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   March 15 Primary Results: Clinton Takes Florida, N. Carolina; Trump Takes
                                    Florida

   by VOA News

   Voters in five large U.S. states cast ballots in Republican and
   Democratic party primary elections Tuesday, on what is potentially a
   decisive day in the U.S. primary season.

   U.S. networks are predicting that Republican Donald Trump and Democrat
   Hillary Clinton have won their respective primaries in Florida -- one
   of the two largest states up for grabs Tuesday.

   Reports show Clinton also has won North Carolina.

   The other large state, Ohio, was too close to call.

   Both Florida and Ohio are important for the hopes of both of the party
   front-runners, Trump and Clinton. Should they win both states, and the
   trove of delegates each provides to the party conventions, they would
   be well on their way to winning their parties' nominations. The outcome
   in those two states is especially important for Republicans because,
   for the first time in the months-long 2016 presidential campaign, the
   winner will take all the state's delegates to the party's nominating
   convention in July.

   In the three other states -- Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina --
   Republican delegates will continue to be apportioned according to vote
   counts. Democrats win delegates proportionally throughout the primary
   season.

   The billionaire real estate mogul, Trump, faced a tough challenge from
   Ohio Governor John Kasich in his home state. But he was projected to
   easily beat Florida Senator Marco Rubio in Rubio's home state.

   Should Kasich and Rubio lose, there is the possibility they would quit
   the race and leave one Republican challenger to face Trump, Texas
   Senator Ted Cruz.

   Former Secretary of State Clinton's lone competitor hopes to repeat
   last week's surprising results, when Senator Bernie Sanders scored a
   surprising victory in Michigan, a Northern state somewhat similar in
   voter makeup to neighboring Ohio.

   Early in the day, Trump won all nine delegates in the Republican caucus
   on the Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. property in the Pacific.

   Tuesday results:

   Florida

   Republican: Donald Trump

   Democrat: Hillary Clinton

   Illinois

   No results yet

   Missouri

   No results yet

   North Carolina

   Republican: No results yet

   Democrat: Hillary Clinton

   Ohio

   Too close to call
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References

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