WASHINGTON (AP) – With a splash of history and a dose of reassurance, Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Donald Trump claimed their parties’ presidential nominations and are turning their political guns on each other.
Clinton claimed her place in history as the nation’s first woman ever assured a major party’s presidential nomination. Trump seized the chance to speak in more unifying, substantive tones as Republican leaders have demanded in recent days.
And for Bernie Sanders, Tuesday’s contests offered the chance to cap a remarkable and resilient campaign to level the American playing field – one that vexed the Clinton armada for a solid year. But Tuesday’s contests gave Sanders a new taste of victory, and he said he wasn’t yet done.
Political mathletes get to stand down after the final contest of the primaries in District of Columbia June 14.
Here’s a look at how Tuesday’s contests unfolded: