NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The Latest on the Tennessee Super Tuesday presidential primary (all times local):
10:05 a.m.
People are heading to polling places across Tennessee to cast ballots for their candidates in the Super Tuesday presidential primary. Voters at a polling place in Nashville had different reasons for supporting candidates.
Russell Harwell, a Nashville attorney, said he decided to support Republican Marco Rubio after Jeb Bush dropped out. He says endorsements from Gov. Bill Haslam and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist helped him decide on Rubio over Ted Cruz.
Retired real estate agent Penny Teselle said she voted for Democrat Hillary Clinton because “she’s the most qualified.”
Meanwhile, aspiring composer Michael Quintana stood outside a polling station at Belmont University blowing a conch in support of Bernie Sanders.
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6 a.m.
Tennessee voters are heading to the polls to make their choices in the state’s Super Tuesday presidential primary.
The primary comes after several days of spirited campaigning around the state by all five candidates seeking the Republican nomination and by one of the two Democrats remaining in the race.
Sixty-seven delegates are up from grabs in the Democratic primary, while 58 Republican delegates will be split up among any candidates that reach a threshold of 20 percent of the vote.
While Tennessee Republicans have given the nod to religious conservatives in the last two presidential primaries, Donald Trump has drawn huge crowds and widespread support in this year’s campaign.
Republican Gov. Bill Haslam and Sen. Lamar Alexander have endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.