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Trump, Clinton earn home state wins in NY

<p>Donald Trump has won the New York GOP primary. </p><p>"I really want to thank my team; my team has been amazing. And it's actually a team of unity. It's evolving; people don't understand that. The press does understand that, they just don't want to talk about it. That's okay. Just keep talking," Trump said at his <a href="http://www.cnn.com/" target="_blank">victory speech in New York City</a>. </p><p>The win was pretty inevitable, since Trump's name is almost synonymous with the Big Apple. But the final delegate count could give Trump an even bigger lead over his two competitors. </p><p>Ted Cruz's defeat in the state is a blow to the GOP establishment working to coalesce around the Texas senator. But Cruz was never well-suited for the state anyway, and the whole "New York values" thing didn't help him either. </p><p>"I think most people know what New York values are," Cruz said in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9FCKve-bQ" target="_blank">Fox Business debate in January</a>. </p><p>And as the primary moves to Mid-Atlantic states similar to New York, the #NeverTrump movement might hit a snag. The billionaire is leading polls by double digits in most of the states voting on April 26.  </p><p><i>This video includes images from Getty Images and clips from </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcgvEyjrB4k" target="_blank"><i>Fox News</i></a><i> and </i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB7mCKPrHE4" target="_blank"><i>Cruz for President</i></a><i>.</i></p>
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In the state where Donald Trump built his real estate empire and Hillary Clinton represented in the United States Senate for eight years, the two carried their respective party's primaries tonight in New York. 

Trump has been declared the projected winner on the GOP side. Meanwhile, Clinton is the projected winner on the Democratic side. 

The three remaining GOP candidates are vying for the state's 95 delegates, and margin of victory means a lot for Trump. Trump will pick up at least 86, and perhaps as many as 91, of the state's 95 delegates.

New York awarded Trump 14 of the 95 delegates based off being the overall state winner as he cleared the 50 percent threshold. The other 81 delegates are apportioned to New York's 27 congressional districts. Trump won 26 of the state's 27 congressional districts. The exception was New York's 12th, which represents parts of Manhattan and Queens. Ohio Gov. John Kasich picked up a plurality of the vote there. 

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Kasich picked up a handful of delegates as he also kept Trump below 50 percent in several other congressional districts. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz comes away from Tuesday's contest empty handed.

Meanwhile, Clinton outperformed polls that had her winning the state by roughly 10 points. Even though Clinton won the majority of the vote, Sanders won 47 of New York's 62 counties. Clinton racked up her margin with sizeable victories in all five New York City boroughs. 

Sanders has won eight of the last nine Democratic contests, and is within 250 delegates from Clinton in pledged delegates. 

New York and its 291 delegates are divvied in a proportional manner for the Democrats.

Results as of 1:51 a.m. Eastern

 

Democratic Race: 

Sanders 42%   Clinton 58%
98% reporting

Republican Race:

Trump 60%    Cruz 15%   Kasich 25%
98% reporting