Washington State Presidential Primary Results: Trump Wins Again

Donald Trump wins again.

The 2016 Washington State Republican Primary is over.

Trump is now inches away from the 1,237 delegates that he needs to clinch his party's nomination.

He should lock most of the state's 44 delegates by the end of the night.

He needs 48 for the nomination.

With 73 percent of the vote in, Trump has 76.2 percent, Ted Cruz had 10.1 percent, John Kasich had 9.9 percent, and Ben Carson had 3.8 percent.

On the Republican side, even though Trump is the only candidate still actively running and is his party's presumptive nominee, there are four candidates on the ballot - Trump, Ohio Governor John Kasich, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and surgeon Ben Carson.

Kasich and Cruz dropped out after the ballots had been printed. Carson never informed the state that he had withdrawn from the race.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio did file a notice of withdrawal.

The Republican Party awards 14 of its delegates proportionately based on statewide results and the other 30 based on proportional results in each of the state's congressional districts.

So, even though Trump is the only candidate still in the race, he might still have to share the delegates.

The thing is, being so late in the game this go around, the results will not make much of a difference.

Especially for the Democrats.

Hillary Clinton handily beat Bernie Sanders by nearly 50,000 votes.

But it didn't count.

The Washington State Democratic Party held a series of caucuses in March and awarded their delegates based on those results.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with 72.7 percent of the vote to her 27.1 percent.

One thing that makes the Washington Presidential Primary from other primaries in the state is that normally the state puts all candidates together regardless of party and the top two then face off in the fall.

Another thing is that voters in the presidential primary have to sign a political party declaration on the ballot return envelope. It must match the party of the candidate you vote for.

The party declarations are drafted by the political parties.

According to the Washington Secretary of State's Office, the declarations are:

Republican: "I declare that I am a Republican and I have not participated and will not participate in the 2016 precinct caucus or convention system of any other party."

Democrat: "I declare that I consider myself to be a DEMOCRAT and I will not participate in the nomination process of any other political party for the 2016 Presidential election."

The Washington State Secretary of State's office has a website to find out where your nearest election office is.

They also have a list of all the people who have filed for all the elections being held on Tuesday. There are races all the way down the ladder - 680 candidates running for 345 offices.