Im tim seaman tonight a dozen states voiced their vote for president of the united states. Jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom super tuesday offers the biggest singleday haul of delegates on the primary calender. Front runners Hillary Clinton and donald trump aiming to cement their leads. People in 12 states are voting today, in fact in alaska lls wont close for another hour or so. 595 delegates are up for grabs for the 5 republican candidates with a 1,032 delegates to be split between Hillary Clinton and bernie sanders. Tim were joined now by doctor jeff taylor, chair of the Political Science at dort college. And in 2012 was one of 28 voting delegates representing iowa at the 2012 Republican National convention. Jeff lets start by looking at what we know. Heres a look at the states that have been declared so far. Colominn trump took moderate republicans in New Hampshire and massachusetts, conservative ones in georgia and alabama. Showing better than half of gop voters wanting an outsider. Te
Coming up this morning on abc9 news. Super tuesday is done. And we have all the results and what it means for the candidates. And. Is Woodbury County seeing the benifits of last years gas tax hike . Stay tuned to find out. Plus. Well have the story of the sioux crew. Two hawkeyes reflecting on their careers at iowa these stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good mororng and happy hump day. We are almost there. Im lukas voss. We are starting you off with the results from a busy super tuesday. Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump are both one step closer to their partys president ial nominations. Abcs lana zak has a recap. [hillary hillary ] thank you. Thank you all so much. What a super tuesday. With these super tuesday results, it looks increasingly likely that the november election will be a matchup of Hillary Clinton and trump im gonna go after one person thats Hillary Clinton clinton, marching forward on a clear path to her partys nononation keepininone
Chance and opportunity to do so. I chose not to do that. So im perfectly happy and content with this decision. Ryan was elected House Speaker yesterday but he originally said hes not interested in that job either and he later changed his mind. Bria senator marco bria senator marco rubio was a crowd pleaser as he received a standing ovation at the gop rally this evening. He discussed his concerns on state taxes, social security, medicare and medicade all while jokingly stating that he was not for anything that would not benefit his mother. Whom which receives social security. In the latest gop debate, it seemed as if former Govenor Jeb Bush and senator marco rubio went headtohead. But rubio says hes not worried about the other republicans because his main task is to make sure its no easy ride into the white house for the democratic party. Ive never said anything negative about him and i wont. Im running for president , im not running against the other republicans, said rubio. An ongoing
Will be visiting jitters cafe. And santorum is set to be in congressman steve kings pheasant hunt in akron, rubio has an event scheduled in mason city in North Central iowa. 3 3 Martin Omalley made a Campaign Stop in sioux city this morning. E former Maryland Governor talked to a crowd of nearly 100 people at morningside college. Hes one of only three Democratic Candidates still hoping to make it to the white house. The audience asked him questions on everything from healthcare to police brutality. Heres what he had to say about immigration. And donald trump. 3 o donald trump, i think we need to stand together to that carnival barker, that immigrant basher donald trump. We need to stand up proudly and say that the enduring smbol of our country is not a barbed wire fence or detention camps, it is the statue of liberty. 1 1 omalley was also going to stop in dedeson and des moines lalar today. 3 tonight, look for overcast skies and the possibility of a few showers that will linger into th
Ages of people. Tonight i spoke with many of those voters on their reaction to the speeches. As for the democrats today, Martin Omalley stopped in sioux city. Ktivs matt breen sat down with the governor in our road to the caucus coverage. d president ial candidate. Theyre not intimidated by the washington pupuits and the socalled power brokers because, in the Iowa Caucuses the individual matters. During my oneonone interview with omalley, i asked the former Maryland Governor to size up the democratic race for president. Omalley touted his executive experience. My candidacy offers something that neither of the other candidates does. And thats 15years of executive experience, said omalley. As a big city mayor, and a governor, bringing people passing Marriage Equality in maryland, and abolish the death penalty. These werent words, these were actions, omalley said. To create a Better Future for the country, omalley proposes restoring common sense labor and wage policies, and make investmen