Clinton won 78.7 percent of the vote in Washington, according to early results Tuesday night, with nearly 65 percent of the votes counted. (AFP)
Clinton wins final democratic primary election
Clinton won 78.7 percent of the vote in Washington, according to early results, with nearly 65 percent of the votes counted
Hillary Clinton has won the last Democratic primary election, held in the US capital on Tuesday, officially wrapping up a long and brutal slog to secure votes for the party’s nomination.
The win over Bernie Sanders was mostly symbolic, as the former top diplomat last week secured the number of delegates needed to become the Democratic nominee for president when the party holds its convention in Philadelphia next month.
Clinton won 78.7 percent of the vote in Washington, according to early results Tuesday night, with nearly 65 percent of the votes counted.
Clinton’s win in the District of Columbia, the final primary of 2016, had no bearing on her role as the presumptive nominee, but it nevertheless marked a transition in the lengthy primary fight between the two rivals.
In virtually identical statements released after meeting for more than 90 minutes, the Clinton and Sanders campaigns said the two rivals discussed their primary campaign, “unifying the party and ... the dangerous threat that Donald Trump poses to our nation.” Neither spoke to reporters after the session at a Washington, D.C., hotel a few blocks from the White House.
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