Washington: Hillary Clinton swept seven states within minutes of polls closing on Super Tuesday - a commanding performance that will settle nerves in her campaign.
'What a Super Tuesday!' the Democratic frontrunner yelled tonight to supporters gathered in Florida, which holds its contest on March 15.
Georgia and Virginia were immediately called for Clinton while Vermont went to Bernie Sanders, its favorite son and senator.
An hour later, Alabama and Tennessee were also awarded to Clinton, while Oklahoma and Massachusetts were neck-and-neck between the two Democrats.
In a blow to Sanders, Massachusetts, which he visited just yesterday, was eventually called for Clinton, who sent husband Bill there today after making a stop in the eastern state herself yesterday, as well.
The hits for Sanders just kept coming.
The senator and his supporters did not let Clinton's landslide victories bring them down, however.
His campaign likewise invited reporters to a Wednesday morning breakfast at its national headquarters for a briefing on the 'path forward.'
When Arkansas' polls closed at 8:30 p.m it quickly went in the column of the former first lady of the southern state, too.
At 9 p.m. Texas easily went to Clinton.
Oklahoma was eventually called for Sanders, his second state of the night.
Sanders and his supporters did not let Clinton's landslide victories bring them down, however.
As the U.S. senator rallied his backers near his home town in Burlington following the first poll closures, he celebrated his victory in Vermont and the national movement they'd created together.
'What I have said is that this campaign is not just about electing a president, it is about making a political revolution!' he said to deafening applause.
Already looking ahead to the general election, she again mocked Donald Trump's slogan 'Make America Great Again,' by saying country already is 'great' and needs to be made 'whole,' a line Trump later made fun of in his own victory speech.
'I believe what we need in America today is more love and kindness,' she said later, condemning the Republicans' campaign rhetoric. 'Instead of building walls, we're going to break down barriers,' she said, repeating her words from her Saturday night victory in South Carolina in another clear jab at Trump.
'It is good to be home,' Sanders told the Vermonters in the room when he gave his own speech.
The U.S. senator said, 'We want to win in every part of the country, it goes without saying.
'But it does say something and mean so much to me that the people who know me best and the people who knew me before I was elected, who knew me as mayor, who knew me as congressman and know me as senator have voted so strongly to put us in the White House,' he said.
Sanders stuck to his stump speech, railing against the billionaire class and some of the 'unpleasant truths' that exist in the country.
His only utterance of his rival's name came as he pledged to give the country Medicare-for-all.
'Now I know that Secretary Clinton and many of the establishment people think that I am looking and thinking too big,' Sanders said. 'I don't think so. So let me go on the record and say what you have heard me say for years: healthcare is a right for ALL people!'
It wasn't until halfway through his remarks that he acknowledged his thumping in two states, with many more results in Clinton's favor coming down the pipeline.
Sanders, however, vowed to press on.
The revolution he said is about 'bringing our people together, black and white, Latino, Asian-American...gay and straight, people born in America, people who have immigrated to America.
'When we bring our people together, when we do not allow the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up...and when we have the courage to stand up to the billionaire class and tell them they can't have it all. That our country belongs to all of us, not just super PACS and wealthy campaign contributors.
'But tonight we're gonna see a lot of election results come in,' Sanders said. Pushing back on the narrative he said the media would push, the Democratic president said, 'This is not the general election, it's not winner take all, if you get 52 perecent, if you get 48 percent, you roughly end up with the same amount of delegates in a state. By the end of tonight, we are going to win many hundreds of delegates.'
'You have sustained me,' he said to his local crowd. 'And I look forward this evening to saying hello to so many old friends.'
'What a Super Tuesday!' the Democratic frontrunner yelled tonight to supporters gathered in Florida, which holds its contest on March 15.
Georgia and Virginia were immediately called for Clinton while Vermont went to Bernie Sanders, its favorite son and senator.
An hour later, Alabama and Tennessee were also awarded to Clinton, while Oklahoma and Massachusetts were neck-and-neck between the two Democrats.
In a blow to Sanders, Massachusetts, which he visited just yesterday, was eventually called for Clinton, who sent husband Bill there today after making a stop in the eastern state herself yesterday, as well.
The hits for Sanders just kept coming.
The senator and his supporters did not let Clinton's landslide victories bring them down, however.
His campaign likewise invited reporters to a Wednesday morning breakfast at its national headquarters for a briefing on the 'path forward.'
When Arkansas' polls closed at 8:30 p.m it quickly went in the column of the former first lady of the southern state, too.
At 9 p.m. Texas easily went to Clinton.
Oklahoma was eventually called for Sanders, his second state of the night.
Sanders and his supporters did not let Clinton's landslide victories bring them down, however.
As the U.S. senator rallied his backers near his home town in Burlington following the first poll closures, he celebrated his victory in Vermont and the national movement they'd created together.
'What I have said is that this campaign is not just about electing a president, it is about making a political revolution!' he said to deafening applause.
Already looking ahead to the general election, she again mocked Donald Trump's slogan 'Make America Great Again,' by saying country already is 'great' and needs to be made 'whole,' a line Trump later made fun of in his own victory speech.
'I believe what we need in America today is more love and kindness,' she said later, condemning the Republicans' campaign rhetoric. 'Instead of building walls, we're going to break down barriers,' she said, repeating her words from her Saturday night victory in South Carolina in another clear jab at Trump.
'It is good to be home,' Sanders told the Vermonters in the room when he gave his own speech.
The U.S. senator said, 'We want to win in every part of the country, it goes without saying.
'But it does say something and mean so much to me that the people who know me best and the people who knew me before I was elected, who knew me as mayor, who knew me as congressman and know me as senator have voted so strongly to put us in the White House,' he said.
Sanders stuck to his stump speech, railing against the billionaire class and some of the 'unpleasant truths' that exist in the country.
His only utterance of his rival's name came as he pledged to give the country Medicare-for-all.
'Now I know that Secretary Clinton and many of the establishment people think that I am looking and thinking too big,' Sanders said. 'I don't think so. So let me go on the record and say what you have heard me say for years: healthcare is a right for ALL people!'
It wasn't until halfway through his remarks that he acknowledged his thumping in two states, with many more results in Clinton's favor coming down the pipeline.
Sanders, however, vowed to press on.
The revolution he said is about 'bringing our people together, black and white, Latino, Asian-American...gay and straight, people born in America, people who have immigrated to America.
'When we bring our people together, when we do not allow the Donald Trumps of the world to divide us up...and when we have the courage to stand up to the billionaire class and tell them they can't have it all. That our country belongs to all of us, not just super PACS and wealthy campaign contributors.
'But tonight we're gonna see a lot of election results come in,' Sanders said. Pushing back on the narrative he said the media would push, the Democratic president said, 'This is not the general election, it's not winner take all, if you get 52 perecent, if you get 48 percent, you roughly end up with the same amount of delegates in a state. By the end of tonight, we are going to win many hundreds of delegates.'
'You have sustained me,' he said to his local crowd. 'And I look forward this evening to saying hello to so many old friends.'
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