trailed Clinton by 60 points when the campaign started and now a national poll has him leading by a point.
6:18: Sanders takes the stage in Wisconsin. Terrible timing. People in Oregon are watching the basketball game and not hearing any of the speech. Sanders wants to thank the people of Alaska “for giving us a resounding victory tonight.” Sanders says he knew from day one that his campaign was going to have a tough time in the deep South but knew things were going to improve as the campaign headed West. Sanders says it is hard for anyone to deny that his campaign has all of the momentum.”
5:45: Washington Update (19% reporting):
Sanders 75.8%
Clinton 23.9%
5:35: Your democracy in action in Alaska:
"Unalaska, do you copy?"
Audio quality iffy when teleconferencing #AKcaucus across 500 mi of tundra, Bering Sea. pic.twitter.com/vnMor6ABOf— Hannah Colton (@hmcolton) March 26, 2016
5:19: Big crowd in Madison, Wisconsin (after the Badgers’s heartbreaking loss to Notre Dame last night) awaiting Sanders. It would be ideal for Sanders to speak before Oregon-Oklahoma tips off to get his message to progressives in Oregon before they cheer on Dillon Brooks (Coach K’s comments to him were ridiculous), et al.
5:18: Sanders projected to win Alaska:
CNN projects Bernie Sanders wins Alaska caucuses. #westernsaturday #cnnelection https://t.co/xPjmuooGPq pic.twitter.com/XpnP9MnZPD
— Robert Yoon (@robyoon) March 26, 2016
4:45: Sanders up big in Alaska (Sanders 78%, Clinton 22%):
From Alaska Public Media: “An Alaska Democratic Party press release says, with 6/40 districts reporting in, Bernie Sanders is in the lead with 78% of the vote and 62 of the state’s delegates. Hillary Clinton trails with 22% of the vote and 14 of the state’s delegates.”
4:10: Big turnout in Washington:
Turnout was so high at some #WAcaucus locations, crowds spilled into parks, parking lots. https://t.co/oJAAT0Trh1 pic.twitter.com/wKm65UFqeK
— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) March 26, 2016
3:57: Sanders winning precincts in Alaska by huge margins:
Huge discrepency, way more Sanders in District 18, one state senator estimated 8-1. #AKcaucus organized pandemonium. pic.twitter.com/2Sn27ZG2Jj
— Zachariah Hughes (@ZachHughesAK) March 26, 2016
Results from District 35 caucus in Alaska. 342 Bernie to 83 Clinton. #Election2016 #ALASKAcaucus pic.twitter.com/qpqkFArzwj
— Emily Kwong (@emilykwong1234) March 26, 2016
Caucus in Sitka 2x the size of Obama-Clinton 2008 @alaskapublic pic.twitter.com/2TXsKB1fhX
— Emily Kwong (@emilykwong1234) March 26, 2016
3:52: Washington Update (7% reporting): Sanders: 75.3%, Clinton 24.7%
3:35: Trump: ‘Illegals Out’:
Nobody will protect our Nation like Donald J. Trump. Our military will be greatly strengthened and our borders will be strong. Illegals out!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
3:30: More good news for Sanders in Washington. Last night, Sanders said if he wins Washington, he will win Oregon and California and there will be a “real path toward victory.”
At the two #WASHINGTONCaucus sites I've been to in Vancouver, @BernieSanders is winning most of the delegates in a landslide.
— Amelia Templeton (@ameliaOPB) March 26, 2016
3:20: Trump blasts Cruz for saying he was behind the National Enquirer story and claims the media are after him on women:
The media is so after me on women Wow, this is a tough business. Nobody has more respect for women than Donald Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
Lyin' Ted Cruz is now trying to convince prople that his problems with The National Enq.were caused by me. I had NOTHING to do with story!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
The media is so after me on women Wow, this is a tough business. Nobody has more respect for women than Donald Trump!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 26, 2016
2:45: Sanders supporters launch petition demanding super delegates support winner of WA caucuses:
Supporters of @BernieSanders launch petition demanding Washington superdelegates follow caucus results https://t.co/qw82mYu33n #WAcaucus
— Jim Brunner (@Jim_Brunner) March 26, 2016
2:35: Sanders has to have massive wins today:
.@johnkingcnn's Magic Wall word of the day: Margins. John King says Sanders need to win with 70 or 80 percent today. https://t.co/iOY98wq0LF
— Zach Wolf (@zbyronwolf) March 26, 2016
2:14: There seems to be lots of enthusiasm for Sanders in Alaska as well:
Family affair at the Alaska Democratic Caucus! Long line just to get in! pic.twitter.com/aSA4M8ztgw
— Enei Begaye (@eneib) March 26, 2016
Two minutes before the #AKcaucus start in #Anchorage, still a huge line stretching down past West High. pic.twitter.com/xORFBRgAIv
— Devin Kelly (@devckelly) March 26, 2016
#BernieSanders supporters in line in #Anchorage. #akcaucus pic.twitter.com/OYj5dqi3JF
— Devin Kelly (@devckelly) March 26, 2016
Packed house in #Anchorage for the start of the Democratic #akcaucus. pic.twitter.com/27mEj11qQB
— Devin Kelly (@devckelly) March 26, 2016
2:09: Trump = “America First”:
The "America First" idea that governs most of Trump's foreign policy prescriptions: pic.twitter.com/iS9DPh2mo1
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) March 26, 2016
Transcript of 100-minute interview with Trump on FP https://t.co/ZLRE38ExV9
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 26, 2016
2:05: Sanders seems to be doing well at some early caucus locations:
First round precinct 36-2121 is Sanders-74 Clinton-12 #greenwood #seattle #WAcaucus pic.twitter.com/yYSMx8Bl4h
— Mike McGinn (@mayormcginn) March 26, 2016
First tally in precinct 36-3318 in Seattle #WASHINGTONCaucus 38 Hillary and 112 Bernie #FeelTheBern
— mempko (@mempko) March 26, 2016
2:00: Big turnout in Washington. Some locations reportedly out of voter registration forms:
Friend reports a now familiar scene at a Seattle Dem caucus. Standing room only, and a whole lot of folks feeling the Bern.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 26, 2016
Long line forming for democratic caucus for Leg. District 37 at MLK Elem. School in #Seattle #WAcaucus pic.twitter.com/kjAAmAa6FO
— Erika Schultz (@ErikaJSchultz) March 26, 2016
Caucus day in Washington! pic.twitter.com/o6cK8b91mg
— branon (@branonlyle) March 26, 2016
Feel the rhythm,
Join the line,
Get on up,
It's caucusing time! pic.twitter.com/8VQSjdK6DF— Elliott Bay Book Co. (@ElliottBayBooks) March 26, 2016
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