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Clinton, Trump win big in New York

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8 years ago

April 20, 2016

Democratic frontrunner, Hillary Clinton and mouthy Republican candidate Donald Trump both emerged winners of their parties primaries in New York.

Both candidates clinched the tickets for their respective parties with Clinton edging Bernie Sanders and Trump overwhelmingly won the ticket for his party in his home state.

On Tuesday, Trump easily won his nominating contest moving closer to capturing enough delegates to clinch nomination and avoid a contested convention in July.

Clinton blunted the momentum of rival Bernie Sanders, taking a big step toward wrapping up nomination while Trump’s victory gave him renewed momentum in the Republican race and pushed him closer to the 1,237 delegates he needs to win nomination

Victories for both candidates sets them up for strong performances next Tuesday, when they are expected to do well in five other Northeastern state primaries.

Flanked by his family, Trump told supporters at his opulent Trump Tower building, announcing his imminent travel to some of the five states holding primaries on April 26.

“We are really, really rocking, and we expect we are going to have an amazing number of weeks going forward”. He said.

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