Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had a good night on March 22 as he secured several dozen new delegates in his bid for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.

Arizona Primary Night

Sanders has been campaigning hard in Arizona leading up to Tuesday's primary, even with Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., providing support on and off the campaign trail. But Arizona appeared to still favor rival Hillary Clinton with a comfortable margin.

Although not all precincts have filed in their numbers, Clinton secured a significant lead to be called the winner in Arizona. With 85 percent of the precincts reporting, as of 5 a.m. EST, Clinton received 58 percent (233,028 votes) to Sanders' 40 percent (162,360 votes). With 75 pledged delegates at stake, Clinton is projected to win at least 43 delegates, while Sanders will win 27 delegates.

On the Republican Party field, unlike the Democrats' race, it was a "winner take all" election, where the GOP candidate with the most votes automatically wins all 58 delegates. Donald Trump, as expected, won all 58 delegates after receiving at least 47.1 percent of the vote (249,611 votes), based on 85 percent of the reporting precincts. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, placed second with 25 percent (133,191 votes), ahead Ohio Gov. John Kasich's 10 percent. Due to the "winner take all" primary, Cruz and Kasich did not win delegates.

Utah Caucuses

Traveling a bit north to Utah, it was a great night for Cruz and Sanders.

In the Democratic field, 33 pledged, and proportional, delegates were at stake and Sanders will win most of them. Sanders easily crushed the Utah caucuses with 79.1 percent support, while Clinton received 20.4 percent.

For the Republicans, Utah's 40 pledged delegates are proportional unless a candidate secures 50 percent or higher. Cruz managed to win all 40 delegates as a result of winning 69.1 percent (119,637 votes) with nearly 85 percent of the precincts reporting. Kasich placed second with 16.9 percent (28,818 votes) and Trump attracted 14 percent (23,858 votes).

Idaho Caucuses

Idaho also conducted caucuses but only for Democrats -- Republicans held their Idaho primary on March 8.

Sanders also, easily, won and is expected to win most of the state's 23 pledged delegates after winning 78 percent of the vote. Clinton trailed with 21.2 percent, and she lost every county except Lewis County -- 50 percent to 48 percent.

"I am enormously grateful to the people of Utah and Idaho for the tremendous voter turnouts that gave us victories with extremely large margins," said Sanders in a statement. "The impressive numbers of young people and working-class people who participated in the process are exactly what the political revolution is all about. These decisive victories in Idaho and Utah give me confidence that we will continue to win major victories in the coming contests."

Delegate Count

The delegate count has seen various estimations across several media organizations. According to CNN, Clinton still maintains a lead with 1,229 pledged delegates and 482 superdelegates. Sanders is not too far behind in the pledged delegate count with 912, while he also has 27 superdelegates. A Democratic presidential candidate must reach 2,383 delegates to clinch the party's nomination.

In the Republican Party race, Trump's estimated to have 741 pledged delegates, Cruz with 461 and 145 for Kasich. The GOP doesn't have superdelegate rules. A GOP candidate requires 1,237 to clinch the party's nomination.

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