Trump, Clinton Win Alabama

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton stormed through Alabama and much of the South on Super Tuesday, clinching victories built on rallying key bases.

Clinton claimed a commanding primary victory over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders with about 80 percent of the vote in the Alabama Democratic primary. Clinton was propelled by heavy support from African-American voters. Nine in 10 black Democrats supported Clinton.

Trump won more than 40 percent of the GOP vote in Alabama, double the amount of the second-place finisher, Texas Sen Ted Cruz.

Both victors had campaigned heavily in the state leading up to Super Tuesday. Clinton had visited Alabama three times ahead of Tuesday’s election in stops that courted African-American voters, the largest voting bloc in Democratic primaries in the Deep South.

Trump drew large crowds to rallies in Madison and Mobile.

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