Bernie Sanders Wins Wisconsin Democratic Primary, Gains Momentum (UPDATED)

UPDATED (10:04 a.m. Wednesday, April 6): Adds final tally with 100 percent of votes counted.

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders continued to build momentum for his campaign run as he was named the projected winner of Tuesday's Wisconsin primary.

The Associated Press, NBC, CNN and Fox News projected Sanders over opponent Hillary Clinton, the party's presumptive presidential candidate favorite.

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Results

√ Bernie Sanders: 56.5 percent (567,858 votes; 47 delegates)

Hillary Clinton: 43.2 percent (433,514 votes; 36 delegates)

100 percent of vote counted

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The victory nets Sanders 47 of the state's 86 delegates. Clinton picks up 36 delegates in the loss. Delegates are awarded proportionally based on congressional district results in Wisconsin's primary.

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Sanders Wisconsin win is his seventh in the past eight contests and continues building momentum for his campaign. And the concept of momentum is what Sanders addressed when he addressed supporters in Wyoming after capturing Wisconsin.

"What momentum is about is my belief if we wake up the American people ... [they will] begin to stand up, fight back and come out and vote in large numbers. There is nothing we cannot accomplish," said Sanders, who outspent Clinton significantly in Wisconsin, $2.4 million to $931,000, according to NBC.

Sanders also praised the support he was receiving from different factions of the country's voting populace, especially young people who wanted to be invested in building this country's future that they will inherit.

"[The supporters he's met] understand that real change throughout this country's history ... they understand that real change never, ever takes place from the top on down. It always takes place from the bottom on up," he said to great applause.

Wisconsin was the only state to host a presidential primary on Tuesday, April 5. Although Wyoming holds its Democratic caucus Saturday, April 9, the next major contest will be in two weeks in New York—the state Clinton represented as a U.S. senator from 2001 to 2009, and the state Sanders was born and raised.

Clinton declined to speak Tuesday night after Sanders was called the winner of the Wisconsin primary, but she did congratulate her opponent and his victory—and thanked her supporters in the state—over Twitter.

UPDATED (8:51 p.m. Tuesday, April 5): The Associated Press, NBC and Fox News are projecting Sen. Bernie Sanders as the winner of Tuesday's Wisconsin primary.

UPDATED (8:42 p.m. Tuesday, April 5):

Results

Hillary Clinton: 47.4 percent

Bernie Sanders: 52.4 percent

polls close at 8 p.m.; 18 percent of vote counted

UPDATED (8:32 p.m. Tuesday, April 5): Fox News and NBC are projecting Sen. Bernie Sanders as the winner in the Wisconsin primary, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel exit polls show Sanders with a slim victory over his opponent, Hillary Clinton.

Results

Hillary Clinton: 43.3 percent

Bernie Sanders: 56.4 percent

polls close at 8 p.m.; 4 percent of vote counted

UPDATED (8:21 p.m. Tuesday, April 5)

His opponent, presumptive Democratic presidential candidate favorite Hillary Clinton, will be trying to derail his campaign's momentum and settle who will be the party's candidate before the Philadelphia convention this summer.

Results

Hillary Clinton: 43.3 percent

Bernie Sanders: 56.4 percent

polls close at 8 p.m.; 4 percent of vote counted

Wisconsin is the only state to host a presidential primary on Tuesday, April 5. The next major contest will be in New York in two weeks.

Sanders outspent Clinton significantly in Wisconsin: $2.4 million to $931,000, according to NBC.

“He needs blowouts," Decision Desk HQ analyst Jeff Blehar told Patch.

Sanders needs to do well throughout Wisconsin — not just in certain areas that really favor him, such as Madison — to capture a large share of the state's delegates.

The delegates are awarded proportionally based on congressional district results. A Sanders win won't guarantee him a big delegate haul, with some of state's 10 uncommitted super-delegates already pro-Hillary.

Although Sanders looks to dominate in Madison, the race for the entire state looks to be close, according to polling data. Three out of the seven latest major state polls are within the margin of error, and the RealClearPolitics average has Sanders ahead by just 2.6 points.