Seven candidates still remain in contention to be the 45th president of the United Stats, but clear frontrunners are likely to emerge on March 1.
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Both Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders has leads in Oklahoma, but they also reportedly won the primaries in their home states of Texas and Vermont for their respective parties. Given the number of states conducting primaries and caucuses on a single day, “Super Tuesday” forces candidates to campaign nationwide.
Voting will take place in a mix between primaries and caucuses.
In Minnesota, Republican Marco Rubio scored his first win of the 2016 election season.
On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. A total of 865 delegates are up for grabs in the Democratic race on Super Tuesday.
To win the nomination, a Republican needs 1,237 delegates, and there were 1,996 still available.
Those results put Clinton at 984 delegates and Sanders at 347 at midnight.
Polls typically close at 7 p.m.
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According to the Associated Press, Republican front runner Donald Trump was the victor in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Vermont and Virginia. Democrats in Colorado are conducting caucuses as well.
