Thomas Gounley, Jon Swedien, and Matt Peterson

News-Leader

9:38 a.m.: It appears Clinton and Trump were winners statewide Tuesday, but delegates, the real prize come convention time, are still being sorted out.

Sanders has been awarded 32 delegates and Clinton 31 delegates. The remainder of the state's 84 delegates will be awarded by the state committee and superdelegates.

The GOP picture is less clear. At present, the Associated Press shows Donald Trump with 15 of the state's 55 delegates, but none others awarded yet.

Midnight: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were declared winners in Missouri's primaries Tuesday with razor thin margins of victory.

Trump took 40.83 percent of the vote compared to Ted Cruz’s 40.65 percent.

Meanwhile, Clinton had 49.61 percent of the Missouri vote compared to Sanders’ 49.37 percent.

11:29 p.m.: 97.5% of the vote in now. Sanders lead has narrowed - 49.65% to 49.3% for Clinton. Trump still leads Cruz, 40.96%-40.7%. Both races are now within the margin for recounts.

11:11 p.m.: With 94.38%, Sanders lead has dropped to 49.88%-49.05% over Clinton. Trumps lead has narrowed to 40.97%-40.74% over Cruz.

10:55 p.m.: The cutoff for requesting a recount is 0.5% of the vote - but a recount can't be requested until after the results are certified by the Secretary of State. Trump/Cruz are currently within that margin.

10:52 p.m.: 92.6% of the votes are in; Donald Trump leads by 0.3% over Ted Cruz. Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton 50.32%-48.58%.

10:31 p.m.: With 89% of the vote in for the state, Bernie Sanders is leading 50.59%-48.29% over Clinton. Donald Trump is leading with 41.3% over Ted Cruz with 40.94%.

10:18 p.m.: Donald Trump still holding a narrow lead over Ted Cruz, 41.49%-41.08%. Bernie Sanders also holding a lead, 50.74%-48.09%, over Hillary Clinton.

10:16 p.m.: Almost 80% of the votes are in. Sanders (50.79%) and Trump (41.54%) still holding leads as we get closer to the finish.

10:00 p.m.: With 75% reporting, Bernie Sanders is leading 50.82%-47.96% over Hillary Clinton. Donald Trump still narrowly leading Ted Cruz, 41.52%-41.22%.

9:53 p.m.: Just shy of 69% of votes are in for the state. Trump has climbed back into the lead, 41.46%-41.18%, over Ted Cruz. Sanders continues to lead with 50.37% of the votes.

9:48 p.m.: With 59% reporting, Ted Cruz has taken a slim lead in the state with 41.72% of the votes. Donald Trump is second at 41.56%. Bernie Sanders continues to extend his lead over Hillary Clinton, 51.23%-47.44%.

9:46 p.m.: Christian County is all in, also with Sanders (58.4%) and Cruz (53.29%) winning the county.

9:43 p.m.: Greene County is all in with big wins for Cruz (51%) and Sanders (61%). Both candidates made visits to Springfield Saturday.

9:29 p.m.: With almost 50% reporting for the state, Donald Trump's lead has shrunk to just 0.8%.

9:20 p.m.: With 42.09% reporting, Ted Cruz (40.58%) is narrowing the gap on Donald Trump (42.09%). Bernie Sanders maintains the lead with 50.2% of the vote.

9:13 p.m.: Missouri has 29.79% of precincts reporting. Bernie Sanders has 51.3% of the vote to currently lead. Donald Trump is leading with 42.88% of the votes; Ted Cruz is in second with 40.68%.

9:10 p.m.: With almost 90 percent of precincts in Greene County, Bernie Sanders has a 61.21 percent to 38.23 percent lead on Hillary Clinton. Statewide, Sanders has a 51.3 percent to 47 percent lead over Clinton with almost 28 percent of precincts reporting.

9:00 p.m.: Greene County now has 65.8% of precincts in. Ted Cruz has a big lead, with 50.16% of the votes in the county. Bernie Sanders also winning big, with 60.7% of the county votes.

8:52 p.m.: With almost 20% reporting, Sanders has a narrow lead in the state. Trump has almost a 3% lead over Cruz. Both races still too close to call.

8:35 p.m.: While trailing in the statewide race, Bernie Sanders has a big lead in Greene County, with 14.47 percent of the vote reported. Sanders has 63.26 percent of the Greene County vote, while Clinton has 36.45 percent.

8:25 p.m.: Ted Cruz leads in Greene County with 14.47 of the vote reported. Cruz now has 48.56 percent of the Greene County vote, while Trump has 32.21 percent.

