5 states vote in U.S. primaries live blog: Results, updates and analysis

Another Tuesday, another set of U.S. primaries. This time, voters in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were at the polls.

Pennsylvania has the most delegates up for grabs for both the Republicans and the Democrats. Results started coming in shortly after polls closed at 8 p.m. ET.

• Trump and Clinton count on Tuesday's primaries to boost leads

Front-runners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were counting on winningenough delegates tonight to make it almost impossible for their rivals to catch up. Trump swept the Republican contest, U.S. media reported,while Clinton took four states and Bernie Sanders took one in the Democratic contest.

Reporters from CBC's Washington bureau werein the U.S.providing analysis and up-to-the-minute results. Recap the evening inour live blog coverage below.

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