Presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were on Tuesday declared the official winners of the Missouri primaries - nearly a month after they were held.
A combination photo of Republican US presidential candidate Donald
Trump and Democratic US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Photo
Reuters)
NEW YORK: Presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton were on Tuesday (Apr 12) declared the official winners of the
Missouri primaries - nearly a month after they were held.
The Mar 15 votes in both parties were extremely close: Clinton and
rival Bernie Sanders were neck-and-neck, as were Trump and Senator Ted
Cruz.
Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander finally certified
the result, tweeting: "@HillaryClinton and @realDonaldTrump have
officially won Missouri."
Clinton earned 49.6 per cent of the vote, to 49.36 per cent for
Sanders - a margin of 1,574 votes, according to the results posted on
the secretary of state's website. Each takes 34 delegates.
On the Republican side, Trump earned 40.84 per cent of the
vote, to 40.63 per cent for Cruz - a difference of 1,965 votes. The real
estate mogul thereby takes 25 delegates to 15 for the Texas senator.
Clinton and Trump are leading in the race to secure their respective party nominations ahead of election day in November.
The next primaries are set to take place on Apr 19 in New York. Clinton and Trump are both leading in opinion polls.
- AFP/de
Trump, Clinton declared Missouri primary winners, a month on
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