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Primary elections 2016: Poll closing times and results for California, New Jersey, and 4 other states

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.

Hillary Clinton might have clinched the Democratic nomination last night, but six states are still going to the polls in the last big voting day for presidential primaries and caucuses. The big prize tonight is California, where Clinton is maintaining a narrow lead over challenger Bernie Sanders.

So far, Clinton has won New Jersey, South Dakota, and New Mexico. Sanders has won North Dakota and Montana.

The presidential primaries don't wrap up until next week, when the District of Columbia votes. And congressional primaries continue throughout the summer. But this is the last Tuesday of 2016 that could be deemed a Super Tuesday.

Here's what time the polls close and where the race stands in every state. Virtually all of the Republican delegates are likely to go to Donald Trump, who has already clinched the nomination.

California: Polls close 8 pm Pacific (11 pm Eastern)

Delegates at stake: 475 Democratic delegates, 172 Republican delegates

The polls predict: Clinton held a strong lead in California all year, but in the past week Sanders has been closing in. A Sanders victory is highly unlikely to change the course of the presidential race, which the Associated Press reported Monday night that Clinton had already clinched, but it would be an upset given Clinton's strength among nonwhite voters. The RealClearPolitics polling average currently has Clinton leading by 2 points.

Montana: Sanders wins

Delegates at stake: 21 Democratic delegates, 27 Republican delegates

New Jersey: Clinton wins

Delegates at stake: 126 Democratic delegates, 51 Republican delegates

New Mexico: Clinton wins

Delegates at stake: 34 Democratic delegates, 24 Republican delegates

North Dakota: Sanders wins

Only Democrats are caucusing in North Dakota today.

Delegates at stake: 12

South Dakota: Clinton wins

Delegates at stake: 20 Democratic delegates, 29 Republican delegates


Why aren't all the primaries on the same day?