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Trump and Clinton win big in Arizona

By Steven Effah
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US presidential front-runners, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, have continued their winning streaks, taking Arizona.

The issue of immigration loomed large in the south-western state, the biggest prize in the latest round of contests.

Polls showed that Mr Trump’s anti-immigration message resonated with the state’s conservative voters.

With Arizona’s growing Latino population, Mrs Clinton continued her success by courting minority voters.

Keeping his campaign in the race, Democrat Bernie Sanders decisively won caucuses in two smaller states, Idaho and Utah.

The Utah Republican caucuses were won by Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

During a victory speech in Seattle, Mrs Clinton addressed the terrorist attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, pushing back against the Republican candidates’ response to the bombings.

Earlier on Tuesday, Mr Trump reiterated his plan to ban Muslims from travelling to US and suggested that the US should torture terrorism suspects.

“We live in a complex and dangerous world,” Mrs Clinton said. “And we need a commander-in-chief that can provide leadership that is strong, smart and above all steady in taking on these threats.

The last thing we need are leaders who incite more fear,” she said, alluding to Mr Trump.

The Republican primary in Arizona was a winner-take-all race, adding 58 delegates to Mr Trump’s sizable lead.

The property tycoon’s win complicates efforts by Mr Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich to stop him from securing a majority of delegates.

If Mr Trump falls short in the delegate count, the party could hold a brokered or contested convention where party leaders, not voters, choose the nominee.

However, that scenario is looking less likely as Mr Trump continues to win states.

Arizona residents’ preference for early voting, with many mailing in their ballots, may have affected the race.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who left the race on 15 March, has secured more than 70,000 votes thus far.

As the final voters headed to the polls on Tuesday, the Republican race took another nasty turn.

Mistakenly believing the Cruz campaign had produced an attack advert about his wife Melania, Mr Trump on Twitter threatened to “spill the beans” on Mr Cruz’s wife, Heidi.

Mr Cruz responded saying his campaign did not produce the advert, calling Mr Trump “classless” and a “coward”.

Source: editors.3news.com|Ghana

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Steven Effah is a writer with 3news.com. Follow him on X, @effah-steven and LinkedIn: Steven Effah

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