Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and business mogul Donald Trump took home sweeping victories in 11 primary and caucus states on “Super Tuesday.”

Early Tuesday night, Clinton was projected the winner in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and Arkansas. Later in the night she notched victories in Massachusetts and Texas.

During her victory speech in Miami, Clinton said she wants to “make America whole again,” making a direct jab at Trump’s signature slogan: “Make America great again.”

“America never stopped being great,” Clinton said. “We have to make America whole — fill in what’s been hollowed out.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders won his home state of Vermont by a landslide and later went on to win Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota.

“In Vermont, billionaires do not buy town meetings — and in America, we are going to end a corrupt campaign finance system,” Sanders said in his victory speech in Vermont.

Out of the Democratic states voting on Super Tuesday, Clinton won seven and Sanders won four.

Meanwhile, Trump was the projected winner in five of the eleven GOP Super Tuesday states before 9 p.m. EST. As of 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Trump was the projected winner in Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas and Vermont.

“Making America great again is going to be much better than making it whole again,” Trump said alongside New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who endorsed Trump last week. The statement was in response to Clinton’s dig at him earlier in the night.

Trump added that he is expanding and unifying the Republican Party.

As of 12 a.m. on Tuesday, Trump is on track to have a total of over 280 delegates, according to The New York Times. To become the nominee, a candidate would need to have 1,237 delegates.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) secured wins in Texas and Oklahoma and is projected to have 161 delegates as of 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to The New York Times.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) won one state, Minnesota, and is projected to have a total of 87 delegates, according to The New York Times.

In his victory speech, Cruz said his campaign is the only one that can beat Trump. He called on the rest of the party — namely Rubio and Ohio Gov. John Kasich — to coalesce around him.

“America shouldn’t have a president whose words would make you embarrassed if your children repeated it,” Cruz said, referring to Trump.

Kasich earned some delegates of his own, putting him at 25.

Carson, who has not won a single state and currently has eight delegates, said he isn’t going to be dropping out of the race.

Published on March 2, 2016 at 12:40 am

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