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Trump, Sanders face challenges after commanding primary wins
MANCHESTER, New Hamp- mentum in South Carolina
shire (AP) — Republican
Donald Trump and Demo- and beyond.
crat Bernie Sanders were
moving on Wednesday New Jersey Gov. Chris
from commanding wins in
the first-in-the-nation New Christie was expected to
Hampshire primary to more
diverse states that will chal- drop out after finishing sixth
lenge their transformation
from outsider candidates in New Hampshire. That’s
to their parties’ presidential
nominees. according to a two people
The next Republican con-
test is the Feb. 20 South familiar with his plans, who
Carolina primary. The state
is a hotbed of conserva- spoke to The Associated
tive tea party groups and
evangelical voters that will Press on the condition of
test Trump’s staying power.
Next for Democrats is the anonymity because they
Nevada caucus on the
same day. were not authorized to
Sanders, a self-described
democratic socialist, eas- speak publicly.
ily beat Hillary Clinton, a
former secretary of state Sanders’ campaign
and first lady once seen as
the all-but-certain Demo- launched ads Wednesday
cratic nominee. With more
than 90 percent of the vote in Oklahoma, Minnesota,
counted in New Hampshire,
Sanders had 60 percent to Colorado and Massachu-
Clinton’s 38 percent.
Trump, the brash real es- setts — all states where
tate billionaire and televi-
sion personality who has they believe the Vermont
never held public office,
had 35 percent among the senator can grow.
Republicans, with moder-
ate Ohio Gov. John Kasich Clinton’s campaign argues
a distant second with 16
percent. she will perform better as The Rev. Al Sharpton talks with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. as
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz finished they sit down for a breakfast meeting at Sylvia’s Restaurant, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016, in the
third in New Hampshire, for- the race heads to more Harlem neighborhood of New York. Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on
mer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary.
was fourth and Florida Sen. racially diverse states, in-
Marco Rubio was fifth. Less (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
than a percentage point cluding Nevada and South
separated each of those
positions. Carolina. Both New Hamp-
“I think they’re all really po-
tential threats,” Trump said shire and Iowa are over-
of his rivals Wednesday on
MSNBC. “But I’m ok at han- whelmingly white states.
dling threats.”
Kasich, who surged from Civil rights activist the Rev.
relative obscurity in New
Hampshire, has a poorly Al Sharpton said he met
funded campaign that will
struggle to keep up mo- with Sanders on Wednes-
day to discuss issues that
affect the African-Ameri-
can community, including
affirmative action and po-
lice brutality.
Sharpton said he won’t en-
dorse a candidate until he
and various heads of na-
tional civil rights organiza-
tions meet with Clinton next
week.
Nevada has been con-
sidered Clinton territory, in
part because of her strong
relationships to the Latino
community and longtime
Democrats in the state.
At stake Tuesday were
less than 1 percent of the
delegates who, at party
national conventions in
July, will choose nominees
to succeed Obama. But
a strong showing in New
Hampshire can give a can-
didate momentum ahead
of state contests in coming
weeks, including the March
1 “Super Tuesday” when 11
states vote.q
