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Super Tuesday results 2016: how states voted in the Republican and Democratic primaries

Libby Nelson is Vox's policy editor, leading coverage of how government action and inaction shape American life. Libby has more than a decade of policy journalism experience, including at Inside Higher Ed and Politico. She joined Vox in 2014.

The results are in for all of the 12 states that voted on Super Tuesday.

Donald Trump won seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Virginia). Ted Cruz won three states (Alaska, Oklahoma, and Texas), and Marco Rubio won one state (Minnesota). On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton won seven states (Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) and Bernie Sanders won four states (Colorado, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Vermont).

It's not just who wins a state that matters — delegates are key to securing a nomination, and more delegates are at stake Tuesday than on any other day. Even candidates who fail to carry a state can pick up some delegates. And on the Democratic side, superdelegates can decide on their own whom they want to support.

Here's who has won so far, and when we might expect results, sorted by what time voting ends:

Georgia: Clinton wins, Trump wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 76 Republicans (20 percent threshold); 102 Democrats

Vermont: Sanders wins, Trump wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 16 Republicans (20 percent threshold); 16 Democrats

Virginia: Clinton wins, Trump wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 49 Republicans (no threshold); 95 Democrats

Alabama: Trump wins, Clinton wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 50 Republicans (20 percent threshold); 53 Democrats (all states have a 15 percent threshold)

Massachusetts: Trump wins, Clinton wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 42 Republicans (5 percent threshold); 91 Democrats

Oklahoma: Cruz wins, Sanders wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 43 Republicans (15 percent threshold); 38 Democrats

Tennessee: Trump wins, Clinton wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 58 Republicans (20 percent threshold); 67 Democrats

Texas: Clinton wins, Cruz wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 155 Republicans (20 percent threshold); 222 Democrats

Arkansas: Clinton wins, Trump wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 40 Republicans (15 percent threshold); 32 Democrats

Minnesota: Rubio wins, Sanders wins

Who voted: Republicans and Democrats

Delegates: 38 Republicans (10 percent threshold); 77 Democrats

Colorado: Sanders wins

Who voted: Democrats (Republicans are holding caucuses, but without a presidential preference vote)

Delegates: 66 Democratic delegates

Alaska: Cruz wins

Who voted: Republicans (Democrats caucus March 26)

Delegates: 28 Republican delegates (13 percent threshold)

Elsewhere

Hillary Clinton won American Samoa's Democratic caucuses, which control six delegates.

Democrats Abroad, which represents Democratic voters living overseas and sends 12 delegates pledged to candidates to the national convention, begins a week-long primary March 1, including some opportunities to vote in person. Voting ends March 8.


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