US presidential election 2016: Caucus/primary schedules & results
The series of caucuses and primaries for the 2016 presidential election in the US began with the Iowa caucuses on February 1 in which both the Democrats and Republicans witnessed close contests.
Here is the complete list of caucus and primary schedules along with their results (latest first)
- What are primaries and how are they different from caucuses?
- Who has won which state
- Candidates & their delegate numbers
JUNE 18-21: Republican Convention in Cleveland
JULY 25-28: Democratic National Convention
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JUNE 14: District of Columbia (Democratic)
Result: Hillary Clinton wins with 78.71% votes; bags 16 delegates as against Sanders's 4
Hillary wins final Democratic primary
Trump's campaign faces cash crunch and is way behind Hillary
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JUNE 7: California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota caucus (Democratic), South Dakota
Results:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton won California, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota (total delegates won 402); Bernie Sanders won Montana and North Dakota with (delegates won 283)
Republicans: Donald Trump won all five states (total delegates won 297)
8 years after failure, Hillary Clinton makes history
Hillary will look to wrap it up on final Super Tuesday
Hillary Clinton clinched Democratic nomination: NBC
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MAY 24: Washington (Republican)
Results: Donald Trump wins with 76.22% [he got 40 delegates]
Violence
erupts
at
Trump's
rally
in
New
Mexico"
/>Trump
wins
Washington
Violence
erupts
at
Trump's
rally
in
New
Mexico
Bernie Sanders wants Kentucky result recounted
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MAY 17: Oregon, Kentucky (Democratic)
Results: Hillary Clinton wins Kentucky with 46.8% [Hillary - 27 delegates, Sanders - 27]; Bernie Sanders wins Oregon with 54.45% [Sanders - 28 delegates, Hillary - 24]
Hillary Clinton wins Kentucky state primary; Sanders bags Oregon
Trump wants to talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
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MAY 10: Nebraska (Republican), West Virginia
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders wins with 51.36% [Sanders - 16 delegates, Hillary Clinton - 11]
Republicans: Donald Trump wins Nebraska with 61.4% [gets all 36 delegates]; West Virginia with 76.65% [gets 3 delegates]
Sanders, Trump win West Virginia primaries
Will support Trump over Hillary: Marco Rubio
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MAY 7: Guam (Democratic)
Results:
Hillary Clinton wins with 60% [Clinton gets 4 delegates; Sanders gets 3 delegates]
Hillary wins Guam; it looks almost over for Sanders
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MAY 3: Indiana
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders wins with 52.49% [Sanders - 43 delegates; Hillary - 37 delegates]
Republicans: Donald Trump wins with 53.25% [Trump - 51 delegates; Ted Cruz - 0 delegates]
John Kasich withdraws from race
Why candidate Trump and President Trump will be poles apart
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APRIL 26: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Results:
Democrats:
Hillary
Clinton
wins
Connecticut,
Delaware,
Maryland
and
Pennsylvania;
Bernie
Sanders
wins
Rhode
Island
[Hillary
-
183
delegates;
Sanders
-
13
delegates]
Republicans: Donald Trump wins all five states [Trump - 105 delegates; John Kasich - 5 delegates; Ted Cruz - 1 delegate]
Donald Trump declares him presumptive nominee after sweeping 5 primaries
Cruz now looks to Rubio's 173 delegates; will they save him?
Half of my Cabinet will feature women, says Hillary
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APRIL 19: New York
Results:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton wins with 57.73% [Hillary - 135 delegates; Sander - 104]
Republicans: Donald Trump wins with 60.01% [Trump - 89 delegates; Kasich - 3]
Trump, Hillary win pivotal NY primary
Trump looks to win big in home state primary
Democratic debate turns hot ahead of NY primary
Why Panama Papers leak is a blessing for Bernie Sanders
Trump rakes up '7-Eleven' memory ahead of NY primary
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APRIL 9: Wyoming (Democratic caucus)
Results:
Sanders beats Clinton [Sanders: 55.71%, Clinton: 44.29%] Both won 7 delegates each
Will
Panama
Papers
leak
episode
make
an
impact
on
US
Prez
election
2016?" />Sanders
beats
Clinton
in
Wyoming
caucus
Will
Panama
Papers
leak
episode
make
an
impact
on
US
Prez
election
2016?
Sanders seen trading at 97% vs Hillary in Wyoming!
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APRIL 5: Wisconsin
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders win [delegates: Sanders 45, Clinton 31]
Republicans: Ted Cruz wins [delegates: Cruz 33, Trump 3]
Blow for Trump as Cruz bags Wisconsin
President Obama takes on Trump, Cruz over foreign policy proposals
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MARCH 26: Alaska, Hawaii and Washington caucuses (Democratic)
Results:
Bernie Sanders wins Alaska, Washington, Hawaii
After
losing
four
in
five
states,
is
Hillary
campaign
feeling
nervous?" />Sanders
beats
Clinton
in
Alaska,
Washington,
Hawaii
caucuses
After
losing
four
in
five
states,
is
Hillary
campaign
feeling
nervous?
Trump's
ant-women
remarks
may
cost
contest
against
Hillary,
feels
GOP
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MARCH 22: Idaho caucuses (Democratic), Arizona, Utah
Results:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton wins Arizona; Bernie Sanders wins Utah and Idaho caucuses
Republicans: Donald Trump wins Arizona; Ted Cruz wins Utah [Total delegates: Trump 58, Cruz 40]
US
presidential
candidates
now
fight
over
their
wives" />Can
Ted
Cruz
check
Donald
Trump's
march
in
Utah?
