U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders waves to the crowd at a campaign rally in Kansas City, Missouri February 24, 2016. Sanders won the Democratic caucus in Kansas on Saturday. Brian Snyder/Reuters

Sanders takes caucuses in Kansas, Nebraska; Clinton wins Louisiana

Politics

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton wins Democratic presidential primary in Louisiana, her 11th state win in the 2016 presidential race.

9:04 p.m.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has won Nebraska's Democratic presidential caucus, defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The victory for Sanders on Saturday marks the second time Clinton has lost the Nebraska Democratic caucuses. In 2008, then-Illinois Sen. Barack Obama defeated Clinton by a 2-to-1 ratio in the state.

Both Sanders and Clinton sent organizers to Nebraska and campaigned in the state, where Democrats often get little attention given the Republican Party's dominance.

Nebraska's Democratic caucuses were among contests held by one or both parties Saturday in five states.

Nebraska Republicans will vote for the GOP nominee in the state's May 10 primary.

8:28 p.m.

The Kansas Democratic Party says Bernie Sanders has won its presidential caucuses.

The party made the announcement Saturday night, but did not release any vote count or results. The Associated Press has not called the race in Kansas as it waits for those results.

A pre-caucus rally Thursday for the Vermont senator in the liberal bastion of Lawrence drew several thousand people.

His backers overcame support for rival Hillary Clinton from former Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other Democratic establishment figures in the state.

Read the party's statement below:

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