Sanders projected to win Nevada caucuses

Sen. Bernie Sanders.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has decisively won Nevada's Democratic caucuses, NBC News and ABC News project.

The projections came via the networks' analyses of votes, as only four percent of precincts had reported when NBC News and ABC News made their calls. Sanders had more than twice the votes of nearest competitor former Vice President Joe Biden at the time of the call, and exit polls taken throughout the day indicated Sanders had a decisive lead.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.