Bernie Sanders will win the West Virginia primary Tuesday, CNN projects, besting Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Sanders' victory serves as a reminder to Clinton that despite her looming showdown with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, she's got yet to formally conclude her own party's presidential nomination.
"With this outcome, we've got won primaries and caucuses in 19 states," Sanders said in the statement. "We are usually in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination and we will stay within the race till the last vote is cast."
The Vermont senator's triumph does little to improve the overall form of the race. Clinton still enjoys a lead of nearly 300 pledged delegates and appears on track to formally clinch the nomination inside the final round of big state primaries, including in California and New Jersey next week. Vice President Joe Biden, who's stopped in short supply of endorsing either candidate, acknowledged Tuesday that Clinton could eventually become the Democratic nominee.
"I feel certain that Hillary could be the nominee and I feel confident she'll function as the next president," Biden told ABC News.
Still, Republicans were quick to taunt Clinton for losing another race to Sanders. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted it's "nothing less than embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times by the 74-year old socialist from Vermont."
It is nothing less than embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times with a 74-year old socialist from Vermont
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 11, 2016
Trump cruised with an easy victory in West Virginia and Nebraska, CNN projects, bringing him nearly 100 delegates out from the the 1,237 threshold she must clear to officially close the GOP nominating race. The GOP primary effectively ended yesterday with Trump's victory in Indiana that knocked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of your race.
What to observe in Tuesday's primaries
Even however the GOP race is basically over, thumping vote totals on Tuesday may also reinforce the billionaire's appeals for that party to unite around him, despite significant antipathy towards him from many conservatives and establishment leaders.
With 32% from the West Virginia report in at 9:45 ET, Trump was on the top with 74.7% from the vote when compared with 10% for Cruz and 8% for Kasich. Trump also dominated Nebraska, leading with nearly 60% to Cruz's 19.7% and Kasich's 13.5% with 22% from the vote in.
Trump's victory in Nebraska is extremely sweet since one from the state's GOP senators, Ben Sasse, can be a vocal critic from the billionaire and has now encouraged the chance of a third-party bid to challenge him.
Trump eschewed his traditional victory speech and press conference but tweeted his due to voters.
Thank you West Virginia!#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/iCGcF21fWY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2016
Thank you Nebraska!#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/RRma61oisz
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2016
Democratic race
Still, most from the most attention was be within the Democratic side with the race Tuesday with Clinton still can not emphatically snuff out your Sanders challenge in order that she can turn her full fire on Trump.
Sanders' victory in one with the poorest states from the nation was anchored as part of his message which the economy is rigged against working Americans. Exit poll data revealed that 61% of Democratic primary voters were very focused on the state in the economy, and 55% of these group voted for Sanders. He also beat Clinton among women 52% to 38% as well as among independents, by nearly 40 percentage points.
It's an ironic turn of events for Clinton. Eight in the past, West Virginia helped her inside the same way it aided Sanders on Tuesday -- handing her a large victory within the primary over Barack Obama that boosted her morale whether or not it wasn't enough to improve the basic delegate math that got impossible to be with her to win the nomination.
Poll: Clinton, Trump run tight races in key swing states
This time around, Clinton faced difficulties of her very own making in West Virginia after saying in the March CNN town hall meeting in Ohio that they was likely to put a "lot of coal miners and coal companies away from business" along with her policies on java prices.
During a swing through West Virginia the other day, she apologized and asserted while she believes content were taken beyond context, she was responsible for a "misstatement."
Clinton spent Tuesday in Kentucky, which votes in a few days, ignoring the main in West Virginia, and instead warning Republicans that their efforts to bring her down will fail.
"The right wing never gives up attacking me. I think they're really gonna throw everything such as kitchen sink now. I have a message for the children: They have completed it for twenty five years and I am still standing," Clinton said with a rally in Louisville.
Sanders' victory serves as a reminder to Clinton that despite her looming showdown with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, she's got yet to formally conclude her own party's presidential nomination.
"With this outcome, we've got won primaries and caucuses in 19 states," Sanders said in the statement. "We are usually in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination and we will stay within the race till the last vote is cast."
The Vermont senator's triumph does little to improve the overall form of the race. Clinton still enjoys a lead of nearly 300 pledged delegates and appears on track to formally clinch the nomination inside the final round of big state primaries, including in California and New Jersey next week. Vice President Joe Biden, who's stopped in short supply of endorsing either candidate, acknowledged Tuesday that Clinton could eventually become the Democratic nominee.
"I feel certain that Hillary could be the nominee and I feel confident she'll function as the next president," Biden told ABC News.
Still, Republicans were quick to taunt Clinton for losing another race to Sanders. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted it's "nothing less than embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times by the 74-year old socialist from Vermont."
It is nothing less than embarrassing that Hillary Clinton has now been defeated twenty times with a 74-year old socialist from Vermont
— Reince Priebus (@Reince) May 11, 2016
Trump cruised with an easy victory in West Virginia and Nebraska, CNN projects, bringing him nearly 100 delegates out from the the 1,237 threshold she must clear to officially close the GOP nominating race. The GOP primary effectively ended yesterday with Trump's victory in Indiana that knocked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of your race.
What to observe in Tuesday's primaries
Even however the GOP race is basically over, thumping vote totals on Tuesday may also reinforce the billionaire's appeals for that party to unite around him, despite significant antipathy towards him from many conservatives and establishment leaders.
With 32% from the West Virginia report in at 9:45 ET, Trump was on the top with 74.7% from the vote when compared with 10% for Cruz and 8% for Kasich. Trump also dominated Nebraska, leading with nearly 60% to Cruz's 19.7% and Kasich's 13.5% with 22% from the vote in.
Trump's victory in Nebraska is extremely sweet since one from the state's GOP senators, Ben Sasse, can be a vocal critic from the billionaire and has now encouraged the chance of a third-party bid to challenge him.
Trump eschewed his traditional victory speech and press conference but tweeted his due to voters.
Thank you West Virginia!#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/iCGcF21fWY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2016
Thank you Nebraska!#MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump2016 pic.twitter.com/RRma61oisz
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2016
Democratic race
Still, most from the most attention was be within the Democratic side with the race Tuesday with Clinton still can not emphatically snuff out your Sanders challenge in order that she can turn her full fire on Trump.
Sanders' victory in one with the poorest states from the nation was anchored as part of his message which the economy is rigged against working Americans. Exit poll data revealed that 61% of Democratic primary voters were very focused on the state in the economy, and 55% of these group voted for Sanders. He also beat Clinton among women 52% to 38% as well as among independents, by nearly 40 percentage points.
It's an ironic turn of events for Clinton. Eight in the past, West Virginia helped her inside the same way it aided Sanders on Tuesday -- handing her a large victory within the primary over Barack Obama that boosted her morale whether or not it wasn't enough to improve the basic delegate math that got impossible to be with her to win the nomination.
Poll: Clinton, Trump run tight races in key swing states
This time around, Clinton faced difficulties of her very own making in West Virginia after saying in the March CNN town hall meeting in Ohio that they was likely to put a "lot of coal miners and coal companies away from business" along with her policies on java prices.
During a swing through West Virginia the other day, she apologized and asserted while she believes content were taken beyond context, she was responsible for a "misstatement."
Clinton spent Tuesday in Kentucky, which votes in a few days, ignoring the main in West Virginia, and instead warning Republicans that their efforts to bring her down will fail.
"The right wing never gives up attacking me. I think they're really gonna throw everything such as kitchen sink now. I have a message for the children: They have completed it for twenty five years and I am still standing," Clinton said with a rally in Louisville.
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