8:10 p.m.: Based on the early returns in the Missouri primary election, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are winning the Show-Me State race.

Clinton has 57.75 percent of the vote with 1.61 percent of precincts reporting. Trump, meanwhile, has 39.02 percent of vote. Ted Cruz is in second place with 32.85 percent of the vote.

8:00 p.m.: A loud "whoop" rang out at the Hillary Clinton watch party at Coyote's cafe when CNN announced Clinton won Ohio. Earlier in the night she won Florida.

"We thought she'd win Florida but Ohio we are unsure," said Mary Faucett of Springfield.

As for the Show-Me State, Faucett said, "We're hoping."

7:25 p.m.: Republican candidate Marco Rubio is out of the race, according to USA Today. Rubio announced the suspension of his campaign after losing badly in his home state of Florida.

7:10 p.m.: The polls have now closed — although everyone who was in line at 7 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

We will update with results as they become available.

6:10 p.m.: For several Democrats voting at the South Side Senior Center on South Fremont, their primary pick came down to who they could trust the most.

Brenda Adcock, 59, says she likes Bernie Sanders well enough, but Hillary Clinton is the candidate she trusts.

“I support the Democratic Party and I think she is the most experienced of the two candidates,” Adcock said.

Adcock went on to say she is not confident Sanders could actually put in place many of the policies he is calling for, like a single-payer healthcare system.

Conversely, Larry Loftis, 52, a Sanders supporter, said he doesn’t trust Clinton.

Loftis said Clinton’s handling of an attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi while she was Secretary of State and to a lesser extent the scandal over her emails makes him not trust her.

And while Loftis said he is concerned that if Donald Trump were president it might lead the nation into war, he says he might still vote for Trump over Clinton if that is the matchup in the general election.

Loftis said it would be a “tough call.”

5:50 p.m.: Several Ted Cruz supporters voting at the Macedonia Baptist Church on West Sunshine Street said they would have a tough time voting for Donald Trump if he becomes the Republican nominee.

A poll released on Friday showed Trump leading Missouri, polling at 36 percent, while Cruz was running in second at 29 percent. That would indicate the race in the Show-Me State is very close given the poll had a +/- 7 margin of error.

"I guess I'd have to," said Barbara Hall, 76, this afternoon shortly after she voted for Ted Cruz.

Hall said she thought Cruz was honest and she trusts him. She was not nearly as confident in Trump but did say she'd prefer him over Democratic front runner Hillary Clinton.

Ryan Rhodes, 36, also a Cruz supporter, felt similar.

"I couldn't do Donald Trump," Rhodes said. He later said he would probably vote for Trump in order to beat Clinton or Bernie Sanders

Jorge Tobar, 45, a Cruz supporter, said he would have to pray to see what to do if Trump wins the nomination.

Not everyone at the polling place was down on Trump.

Curtis Adams, 50, said he likes Trump because "He's got a sense of humor."

If Trump loses his lead and doesn't win the Republican nomination, however, Adams said there was a good chance he'd voter for Sanders. Adams said that while he doesn't like Sanders socialist moniker he does appreciate the Democratic Senator from Vermont is interested in "giving the middle class a decent chance to make a good wage."

3:15 p.m. update: Turnout is looking pretty good, said Greene County Clerk Shane Schoeller. At midday, he said, turnout ranged between 19 percent and 26 percent of registered voters at the county's polling places.

"I think we'll be getting close to that 45 percent," which is at the high end of today's expected turnout, Schoeller said.

The warm weather has probably helped, said Danette Proctor, chair of the Greene County Republican Central Committee.

"Just watching on Facebook and at our poll, it looks like its very good turnout," she said.

Her counter part, Greene County Democrats Executive Director Skylar Johnston said he's also seeing pretty strong turnout.

"Knock on wood, everything is going smoothly," Johnston said.

2:00 p.m. update: Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz are the two presidential candidates who actually made stops in Springfield.

Both were in town Saturday. Sanders spoke at JQH Arena on the Missouri State University campus, while Ted Cruz spoke at Evangel University.

Additionally, former president Bill Clinton was in Springfield on Friday at Teamsters Local 245 on East Division Street, stumping for his wife.

One thing both parties seem to agree on: This is great voting weather.

1:15 p.m. update: Watch six Springfield voters who opted for a Democratic ballot Tuesday explain their vote — Hillary or Bernie? — in the above video. Green people and snakes are both mentioned.

