John Kasich took his home state of Ohio, according to the Associated Press, keeping his campaign alive and becoming the Republican establishment’s last hope of stopping Donald Trump.
Despite being reviled by some party insiders, GOP frontrunner Trump won Florida and North Carolina tonight, adding to his lead.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Kasich had both stayed in the race in hopes of courting those establishment Republicans but Rubio quit Tuesday after losing his home state of Florida.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton had a good night, winning Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Missouri and her home-state of Illinois, thus extending her lead over Bernie Sanders. Ohio offers 142 delegates for Democrats and 66 for the GOP.
Primary races in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio had political junkies on their toes during what some were dubbing “Super Tuesday 3,” and what CNN’s Brian Stelter called “Survival Tuesday.”
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic primary in Illinois. @AP race call at 12:27 a.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
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BREAKING: Donald Trump wins the Republican primary in Illinois. @AP race call at 9:54 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 16, 2016
BREAKING: Donald Trump wins the Republican primary in North Carolina. @AP race call at 9:52 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic primary in Ohio. @AP race call at 8:38 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
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BREAKING: Marco Rubio ends his Republican campaign for president.
— AP Politics (@AP_Politics) March 16, 2016
BREAKING: Hillary Clinton wins the Democratic primary in North Carolina. @AP race call at 8:23 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
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BREAKING: Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump win their primaries in Florida. @AP race call at 8 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 16, 2016
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The Latest on Election 2016: Florida win helps Trump, Clinton stretch delegate leads. https://t.co/Ca7YTxdzcQ pic.twitter.com/OZfwjlRdtE
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