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Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has had the best night of his campaign thus far, winning two caucuses by massive margins, with a third victory in Hawaii within reach.

With overwhelming victories in Washington state and Alaska, Sanders has narrowed - however slightly - former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s significant delegate lead in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. “We are making significant inroads in Secretary Clinton’s lead,” Sanders said in a speech to supporters in Madison, Wisconsin. “We have a path toward victory.”

Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters during his campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin. Photograph: ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock

With the Hawaii caucus underway, here’s a wrap-up of today’s Pacific Primary highlights - plus a few notes from that other presidential campaign:

Sanders won an early and commanding victory in Alaska. With 72.5% of precincts reporting, the Vermont senator has won the support of 79.2% of the state’s 16 delegates, to Clinton’s 20.8%. If the remaining precincts don’t have any massive surprises, those 16 delegates will be apportioned proportionately, letting Sanders walk away from the Alaska caucus with as many as 13 delegates.

to If the remaining precincts don’t have any massive surprises, those 16 delegates will be apportioned proportionately, letting Sanders walk away from the Alaska caucus with as many as 13 delegates. At a speech in Madison, Sanders told a delighted crowd that he was grateful to “the people of Alaska for giving us a resounding victory tonight,” and cheered his then-uncertain performance in Washington. Citing his “landslide victory” in Alaska and newly minted win in delegate-heavy Washington, Sanders urged the crowd to support him in the upcoming Wisconsin primary. “With your help, we’re gonna win right here in Wisconsin!”



His landslide victory in the Washington caucus was called shortly thereafter. With 57% of precincts reporting, Sanders has won 73.2% of delegates, as well as every county that has declared a victory so far. Clinton, in contrast, won only 26.6% of delegates, underperforming her own showing in the state’s caucus in 2008 against Barack Obama. Washington, like Alaska, determines its delegate allocation proportionally, which means that more than 70 of its 101 delegates will likely go Sanders’ way, deeply cutting into Clinton’s 300-delegate lead.

as well as every county that has declared a victory so far. underperforming her own showing in the state’s caucus in 2008 against Barack Obama. Washington, like Alaska, determines its delegate allocation proportionally, which means that deeply cutting into Clinton’s 300-delegate lead. Clinton’s lead, however, won’t be as damaged once superdelegates are factored in to the final count. Superdelegates, party officials who vote at the Democratic National Convention but who are not bound to vote according to their states’ election results, support Clinton over Sanders by a margin of 469 to 29, making his path to the nomination even more arduous.

The Republican nominees got a break from primary contest results today, but that doesn’t mean that the party’s billionaire frontrunner avoided the spotlight. In a duo of wide-ranging interviews with the New York Times, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump went into detail regarding what foreign policy might look like under a hypothetical Trump administration. “Not isolationist, but I am America First,” Trump told the Times. Trump floated numerous potential policy shifts that might take place under his leadership, including allowing Japan and South Korea to develop nuclear weapons programs, withdrawing from Nato in favor of a similar organization dedicated to counterterrorism and requiring wealthy Gulf states to “substantially reimburse” the US for expenditures made in defeating terrorist groups like Islamic State.

We’re still awaiting results from the Hawaii Democratic caucus, expected later tonight - time zones are the worst - but with support from local figures such as congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Sanders may be well on his way to an electoral hat trick tonight.

TL;DR: It’s Sanders’ night.