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Donald Trump won both the Michigan and Mississippi Republican presidential primaries on Tuesday, the two biggest states voting on Tuesday, extending his control of the party’s nomination race despite unrelenting attacks on him in recent days as the other contenders fight for enough delegates to block his path.
He also won Hawaii.
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders upset Hillary Clinton in Michigan, a state where he’d hammered the former secretary of state on job losses from trade deals. Ms Clinton won a commanding victory in Mississippi with the overwhelming support of black voters.
Republican primary voting helped solidify Mr Trump’s status as the front-runner while the Democratic results exposed some of Ms Clinton’s political weaknesses as she continues her march to the nomination.
Mr Trump won the Michigan primary with 37 per cent of the vote in early returns. Ohio Governor John Kasich and Texas Senator Ted Cruz were fighting for second place with about 25 per cent each, with 85 per cent of the vote counted. It was a tough night for Marco Rubio, who was a distant fourth in early returns in both Michigan and Mississippi. Mr Cruz won the primary in Idaho, where Mr Trump came in second. Mr Rubio was third and Kasich fourth.