John McCain claimed he was the front-runner in the contest for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination after piling up big primary wins across the country on Super Tuesday, according to CNN projections.
John McCain and wife Cindy arrive at the U.S. Senator's Super Tuesday party in Phoenix, Arizona.
But the race for the Democratic Party nomination remained wide open between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama with votes evenly split between the rival senators.
Although CNN projections showed Obama winning more states overall, Clinton claimed victory in several key states with higher delegate counts, including New York, which she represents in the Senate, and California.
John McCain and wife Cindy arrive at the U.S. Senator's Super Tuesday party in Phoenix, Arizona.
But the race for the Democratic Party nomination remained wide open between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama with votes evenly split between the rival senators.
Although CNN projections showed Obama winning more states overall, Clinton claimed victory in several key states with higher delegate counts, including New York, which she represents in the Senate, and California.
Latest estimates suggest the pair could be separated by as few as 20 of the 1,678 delegates at stake on Tuesday.
Some of the biggest prizes of the primary season were up for grabs on Tuesday, including Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri and Georgia, as voters made their party choices in 24 states and the U.S. Pacific territory of American Samoa.
On the Republican side, CNN projected Arizona Senator McCain to win his home state, along with California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Oklahoma. McCain wins big; Huckabee shines
CNN projected Republican Mitt Romney to take Alaska, Colorado, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Utah.
CNN projected Republican Mike Huckabee as winner in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee and West Virginia.
In the Democratic races, CNN projections indicated wins for Clinton in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee Arkansas, where her husband, former U.S. President Bill Clinton, was once governor, and American Samoa. Clinton takes California in tight Democratic race
Barack Obama has CNN-projected wins in his home state of Illinois, plus Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and Utah.
More than four-fifths of the 2,025 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination and more than 1,000 of the 1,191 necessary delegates on the Republican side were at stake on Tuesday.
The delegate count is key when looking at the results. Candidates need to notch up enough delegates -- rather than voter numbers -- to secure their party's nomination. See which states are the most important »
McCain turnaround
For the Republicans, it was a day that cemented McCain's remarkable turnaround since he was written off last summer as a viable White House contender by many political commentators.
On Tuesday the four-term Arizona senator, a 71-year-old former Vietnamese prisoner of war who also ran for the Republican nomination in 2000, finally felt comfortable enough to call himself the front-runner.
For the Republicans, it was a day that cemented McCain's remarkable turnaround since he was written off last summer as a viable White House contender by many political commentators.On Tuesday the four-term Arizona senator, a 71-year-old former Vietnamese prisoner of war who also ran for the Republican nomination in 2000, finally felt comfortable enough to call himself the front-runner.
"Although I've never minded the role of the underdog and have relished as much as anyone come-from-behind wins, tonight I think we must get used to the idea that we are the Republican Party frontrunner," McCain told reporters as results came in. "And I don't really mind it one bit."
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