US
presidential
candidates
now
fight
over
their
wives
Trump,
Hillary
win
Arizona
Cruz
wins
Utah;
Sanders
makes
it
2-1
against
Hillary
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MARCH 15: Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio
Results:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton wins all five states
Republicans: Donald Trump wins Florida, Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina; Joh Kasich wins Ohio
Hillary, Trump sweep yet another Super Tuesday
Rubio
pulls
out
of
presidential
race
Rubio
regrets
on
the
eve
of
Florida
primary
What
is
a
Super
Tuesday
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MARCH 12: Guam & Wyoming Republican conventions, Northern Mariana Islands caucus (Democratic), District of Columbia caucus (Republican)
Results:
Democrats: Hillary wins Northern Mariana Islands, gets 54% votes [Delegates: Hillary - 4; Sanders - 2]
Repubicans: Rubio wins DC, gets 37.3% votes; Kasich gets 35.5% [Total delegates at stake -19]
Republican Convention results:
Wyoming: Ted Cruz wins 9 out of 12 delegates; Rubio and Donald Trump 1 each; 1 uncomitted
Guam: Out of 9 delegates, 1 goes to Cruz; 8 still uncommitted
Rubio wins DC; Tump finishes third
Cruz wins most delegates in Wyoming conventions
Trump
and
Modi
have
one
common
advantage:
The
middle
class
Ben
Carson
endorses
Donald
Trump
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MARCH 8: Hawaii (Republican caucus), Idaho (Republican), Michigan, Mississippi, Democrats abroad
Results:
Republicans: Trump wins Michigan, Mississippi and leads in Hawaii, Cruz wins Idaho
Democrats: Hillary won Mississippi, Sanders won Michigan
Trump,
Hillary
expand
lead
in
US
presidential
race
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MARCH 6: Maine caucus (Democratic), Puerto Rico primary (Republican)
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders 64.5%, Hillary Clinton 35.5% [Delegates: Sanders 15, Hillary 7]
Republicans: Marco Rubio 71%, Donald Trump 13%, Ted Cruz 9%, John Kasich 1% [Delegates: Rubio 23]
Rubio
sweeps
Puerto
Rico,
stays
in
GOP
nomination
race
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MARCH
5:
Super
Saturday
(5-state
polling)
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders wins Kansas and Nebraska, Hillary Clinton wins Louisiana
Republicans: Donald Trump wins Kentucky and Louisiana, Ted Cruz wins Kansas and Maine
Why
are
Sanders's
supporters
unhappy
with
superdelegates" title="Trump
fails
to
sweep
Super
Saturday;
asks
Rubio
to
quit
race
Sanders
beats
Hillary
in
Maine
Caucuses
Why
are
Sanders's
supporters
unhappy
with
superdelegates" />Trump
fails
to
sweep
Super
Saturday;
asks
Rubio
to
quit
race
Sanders
beats
Hillary
in
Maine
Caucuses
Why
are
Sanders's
supporters
unhappy
with
superdelegates
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MARCH 1: Super Tuesday (11-state polling)
Results:
Democrats: Hillary Clinton wins Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Texas, Massachusetts (total seven states); Bernie Sanders wins Vermont, Oklahoma, Colorado and Minnesota (four states)
Republicans: Donald Trump wins Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Arkansas, Vermont, Massachusetts, Tennessee (total seven states); Ted Cruz wins Texas, Oklahoma, Alaska (three states); Marco Rubio wins Minnesota (one state)
Cruz
wants
others
to
be
out
but
Rubio
in
no
mood
to
quit" title="Why
losing
Republican
candidates
not
quitting
race
to
stop
Trump
Cruz
wants
others
to
be
out
but
Rubio
in
no
mood
to
quit" />Why
losing
Republican
candidates
not
quitting
race
to
stop
Trump
Cruz
wants
others
to
be
out
but
Rubio
in
no
mood
to
quit
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FEB 27: South Carolina primary (Democratic)
Results:
Hillary Clinton 73.5%, Bernie Sanders 26% [Delegates: Hillary - 37, Sanders - 12]
Hillary
Clinton
bags
biggest
victory
over
Sanders
so
far
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FEB 23: Nevada Caucuses (Republican)
Results:
Donald Trump 45%, Marco Rubio 23.5%, Ted Cruz 22.4.8% [Delegates: Trump - 12, Rubio - 5, Cruz -5 ]
" title="Donald
Trump
registers
third
straight
victory,
wins
Nevada
Caucuses
Why
Marco
Rubio
is
losing
the
battle
everybody
wanting
him
to
win" />Donald
Trump
registers
third
straight
victory,
wins
Nevada
Caucuses
Why
Marco
Rubio
is
losing
the
battle
everybody
wanting
him
to
win
Results:
Donald Trump wins South Carolina with 32.5%, Marco Rubio finishes second with 22.5% and Ted Cruz 22.3%
Hillary Clinton wins Nevada Caucuses with 52.6%, Sanders 47.3%
" title="Jeb
Bush
drops
out
of
race
for
White
House
Explained:
How
Donald
Trump
can
still
lose
the
race
for
nomination
" />Jeb
Bush
drops
out
of
race
for
White
House
Explained:
How
Donald
Trump
can
still
lose
the
race
for
nomination
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FEB 9: New Hampshire primaries (both Democratic and Republican parties)
Results:
Democrats: Bernie Sanders 60%, Hillary Clinton 38%
Republicans: Donald Trump 35%, John Kasich 16%, Ted Cruz 12%
Sanders, Trump win New Hampshire primaries
Is America afraid after Trump's New Hampshire victory?
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FEB 1: Iowa caucuses (both Democratic and Republican parties)
Results:
Democrats:
Hillary
Clinton
50%,
Bernie
Sanders
50%
Republicans: Ted Cruz 28%, Donald Trump 24%, Marco Rubio 23%
Cruz beats Trump in Iowa; Clinton, Sanders both claim victory---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NOV 8: General election