US primaries: Trump extends delegate count to 446
UPDATED: Donald Trump wins three primaries, loses one; Bernie Sanders scores upset win over Hillary Clinton.
Republican candidate Donald Trump won two primary races out of three and the Hawaii caucuses, pushing his delegate count to 446 over next rival Ted Cruz's 347.
While Mr Trump won both Mississippi and Michigan, capturing the state with the largest delegate haul of the night, Mr Cruz scored a rare victory in Idaho.
In the biggest upset, Bernie Sanders (49.9%) narrowly took Michigan from Hillary Clinton (48.2%) in the Democratic primary contest.
In Michigan, Mr Trump (36.5%) comfortably headed off Mr Cruz (24.9%) and John Kasich (24.3%).
In Mississippi, Mr Trump won by a wide margin of 47.7%, with Mr Cruz on 36.4%. But Idaho went solidly for Mr Cruz (45.4%) against Mr Trump's 28.1%.
In Hawaii, Mr Trump (47.3%) was a comfortable winner ahead of Mr Cruz (36.3%).
In the latest delegate count, Mr Trump has 446 to Mr Cruz’s 347, with Marco Rubio on 151 and Mr Kasich on 54.
In the Democratic contest for Mississippi, Mrs Clinton (82.9%) picked up 26 delegates, boosting her total to 1221 (including 461 superdelegates), well ahead of Bernie Sanders (16.2%), whose total is 571 (25 super delegates).
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Nevil Gibson
Wed, 09 Mar 2016
Wed, 09 Mar 2016
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US primaries: Trump extends delegate count to 446
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