US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and rival GOP candidate Ted Cruz have scored victories in separate primary caucuses held over the weekend.
On Saturday, Clinton won the Democratic caucuses on the Northern Mariana Islands, the US territory located in the Pacific Ocean near Guam, with 102 total votes to 65 votes for rival Bernie Sanders. She won four delegates, increasing her delegate lead over Sanders to 223.
The tiny Pacific island represents Clinton’s 14th primary victory to Sanders’ nine and was the only Democratic contest held this weekend.
On Guam, where Republicans held their primary, Ted Cruz picked up a single delegate. Guam’s delegates do not have to announce their preferred candidate for two weeks, so that they can hear from all four Republican presidential campaigns.
Cruz, in the run-up to vote, sent a letter promising the islanders that he would fight for their future, writing, “It’s Guam’s time … Guam is…