Live blog: Clinton and Trump win big in Arizona, as other results are outstanding
Three more states hit the polls on Tuesday.
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In the Democratic contest, Mr Sanders and Mrs Clinton are fighting for 75 delegates in Arizona on Tuesday and hoping that Latino voters will propel them to victory. Twenty-two per cent of voters in Arizona are Latino and both candidates spent the past few weeks campaigning across the state. Senator Sanders has spent time campaigning at the US-Mexico border where he condemned Mr Trump and Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Clinton also condemned Sheriff Arpaio, who was criticised for his treatments of inmates, at a Phoenix-area high school this week: “We are a nation of immigrants and of exiles. When I see people like Sheriff (Joe) Arpaio and others who are treating fellow human beings with such disrespect, with such contempt, it just makes my heart sink,” Ms Clinton said, according to KPNX-TV.
In the Republican contest, Mr Trump leads Mr Cruz in Arizona polls, according to Real Clear Politics. Although most polls show Cruz as a shoe-in for the Utah primaries, Mr Trump still obtains a wide lead with the lion's share of delegates.
Results:
Republican:
Arizona (58 delegates): Donald Trump
Utah (40 delegates): No winner declared yet.
American Samoa (9 delegates): No winner declared yet.
Democrat:
Arizona (75 delegates): Hillary Clinton
Idaho (23 delegates): No winner declared yet.
Utah (33 delegates): No winner declared yet.
UPDATE: Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have been projected to win the Arizona presidential primary.
UPDATE: The first results from Utah have Ted Cruz winning the Republican caucus with 62 per cent of the vote, way above the 50 per cent threshold required to claim all 40 of the state's GOP delegates.
UPDATE: Bernie Sanders looks to have won a resounding victory over Hillary Clinton in Utah, with early results from Idaho suggesting he'll probably repeat the feat there. But with her 60 per cent triumph in Arizona - the biggest prize of the night - Ms Clinton nevertheless continues to build her delegate lead.
UPDATE: The Associated Press has called the Utah caucus for Sanders. Looks like he might have beaten Clinton by approximately three to one: CNN has him on 74.8 per cent to Clinton's 24.1 per cent with 11 per cent of the votes counted.
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