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USA TODAY Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page offers lessons to take away from Super Tuesday's results for both parties as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump emerge with major wins. VPC


Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton(Photo: DSK, AFP/Getty Images)


Super Tuesday is squarely in the rearview mirror, but a host of primaries and caucuses in coming days will keep presidential campaigns busy.
Front-runners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump solidified their positions with strong showings Tuesday, but the leading challengers also were trumpeting victories, mathematical and moral. And the nominations are far from secured.
Democrat Clinton whipped Sen. Bernie Sanders in seven states including Massachusetts, but Sanders claimed four victories and pledged to march on.
"Our message is resonating with the people. When we<span style="color: Red;">*</span>stand together, we will be victorious," Sanders said.
Trump won seven states on the GOP side, but Sen. Ted Cruz won his home state of Texas along with Oklahoma and Alaska. Minnesota caucus-goers provided<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Florida Sen. Marco Rubio with his first victory of the campaign.
"God bless the Lone Star State," an elated Cruz said late Tuesday. "Tonight this campaign enters a new phase."
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Next up for the Republican candidates is a Detroit stage. They'll debate<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Thursday with an eye toward Tuesday's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>vital Michigan primary. Before that race,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>voters again take the stage over the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>weekend. There are<span style="color: Red;">*</span>caucuses Saturday in Kansas, Kentucky, Maine and Nebraska along with a primary in Louisiana. On Sunday, Democrats debate in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Flint, Mich., Democratic caucuses are held in<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Maine, and a Republican primary is set for Puerto Rico.
On Tuesday, Mississippi joins Michigan as primary states for both parties.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Republicans caucus<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Hawaii and hold a primary in Idaho. But Michigan is the prize, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich is hoping for an upset win and some momentum ahead of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>crucial March 15 primaries in Florida, Illinois, Missouri, North Carolina and Ohio.
Kasich and Rubio hope to revitalize their campaigns with victories in their home states that day.
Rubio was upbeat in a speech in Miami late Tuesday. And he pressed his familiar stop-Trump theme.
"Do not give in to sham artists and con artists who try to take advantage of your suffering and your hardships," he said. "The pundits say we're underdogs. I'll accept that. We've all been underdogs. But we will win."
Even Kasich saw a glimmer of hope from Tuesday's results, placing a close second to Trump in Vermont.
“We have absolutely exceeded expectations," Kasich said of his Super Tuesday results.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"We will beat Donald Trump in the state of Ohio.”
Jim Campbell, a political science professor at University at Buffalo and author of the book<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America, says the determination<span style="color: Red;">*</span>of the "underdogs" should not be discounted, particularly on the GOP side. There is still a long way to go, he says, and the possible outcomes<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— a Clinton presidency, a liberal addition to the Supreme Court<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— have raised the stakes.
"It would be a mistake to underestimate the resolve of a large part of the Republican Party, probably a significant majority, to stop Trump," Campbell told USA TODAY. "It looks like ...conservatives are ready to fight a Trump nomination to the bitter end."
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