Here are a few other comments from voters at Rountree elementary school on East Grand Street, which serves as the polling place for Precinct 2-AB.

Brian Bates, Trump: "I do think he could get Mexico to pay for the fence. I damn sure do. Through trade deals."

Brenda Gifford, Sanders: "His message is really for the people, and it's really all about reinvigorating our democracy."

Roy Lea, Trump: "I'm tired of all the corruption and stuff in Washington and think they need someone in there to change things up."

Leo Carroll, Cruz: "Didn't want to vote for Trump."

Kevin Mahaney, Sanders: "I trust him."

11:55 a.m. update: Here is a tally of preference among voters who spoke to News-Leader reporter Thomas Gounley at two polling places Tuesday morning.

Caveats: Many people decline to say who they voted for; a category was added to note that at the second polling place. Also, not everyone who exited the polling place was necessarily queried. In other words, this is unscientific and not being used in a formal exit polling sense.

10:00 a.m. update: Missouri isn't a sure thing on either side of the race.

The website FiveThirtyEight gives Hillary Clinton a 54 percent chance, and Bernie Sanders a 46 percent chance, of winning the Missouri Democratic primary.

The site, which is led by Nate Silver, a statistician who gained prominence for his projections regarding past elections, did not make a formal forecast on Missouri’s Republican race, saying there hasn’t enough recent polling.

The minimal polling there has been, however, suggests that Ted Cruz and Donald Trump are the front-runners in the state.

9:00 a.m. update: Mitt Romney's plan backfired when it came to Springfield resident Connie Britain.

In a speech in early March, the former Massachusetts governor mocked the business credentials of real estate magnate Donald Trump, and basically pleaded with Republicans to support a different candidate.

Interviewed outside her polling place Tuesday morning, Britain said she had been planning to cast her her ballot for Ohio Governor John Kasich, but that Romney's remarks prompted her to vote for Trump.

"I just think he's so much different from the rest of the crowd, and he can fix the messes," Britain said. "Maybe he'll create his own messes, but we'll find out."

Trump's name came up repeatedly during a 40-minute early morning visit to the Berean Baptist Church. The church, at 507 E. Norton Road in north Springfield, serves as the polling place for Precinct 29-ABC, which generally comprises the northeast corner of the city.

Abby Letterman said she voted for Trump because of his business experience.

"I really think with his background, since he's done so well for himself, he's going to get the country working again," she said.

Marty Mapel said he doesn't particularly like Trump as a person; Mapel called him "arrogant." But he said Tuesday that he voted for Trump "because basically he pissed the establishment off."

The businessman's name also came up unprompted among some supporters of Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who is seen as Trump's primary opponent in the state of Missouri.

Jenni Courtney said Cruz wasn't necessarily her preferred candidate, but that she wanted to vote for the person who had the best chance of besting Trump.

"Honestly, I really like Rubio, but I feel like it would be a wasted vote," Courtney said.

Carol Long said she voted for Cruz because she doesn't "think Trump has people's best interests in mind, except his own."

Mindy Porter, another Cruz voter, referenced the Bible when giving her assessment of Trump.

"Honestly, I'm a Christian, and with what he's spewing and what I read in (the Book of) Revelation ... I very honestly believe he's the Antichrist," Porter said.

The two other Republicans in the race also had some support, although their names came up less often. Cindy Hyatt said she voted for Florida Governor Marco Rubio.

"Did a lot of praying and just a little research and it's who I thought was the best person for the position," Hyatt said.

And not all Trump voters were necessarily Trump supporters.

Don Chadwick said he voted for Trump Tuesday because "he's gonna shake things up." But he said he'd be firmly on the Democratic side come November, whether that meant Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders.

"I am a rebellious voter," Chadwick said.

Original story: Welcome to the News-Leader's live blog of Tuesday's presidential primary in Missouri. We'll be featuring updates here as we talk to voters in the Springfield area throughout the day. We'll also point you to other interesting, primary-related content from other parts of the state and nation.

Polling places in Missouri are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters can visit the Missouri Secretary of State's website to find their polling place.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders are hoping for victories on the Democratic side.

Among Republicans, businessman Donald Trump, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Ohio Governor John Kasich are the four major candidates still in the race.

Here's what the ballot will look like for Greene County voters. The ballot still features the names of major candidates that have dropped off, like Chris Christie and Jeb Bush, as well as some lesser-known individuals in the race, like Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente on the Democratic ticket.

Missouri is one of five states voting Tuesday; the others are Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Illinois.