Even though Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are gearing up for the general election, they still need to amass the required number of delegates to secure their respective nominations.
Clinton is trying to prevent a two-state loss in Oregon and Kentucky tonight to rival Sen. Bernie Sanders. She's been working hard to secure a win in Kentucky, campaigning in the state on Monday alongside Alison Lundergan Grimes, the former Senate candidate and current Kentucky secretary of state. Clinton won the Bluegrass State in the 2008 primary over then-Sen. Barack Obama.
Both Kentucky and Oregon offer Clinton and Sanders opportunities to add to their delegate counts. There are 61 total delegates up for grabs in Kentucky and 74 total in Oregon. (In Kentucky, 55 of the delegates are pledged and six are superdelegates; in Oregon, there are 61 pledged delegates and 13 superdelegates.) But with little polling available, it's tough to tell where the Kentucky race stands.
Sanders, speaking to reporters today in Puerto Rico, said his team is focused on making sure Democrats head to the polls tonight.
"I feel about Oregon and Kentucky the way I usually feel, and that is if there’s a large voter turnout, I think we’ll win. Kentucky and Oregon pose the usual problems for us in the sense that they are closed primaries. Independents are not allowed to vote," he said.
Even if Clinton were to sweep today's primaries, she'd still be short of winning the nomination. Clinton needs an additional 143 delegates to reach the requisite 2,383 to secure the nomination. Sanders currently has 1,473 total delegates to Clinton's 2,240.
The chances of a sweep are also slim given that both Democratic contests allocate delegates proportionally once a candidate crosses the 15 percent threshold.
Former President Bill Clinton is campaigning on behalf of his wife in Puerto Rico, ahead of the island's contest on June 5.
On the Republican side, Trump could take home all of Oregon's 28 delegates; however, they still are not enough for him to clinch the nomination. The likely Republican presidential nominee needs 1,237 delegates to secure the nomination. ABC News estimates that he currently has 1,143 delegates.
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