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There were four races on Tuesday, March 8. A Republican caucus in Hawaii, a Republican primary in Idaho, a primary in Michigan and a primary in Mississippi.

MICHIGAN: Donald Trump won the Republican primary in Michigan. Ohio Gov. John Kasich came in second amongst the Republicans, with Tex. Sen. Ted Cruz close on his heels. Trump took 21 delegates, Kasich 15 and Cruz took 12. The race was called for Sanders who bested Clinton by about two percentage points.

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MISSISSIPPI: Hillary Clinton is the winner for the Democrats and Donald Trump has won amongst the Republicans. Clinton trounced Sanders and took home 26 delegates, with Sanders taking only one. Trump was about eleven points ahead of Cruz who was almost 30 points ahead of Kasich, with Rubio trailing far behind.

HAWAII: Donald Trump came in first in Hawaii with 42.4 percent of the vote, which gave him 10 more delegates. Cruz came in second with 32.7 percent of the vote and six more delegates.

IDAHO: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz came in first with 45.4 percent of the vote and Donald Trump came in second with 28.1 percent of the vote. Cruz picked up 20 delegates with his win and Trump 12 for the votes he collected.

Following the March 8 contests, the delegates (including super delegates) count is: For the Democrats, Clinton 1,221, Sanders 571. For the Republicans, Trump 458, Cruz 359, Rubio 151, Kasich 54       

COMING UP NEXT

MARCH 12, 2016

D.C. Republican convention

Northern Mariana Islands Democratic Convention

Wyoming Republican Convention

March 15, 2016

Florida (winner take all)

Illinois

Missouri

North Carolina

Ohio (winner take all)


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Lori Lowenthal Marcus is a contributor to the JewishPress.com. A graduate of Harvard Law School, she previously practiced First Amendment law and taught in Philadelphia-area graduate and law schools. You can reach her by email: [email protected]