NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton have won the presidential primaries in Tennessee.
Trump received nearly 52 percent of the Republican votes in TN and Clinton received almost 65 percent for Democrats.
Cruz came in second for Republicans with 22 percent. Rubio ended with 14 percent.
Democrat Bernie Sanders received 30 percent of the Democratic vote.
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In Montgomery County, Trump was the Republican leader with 37.64 percent, and Clinton led the Democratic vote with 65 percent.
Gov. Bill Haslam says he is “encouraged” by the high turnout for Tennessee’s presidential primaries, even though Republican voters didn’t get behind the candidate he endorsed.
In a statement issued after the polls closed and Donald Trump was declared the winner, Haslam said the “greatest thing” about the democratic process is the citizens’ right to choose their leaders.
Haslam says Tennesseans who flocked to the polls Tuesday and in early voting “didn’t take that right for granted.”
Haslam last week endorsed Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, filmed a TV ad and appeared at a Monday rally with the candidate at the Knoxville airport.
Trump has also finished on top in the Republican primary in Massachusetts.
Trump and Clinton have also won their party primaries in Alabama.
These latest wins put the two candidates ahead of their rivals in the group of contests known as Super Tuesday.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump and Clinton won the primaries in Georgia. Clinton also won the Democratic primary in Virginia, while her rival, Bernie Sanders, won the contest in his home state of Vermont.
Tennessee is the third richest for delegates with 58 behind Texas with 155 and Georgia with 76. In total, Democrats were voting in 11 states and American Samoa on Tuesday, with 865 delegates up for grabs. Republicans were voting in 11 states, with 595 delegates at stake.
A Republican candidate must receive 1,237 delegates out of the total 2,472 available to be eligible for the nomination. For the Democrats, that number is 2,383 out of the total 4,765 delegates.
Nationwide Super Tuesday results:
Alabama – Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
Presidential primary, 50 delegates
Alaska –
Republican caucus, 28 delegates
Arkansas – Hillary Clinton,
Presidential primary, 28 delegates
Colorado –
Caucus, 66 delegates
Georgia – Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
Presidential primary, 76 delegates
Massachusetts – Donald Trump
Caucus, 42 delegates
Minnesota –
Presidential primary, 38 delegates
Oklahoma – Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders
Presidential primary, 43 delegates,
Tennessee – Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
Presidential primary, 58 delegates
Texas – Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz
Presidential primary, 155 delegates
Vermont – Bernie Sanders
Presidential primary, 16 delegates
Virginia – Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
Presidential primary, 49 delegates
Wyoming –
Republican caucus, 29 delegates
*WKRN News 2 and the Associated Press contributed to this report.