March 15, 2016 05:50 PM UTC

Super Tuesday III Open Thread (#2)

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE 7:55PM: Donald Trump wins North Carolina, Illinois GOP contests.

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UPDATE 6:48PM: The State of Ohio goes to…John Kasich!

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UPDATE 6:35PM: Second big story of the night appears to be Hillary Clinton’s dominance–races in Florida and North Carolina already called for Clinton, and she is way ahead in the key Rust Belt state of Ohio. Clinton may do well enough tonight that Bernie Sanders could have no mathematical chance at the nomination in the morning.

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UDPATE 6:22PM: Marco Rubio officially ends his campaign after devastating loss in Florida.

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UPDATE 6:02pm: ABC News calls the all-important Republican primary in Florida for Donald Trump:

Results still coming in from Florida and other states, but this result almost certainly spells the end for last-hope GOP establishment candidate Marco Rubio. We’ll update shortly with more results.

The network is also calling Florida in favor of Hillary Clinton.

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UPDATE 6:00pm: Donald Trump has declared victory in Florida (sort of):

Word is that, despite a record amount spent on negative and phony ads, I had a massive victory in Florida. Numbers out soon!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 15, 2016

Trump is indeed enjoying a strong lead in Florida — strong enough, perhaps, that the state could soon be called (by media outlets) for His Hairness.

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Results are starting to trickle in from today’s big Presidential Primary votes in Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Missouri and North Carolina.