Five states voted today in primaries as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both look to extend their respective delegate leads.
Trump has been projected the Republican winner in races in all five states of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Rhode Island, Maryland and Connecticut. Clinton is projected to win in Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Clinton's Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders has been projected to win the primary in Rhode Island.
According to the Associated Press, Trump has at least 927 delegates, and is approaching a near 400-delegate lead over Cruz.
On the Democratic side, Clinton has more than 90 percent of the delegates needed to win the party's nomination. Clinton has 2,137 combined delegates, compared to 1,306 for Sanders.
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Republicans technically had 172 delegates up for grabs Tuesday, but that is a bit of a misnomer. Pennsylvania' tonight's largest prize with 71 total delegates, only doles 17 delegates out to candidates based off tonight's results. The rest are considered "unbound" delegates.
All polls closed tonight at 8 Eastern. Refresh this page for the latest results.
Democratic races:
Pennsylvania
Clinton 56% Sanders 42%
60% reporting
Rhode Island
Clinton 43% Sanders 54%
100% reporting
Connecticut
Clinton 50% Sanders 47%
84% reporting
Maryland
Clinton 63% Sanders 33%
75% reporting
Delaware
Clinton 59% Sanders 39%
100% reporting
Republican races:
Pennsylvania
Trump 56% Cruz 21% Kasich 19%
60% reporting
Rhode Island
Trump 64% Cruz 10% Kasich 24%
100% reporting
Connecticut
Trump 58% Cruz 12% Kasich 27%
84% reporting
Maryland
Trump 55% Cruz 19% Kasich 22%
75% reporting
Delaware
Trump 60% Cruz 16% Kasich 20%
100% reporting
Results as of 10:41 p.m. Eastern
