In US, Super Tuesday, the one day megaprize in the race for the US presidential nomination, is over. The front-runners, Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, cemented their leads in the races.
But, they are far from securing their parties’ nominations. With several major primaries and caucuses looming, the challengers on both sides say they are ready to fight to the end.
Today, the southern state of Mississippi and northern state of Michigan will hold primaries for both parties. Republicans also will caucus in Hawaii and hold a primary in Idaho. But the big prize is Michigan, with its 147 delegates for the Democrats and 59 for the Republicans.
A total of 2,383 delegates is needed to secure the Democratic nomination. Clinton has collected nearly half that total, leading Sanders by a 1,121-to-481 margin. In the Republican contest, the winner needs 1,237 delegates. So far, Trump has 382, Cruz 300, Florida Senator Marco Rubio 128 and Kasich 35