Update, 11:59 p.m.: Hillary Clinton is projected to win a close Kentucky primary.
Update, 11:41 p.m.: Bernie Sanders wins the Oregon primary.
Original post: There’s a pair of primaries on the Democratic docket Tuesday in Kentucky and Oregon, as Hillary Clinton looks to take a step closer to securing the party’s nomination. The overall math is on Clinton’s side, win or lose-close at this point, but when it comes to Tuesday’s contests it’s still a crapshoot in both states. That doesn’t mean the Clinton camp wouldn’t mind chalking up a string of victories to close this thing out and begin working on trying to bring (some) Sanders supporters back from the brink. As Slate’s Jim Newell points out, to help make that happen Clinton has invested in and made nearly a dozen campaign visits to 55-delegate Kentucky, a state with a closed primary, limiting independents crossing over that have trended Bernie Sanders’ way in the past. It still may not be enough, which worries the Democratic Party. Oregon looks like Bernie country and likely a proportional delegate win for the Vermont senator.
On the Republican side, with only one contest on tap in Oregon on Tuesday, barring Ted Cruz choosing another running mate from the sidelines, Donald Trump will continue to maraud his way to Cleveland and the GOP nomination.
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