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| Bernie Sanders beats Clinton in West Virginia primary | Bernie Sanders beats Clinton in West Virginia primary |
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| Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, US media project. | Bernie Sanders has won the West Virginia primary in the Democratic race for the presidential nomination, US media project. |
| The Vermont senator still trails Hillary Clinton in the overall contest for delegates but this win keeps his slim hopes alive. | The Vermont senator still trails Hillary Clinton in the overall contest for delegates but this win keeps his slim hopes alive. |
| In the Republican race, Donald Trump was declared the winner in West Virginia and in Nebraska. | |
| His last remaining rivals dropped out last week but remained on the ballot. | His last remaining rivals dropped out last week but remained on the ballot. |
| But the New York businessman faces a huge task in trying to get the Republican party behind him. | |
| House Speaker Paul Ryan, the highest ranking elected official in the party, said he was unable to endorse Mr Trump because he lacked conservative principles. | |
| Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington | Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington |
| With victories in Indiana and now West Virginia, Bernie Sanders has started another winning streak against Hillary Clinton. Like his five-state run in April, however, it will do little to slow her steady march to the Democratic nomination. | With victories in Indiana and now West Virginia, Bernie Sanders has started another winning streak against Hillary Clinton. Like his five-state run in April, however, it will do little to slow her steady march to the Democratic nomination. |
| Exit polls show the West Virginia vote was particularly quirky. Almost 40% of Democratic voters there said they wanted a president less liberal than Barack Obama - and that group favoured avowed socialist Sanders by more than a two-to-one margin. | |
| Mr Sanders also overwhelmingly carried the 27% who want a president more liberal than Mr Obama. | Mr Sanders also overwhelmingly carried the 27% who want a president more liberal than Mr Obama. |
| Such a result makes sense if some of Sanders's support is, in fact, an anyone-but-Clinton vote. | Such a result makes sense if some of Sanders's support is, in fact, an anyone-but-Clinton vote. |
| At this point the Vermont senator will likely take help wherever he can get it. He should be competitive in the next four contests, but could hit a wall in the June mega-prize, California. Its diverse electorate favours Mrs Clinton, and anything but an unprecedented Sanders win there would seal his fate. | At this point the Vermont senator will likely take help wherever he can get it. He should be competitive in the next four contests, but could hit a wall in the June mega-prize, California. Its diverse electorate favours Mrs Clinton, and anything but an unprecedented Sanders win there would seal his fate. |
| Until then, however, Mr Sanders will continue to be a constant and unpleasant reminder to Mrs Clinton that there are Democratic voters still unwilling to fully get on board her campaign. | Until then, however, Mr Sanders will continue to be a constant and unpleasant reminder to Mrs Clinton that there are Democratic voters still unwilling to fully get on board her campaign. |
| With Mr Trump now the Republican presumptive nominee, it was the Democratic race that provided the focus for Tuesday's primaries. | |
| Mr Sanders's victory in West Virginia, where Mrs Clinton convincingly beat Barack Obama in 2008, will prolong the Democratic contest. | |
| In a speech delivered in Salem, Oregon, which holds its primary next week, Mr Sanders announced news of his victory to cheering crowds. | |
| "We have now won primaries and caucuses in 19 states and let me be as clear as I can be - we are in this campaign to win the Democratic nomination." | |
| He also underlined his key election pledges of making college tuition free and increasing taxes on the wealthy. | |
| And he pointed to polls as evidence that he remained the best Democratic candidate to beat Donald Trump. | |
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