February 20, 2016 04:35 PM UTC

Clinton Wins Nevada, Trump Takes South Carolina, Jeb! Drops Out

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #2: Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio remain in a close battle for second place in South Carolina. Meanwhile, Jeb! Bush has thrown in the towel after performing poorly in S.C.; Bush announced this evening that he is ending his campaign for President.

No more Jeb!

From now on, just Jeb:(

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UPDATE: The Associated Press and CNN are among the media outlets that have called South Carolina for Donald Trump. It looks like a tight race for second place.

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Hillary Clinton has defeated Bernie Sanders in the Democratic caucus in Nevada, though the final margin could leave Clinton with just a handful of extra delegates than Sanders.

Can Donald Trump land another knockout blow in South Carolina? Things are getting nasty in the lower Carolina, and as Politico reports, the GOP could be down to a “Final 3” after tonight:

Many in the party’s upper echelons have grown impatient with their splintered field of center-right, mainstream contenders and say they intend to put pressure on whichever candidate falls short of third place on Saturday night to quit.

“South Carolina will reshape the race,” said Scott Reed, the chief political strategist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “Only the top three finishers will have a true narrative to continue down the road.”…

…“It is clear there are three tickets coming out of South Carolina,” said Phil Cox, a former Republican Governors Association executive director. “Whether there is a fourth ticket will depend on the gap between third and fourth place. It will become very difficult for anything beyond a close fourth-place finish to be able to keep putting gas in the tank and attract the kind of media attention necessary to keep going.”

Polls close in South Carolina at 7:00 pm EST, so we should be hearing about early results pretty soon. Discuss amongst yourselves…