Super Tuesday prizes: Candidates in fierce fight for Texas, other delegate goldmines

  • 8 years ago
The Democratic and Republican presidential candidates are charging into Super Tuesday in a coast-to-coast battle for delegates across 11 states - but while they're looking for as many wins as possible, a few select states stand out as the crown jewels.
While Clinton declared Saturday night after her decisive win in the South Carolina primary that the campaign was going "national," the former secretary of state was concentrating Monday on two delegate-heavy states - the Democratic-stronghold of Massachusetts and Virginia .
The delegates on the line in a dozen states Tuesday represent a third of those needed to clinch the party nod.
And on the GOP side, 595 delegates are on the line Tuesday across 11 states - nearly half the number needed to secure the nomination.
On the Republican side, Trump has won three straight - the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries, and the Nevada Republican Caucus - garnering 82 delegates.