Donald Trump wins South Carolina primary

Though the real estate magnate scored a decisive win in New Hampshire, his second-place finish in Iowa to Cruz illustrated gaps in his less-than-robust ground operation, and questions remain about the extent to which he can translate leads in preference polls and large rally crowds into votes.

Clinton’s win means she will pick up at least 19 of Nevada’s 35 delegates.

Trump’s win in SC comes day after Trump got into a war of words with Pope Francis, who bashed Trump for his popular policy of building a wall along the Mexico border.

More votes are needed in individual congressional districts to award the final 12 delegates. Rubio called Bush the “greatest governor in the history of Florida”.

Modern Republican electoral history is black-and-white here: the candidate who does this wins the nomination.

Meanwhile, at the Democratic primary in Nevada, 68-year-old Clinton and her supporters breathed a sigh of relief following a narrow win over Bernie Sanders.

SC is the third contest of the primary but the first window into the South in a competitive Republican presidential race that began with fifteen major candidates that has whittled down to six. Despite months of campaigning, the aid of a well-funded super PAC and an appearance by his brother in SC this week, he is now slated to come in fifth place with just 8 percent of the vote, as the state continues tallying votes.

Hundreds of people are gathered in a ballroom at the Spartanburg Marriott for Trump’s watch party, where they’re snacking on cubed cheese and cruditΘ, and sipping beers from plastic cups.

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush ended his bid for the White House after billionaire Donald Trump won the SC primary. He has 61 for the race, with Cruz trailing with 11 and Rubio with 10.

Trump “can’t be bought and he’ll tell you to your face what he thinks and how he feels”, Michael Reilly, 18, told dpa as he voted for the first time. Marco Rubio and Texas Sen.

Jeb Bush, a member of one of America’s political dynasties and the early front-runner for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, announced during the SC primary Saturday night that he is exiting the race.

Bush went all-out to improve his standing in SC, with his former president brother George W. Bush hitting the campaign trail on his behalf.

That’s according to fundraising reports through January 31 that Sanders campaign is filing on Saturday. And with another victory expected next week in South Carolina, Clinton will head into Super Tuesday with actual momentum.

Kasich’s chief strategist John Weaver says in a statement the race will now be a four-man contest between Kasich, Rubio, Cruz and Trump.

The problem here, as is often the case, is that Bush and Rubio pursued the same voters, the campaign got negative, and emotions between the candidates and their staffs are pretty raw.