Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Win Pennsylvania Primary
HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA/AP) - Billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won Pennsylvania's presidential primaries on Tuesday, with Trump receiving support across the demographic spectrum and Clinton prevailing despite a weak appeal to millennials.
Trump pulled in support from a majority of Republican men and women and voters from cities, suburbs and rural areas. He also had the backing of the majority of voters with annual incomes over $100,000 or under $50,000, according to results from an exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.
KDKA's Kym Gable Reports:
"We're going to have our country back. We're going to make America great again," said Trump. "And I just want to tell you, for the five states, I am so honored. This was to me our biggest night."
Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who have trailed Trump in the campaign, split support among the minority of GOP voters who said they preferred a political insider, the exit poll showed.
On the Democratic side, Vermont U.S. Sen. Sanders earned the votes of a wide majority of voters under age 30.
But Clinton, a former U.S. first lady and U.S. senator from New York, won among voters 45 and older, as well as women, black voters and those looking for an experienced candidate who can win in November. She also turned in a solid performance in the Democratic bastion of Philadelphia and its suburbs, where two in five Democrats live.
"With your help, we're going to come back to Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention with the most votes and the most pledged delegates," said Clinton.
In her victory speech at a Philadelphia hotel, Clinton urged Democrats to unify against a Republican candidate who would "pit Americans against each other."
For Trump, the battle goes on in Pennsylvania even after his decisive win. The state's GOP primary is something of a beauty contest, since only 17 of 71 delegates are promised to the statewide winner and 54 others - three elected in each of 18 congressional districts - are essentially free agents and can vote for whomever they want at the convention, under state party rules.
KDKA's Jon Delano breaks down the results:
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In suburban Harrisburg, Dave Penn, a 61-year-old fire protection sales representative, liked that Trump doesn't "take any bull" and that he "lets the upper echelons know where he stands." In Hamburg, Laura Seyler, a 63-year-old buyer for a direct marketer, voted for Trump because he's a "bully" and "will take the bat and straighten things out."
On the Democratic side, the 127 delegates up for grabs in the primary are apportioned based on the vote in each congressional district, which could deliver a significant delegate haul for Clinton. Another 62 are divvied up later proportionally based on the statewide vote.
In Philadelphia, Susan Barr-Toman, a 48-year-old author, called Clinton "the most qualified candidate" and predicted that even Republicans would support her over Trump in the fall contest.
Voters also were deciding hotly contested Democratic primary races for U.S. Senate and state attorney general.
For U.S. Senate, four Democrats competed for the right to challenge Republican incumbent Pat Toomey in November.
As Election Day approached, it came down to a race between Katie McGinty, who was endorsed by President Barack Obama, and former U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, who lost to Toomey by 2 percentage points in 2010 but was spurned by a party establishment that views him as a maverick.
Democratic Party leaders recruited McGinty, with more than a decade as a state and national environmental policy official, and poured millions of dollars into her campaign, which benefited from a surge of TV advertising. The fall contest could help determine control of the U.S. Senate.
In a race for state attorney general, three Democrats and two Republicans were vying to succeed Democrat Kathleen Kane. Facing trial over possible unlawful leaking of grand jury information, Kane decided not to seek a second term. Kane, the first woman and first Democrat to be elected the state's attorney general, has denied the allegations against her.
In congressional races, Democratic U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah was making a bid for a 12th term in a four-way primary as he faces trial on federal racketeering and bribery charges in May. Fattah, of Philadelphia, has denied any wrongdoing.
Primaries also were being held in House seats being vacated by Republican U.S. Reps. Mike Fitzpatrick and Joe Pitts in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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