Hillary Clinton and Ted Cruz won the Texas Primaries on Super Tuesday and according to the projections, both won big.
As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Clinton has six state wins, including the biggest prize of the night, Texas. Bernie Sanders took two states, including his home state of Vermont.
On the Republican side, Cruz won his home state of Texas and Oklahoma.
“Our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten, that can beat, and that will beat Donald Trump,” Cruz told his supporters at a rally in Houston. With some states still tallying up the results, those two wins are crucial to the Cruz campaign—proof that he can beat Donald Trump. Cruz won in Iowa but Trump dominated in the polls in the last three primaries, before Super Tuesday.
Also known at the “SEC Primary,” Trump had a strong performance. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Trump won five states.
Trump took Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia, while Clinton won Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
“What a Super Tuesday!” Clinton said to the crowd at her watch party in Miami, FL. “Instead of building walls, we are going to break down barriers,” Clinton said.
She won a handful of states early on in the night, tightening her grip on the Democratic nomination. The biggest day of the election season, Super Tuesday is worth more than one-third—36 percent—of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the Democratic nomination.
The stakes are even higher for the Republicans. The multi-state primary offers up nearly half—48 percent—of the 1,237 delegates needed to win the GOP nomination.
With nearly 80 percent of Texas precincts reporting, Cruz has 42.6 percent of that vote. So far, that gives him 22 of the state’s 155 Republican delegates.
With 27.6 percent of the vote, Trump has 14 pledged delegates in Texas.
Marco Rubio was, at last check, in a distant third with 17.5 percent of the vote; behind him John Kasich and Ben Carson were both around 4 percent in Texas.
Cruz and Clinton both won big in Texas but Super Tuesday will probably not put one candidate on top for either party. For the Republicans, it gives Cruz the momentum to compete with Trump. For the Democrats, the race is not over but Super Tuesday could clear the path to the White House for Clinton.
Her supporters celebrated in Austin Tuesday night, campaign staff that watch party said they are ready to focus on the general election. However, it is important to remember that Clinton won the Texas primary in 2008, before President Barack Obama went on to be the win the party’s nomination.