Despite losing at the polls Tuesday, however, Hillary Clinton remains nearly uncatchable in the Democratic delegate count.
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Bernie Sanders on Tuesday beat out rival Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia Democratic primary, where she faced a tough audience over comments she made about the decline of the coal industry.
Donald Trump, meanwhile, handily won West Virginia and the other contest of the night, Nebraska, after the Republican field cleared out last week following the crucial Indiana primary, making him the presumptive presidential nominee.
That left the Democratic presidential race as the only true competition on Tuesday, but one that Clinton would continue to enjoy a wide lead in the all important delegate count no matter the outcome.
In the overall race to 2,383 delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination, Clinton stood at 1,705 to Sanders' 1,415. And among superdelegates — unpledged party leaders who aren't bound by primary results — Clinton dominates the Vermont senator 523 to 39, according to the New York Times.
There were just 29 Democratic delegates up for grabs in West Virginia. For Republicans, there were 34.
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Despite his longshot odds in the delegate race, Sanders continued to rally his supporters with wins at the polls. His win was all but guaranteed in Nebraska on Tuesday after Democrats caucused in March and put him comfortably ahead of Clinton.
But he had also been expected to win in West Virginia, particularly after Clinton made what many criticized as unsympathetic comments about the decline of the coal industry.
"We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," Clinton said earlier in the spring, adding, "And we're going to make it clear that we don't want to forget those people."
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