Hillary Clinton Wins South Dakota Democratic Primary

Hillary Clinton has won the New Mexico Democratic primary, several national news outlets, including the AP, have projected.

The win was part of a huge night for the former Secretary of State, who clinched the required delegates necessary to capture the Democratic nomination for president. She can now fully turn her attention toward what will surely be a heated general election against Donald Trump.

Original story below:

Polls are open across the state of South Dakota on Tuesday, when Hillary Clinton is expected to officially clinch the party’s nomination for president after five other states vote that day.

The Associated Press called the race last night for Clinton, after checking in with some superdelegates on primary night eve.

But Bernie Sanders — trailing by hundreds of delegates with just seven states still to vote — didn’t show any interest in giving up just before the day’s voting.

Polls are open in South Dakota from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. South Dakota voters can find their polling place here. The Democratic primary is open to anyone who was registered either as a Democrat or Independent by May 23.

At stake: 20 delegates.

• Check back with Patch as soon as polls close for live South Dakota Democratic primary results.
• SEE ALSO: South Dakota Republican Primary Results

LIVE UPDATES:

8 p.m.

And now polls are closed across the entire state. Patch will have the results here as they come in.
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7 p.m.

The polls have officially closed in the Central time zone in South Dakota. Who will win? Check back here with the results as they come in.

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2:43 p.m.

Updates have been few and far between in South Dakota, but here's one from KSFY. Low voter turnout? Or just an afternoon slow-down?

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10:06 a.m.

If you're going by Google searches in South Dakota, Clinton comes out ahead. Of course, it's hard to tell how much exactly this translates into votes...

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9:34 a.m.

Here's a look at some South Dakota projections that we hadn't seen before. Many of them project Sanders to win by a sizable margin:

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9:15 a.m.

Polls are officially open in New Mexico, and despite last night's call, Bernie Sanders doesn't have any intention of giving up just yet:

Original story below:

Heading into Tuesday’s voting, Clinton’s lead in pledged delegates over Sanders was 1,812 to 1,521, according to a delegate count from the Associated Press.

On the Republican side, of course, Donald Trump has already wrapped up the Republican nomination.

So how will South Dakota vote in this primary?

To say state polling has been sparse would be an understatement.

Patch couldn’t find any sort of credible poll conducted in the state — perhaps no one thought the race would to this far into the primary season, on any side. Many news organizations and pollsters are doing projections for the big Tuesday states such as California and New Jersey.

But for South Dakota, the country will just have to wait and see.

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