Trump wins S. Carolina primary; Clinton prevails in Nevada
US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has won the South Carolina primary, while Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has clinched the Nevada caucuses.
Trump's win on Saturday came following his victory in New Hampshire earlier this month and a second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.
Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio were locked in a close battle for second place the South Carolina primary.
In his victory speech, Trump said, "I want to begin by thanking the people of South Carolina. This is a special state. These are special people.”
Trump led with almost 33 percent, while his two closest rivals, Rubio and Cruz, jockeyed for second place at around 22 percent.
Trump congratulated Cruz and Rubio: “Ted and Marco did a very good job. They did quite well as I understand”.
Earlier on Saturday, Clinton won the Nevada Democratic caucuses, a crucial victory that could ease concerns about other ability to secure the Democratic Party's nomination.
"I am so thrilled and so grateful to all my supporters out there," Clinton said in her victory speech in Nevada. "Some may have doubted us but we never doubted each other. This one is for you."
Clinton won over Bernie Sanders with 52 percent of the vote compared to Sanders’s 47 percent with roughly 89 percent of precincts reporting.
Conceding Nevada’s win to Clinton, Sanders said in a statement, "I am very proud of the campaign we ran. Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind and we ended up in a very close election. And we probably will leave Nevada with a solid share of the delegates.”
Clinton, stressing issues important to minority voters such as criminal justice reform, said she was running "a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back."
"If we listen to the voices of Flint and Ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and Indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across America, it's clear that there is so much more to be done," she said.
"The truth is, we aren't a single issue country. We need more than a plan for the big banks, the middle class needs a raise and we need more jobs."
The former secretary of state lost the previous vote in New Hampshire but won the Iowa caucuses by a razor-thin margin.
The two candidates now go to South Carolina for a primary scheduled on February 27.
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