It’s official: Hillary Clinton swept all five states that voted on Tuesday.

It’s official: Hillary Clinton swept all five states that voted on Tuesday.

 

It’s official: Hillary Clinton swept all five states that voted on Tuesday.

The Associated Press called Missouri for Mrs. Clinton just after 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, after an extraordinarily close race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Associated Press made the call after Mr. Sanders said he wouldn’t contest the result or seek a recount.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Mrs. Clinton had 49.6% of the vote to Mr. Sanders’s 49.4%. She beat him by just 1,531 votes out of more than 619,000 cast.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Sanders said: “I think it’s unlikely the results will impact at all the number of delegates the candidate gets and I would prefer to save the taxpayers of Missouri some money.”

On Tuesday night, Mrs. Clinton was declared the winner in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois, but Missouri was too close to call.

Missouri has 71 delegates up for grabs, the fewest of any state voting on Tuesday. The state awards delegates proportionally, and Mrs. Clinton will get an extra two delegates from Missouri for winning the statewide vote, according to the AP.  Candidates need 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

A win for Mrs. Clinton in Missouri is also a symbolic victory, because the state was one where Mr. Sanders campaigned hard and saw potential for a win. Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, held events across the state ahead of the election.

The Associated Press called Missouri for Mrs. Clinton just after 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, after an extraordinarily close race against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. The Associated Press made the call after Mr. Sanders said he wouldn’t contest the result or seek a recount.

With 100% of precincts reporting, Mrs. Clinton had 49.6% of the vote to Mr. Sanders’s 49.4%. She beat him by just 1,531 votes out of more than 619,000 cast.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Mr. Sanders said: “I think it’s unlikely the results will impact at all the number of delegates the candidate gets and I would prefer to save the taxpayers of Missouri some money.”

On Tuesday night, Mrs. Clinton was declared the winner in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois, but Missouri was too close to call.

Missouri has 71 delegates up for grabs, the fewest of any state voting on Tuesday. The state awards delegates proportionally, and Mrs. Clinton will get an extra two delegates from Missouri for winning the statewide vote, according to the AP.  Candidates need 2,383 delegates to win the Democratic nomination.

A win for Mrs. Clinton in Missouri is also a symbolic victory, because the state was one where Mr. Sanders campaigned hard and saw potential for a win. Mrs. Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, held events across the state ahead of the election.