Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won their primary races in Georgia on Super Tuesday and Habersham County voters followed suit. With just over half of the county’s 17,705 active registered voters casting ballots, Clinton and Trump walked away winners.
In the county’s GOP Presidential Preference Primary 7,870 ballots were cast. Of those, 3,289 votes (41.79%) went to Trump. Ted Cruz received 2,090 votes (26.56%) and Marco Rubio got 1,491 votes (18.95%). Ben Carson was a distant fourth in Habersham receiving 587 votes (7.46%) and John Kasich got 310 votes (3.94%).
Seven GOP candidates who’ve already dropped out of the race also received votes in Habersham. South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham was the only former GOP contender whose name was still on the ballot who did not receive any votes.
On the Democratic side, 1,170 ballots were cast in Habersham. Hillary Clinton received 608 votes (51.97%). Bernie Sanders got 553 votes (47.26%). Martin O’Malley and Michael Steinberg received a combined total of less than 1%.
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Clinton and Trump also won primaries in neighboring counties including White, Rabun, Stephens and Banks. Clinton trounced Sanders in Stephens with over 60% of the vote but narrowly edged out a win in Banks County, defeating Sanders by just three votes.
Trump held steady throughout, claiming between 41% (Habersham) and 48% (Banks) in each of those Northeast Georgia counties.
Here’s how the vote played out in Georgia
With all 159 counties reporting, Georgia’s unofficial Presidential Preference Primary results are:
(Source: GA Secretary of State)
So what’s so super about Super Tuesday?
The stakes in Tuesday’s primary were high. Republican candidates — Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio and Donald Trump — fought for their share of 595 delegates. That’s nearly half the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders battled it out over 865 delegates, or nearly one third the number needed to secure their party’s nomination.
Unofficial state results as of 1:40 p.m. March 2, 2016 (source AP):
DEMOCRATIC
Alabama · 53 delegates
100% reporting · Clinton won and has 44 delegates, Sanders has 9
Arkansas · 32 delegates
96% reporting · Clinton won and has 19 delegates, Sanders has 9
Colorado · 66 delegates
98% reporting · Sanders won and has 35 delegates, Clinton has 24
Georgia · 102 delegates
100% reporting · Clinton won and has 70 delegates, Sanders has 28
Massachusetts · 91 delegates
99% reporting · Clinton won and has 45 delegates, Sanders has 43
Minnesota · 77 delegates
86% reporting · Sanders won and has 46 delegates, Clinton has 28
Oklahoma · 38 delegates
100% reporting · Sanders won and has 20 delegates, Clinton has 16
Tennessee · 67 delegates
100% reporting · Clinton won and has 41 delegates, Sanders has 22
Texas · 222 delegates
99% reporting · Clinton won and has 138 delegates, Sanders has 61
Vermont · 16 delegates
100% reporting · Sanders won and has 16 delegates
Virginia · 95 delegates
100% reporting · Clinton won and has 61 delegates, Sanders has 32
REPUBLICAN
Alabama · 50 delegates
100% reporting · Trump won and has 36 delegates, Cruz 13, Rubio 1
Alaska · 28 delegates
100% reporting · Cruz won and has 12 delegates, Trump has 11, Rubio has 5
Arkansas · 40 delegates
96% reporting · Trump won and has 16 delegates, Cruz has 14, Rubio 9
Georgia · 76 delegates
100% reporting · Trump won and has 40 delegates, Cruz has 18, Rubio has 14
Massachusetts · 42 delegates
99% reporting · Trump won and has 22 delegates, Kasich has 8, Rubio has 8, Cruz has 4
Minnesota · 38 delegates
96% reporting · Rubio won and has 14 delegates, Cruz has 13, Trump has 10
Oklahoma · 43 delegates
100% reporting · Cruz won and has 14 delegates, Trump has 12, Rubio has 11
Tennessee · 58 delegates
100% reporting · Trump won and has 31 delegates, Cruz has 14, Rubio has 9
Texas · 155 delegates
99% reporting · Cruz won and has 99 delegates, Trump has 33, Rubio has 3
Vermont · 16 delegates
100% reporting · Trump won and has 6 delegates, Kasich has 6
Virginia · 49 delegates
99% reporting · Trump won and has 17 delegates, Rubio has 16, Cruz has 8, Kasich has 5, Carson has 3
Updated 3/2/16@1:40pm
