A preview of Washington's primary election Tuesday
SEATTLE -- Tuesday, Washington holds its presidential primary. More than a million voters have already sent in their ballots.
Most of the drama has been stripped from our state's primary. Even though the Democrats are on your ballot, their primary vote will not count. That's because Democrats opted for a caucus, two months ago. Bernie Sanders won with 73 percent of the vote.
As for the Republicans, Tuesday's primary will determine which candidate gets our state's delegates, but Donald Trump is the only one left in the race.
"We're going to start winning, winning, winning," said Trump.
Trump hopes to make his mark on Washington, by sending a statement in our primary.
Despite bowing out, Ted Cruz and Johh Kasich are on the state ballot, because they both suspended their campaigns after the ballots were printed.
Ben Carson Is also on there, because he never submitted a withdrawal.
There are 44 Republican delegates up for grabs, allocated proportionally, based on the primary vote.
"Whoever they chose will be who we represent," said Susan Hutchison, chairwoman of the Washington State Republican Party. "It's the opinion of our voters who decides who we represent when we go to Cleveland."
For the Democrats, Hillary Clinton is still trying to shake Sanders.
"We are coming to the end of the Democratic primaries," said Clinton.
But when those primaries do end, the bigger question is whether his supporters will come aboard.
"I applaud Senator Sanders and his supporters for challenging us,” added Clinton. “And we are going to unify the Democratic party and stop Donald Trump!"
Sander is suddenly squarely focused on Trump, too.
"If we win the nomination, Donald Trump will not become president of the United States," said Sanders.
A string of new polls showing a tight Clinton-Trump race is fueling Sanders' argument that he's the stronger general election candidate.
"In virtually every national and every state poll, we defeat Trump by larger numbers than does Secretary Clinton," said Sanders.
So the Democrats are the ones with drama left this primary season.
The state's 39 counties will begin reporting Republican primary results at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
We'll bring them to you on Q13 News.
As for when the presidential nominations will be official, it’s expected that after the June 7 primaries in California, New Jersey and others, voters will push both Trump and Clinton over the top in their party’s delegate counts.