Steamrolling to a string of Super Tuesday victories, Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump has vowed to beat Hillary Clinton in November's election.
With results from the day's nationwide votes still coming in, he is projected to win at least six victories as he vies to lock down his party's White House nomination.
Twelve US states held primaries and caucuses on Tuesday and Mr Trump is so far expected to win the contests in Alabama, Georgia, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Virginia and Arkansas.
The real estate billionaire congratulated his rival, archconservative Texas Senator Ted Cruz, on his projected wins in his home state of Texas and Oklahoma.
But Mr Trump had nothing but scorn for "lightweight" Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the party favourite, who has just won his first contest, in the state of Minnesota.
The tycoon told a victory rally in Palm Beach, Florida: "Once we get all of this finished, I'm going to go after one person and that's Hillary Clinton."
He added: "We have politicians who truly, truly, truly don't know what they're doing."
In the Democratic race, frontrunner Hillary Clinton is projected to win seven states, while her rival, Bernie Sanders, is expected to take four.
Trailing in the race for the Republican nomination are Ohio Governor John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Candidates are vying to win delegates who will vote for them at the parties' conventions in July.
In the Republican race, 595 delegates up for grabs on Tuesday, including 155 in Texas.
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This is nearly half of the 1,237 delegates needed for a candidate to win the nomination.
Before Super Tuesday, Mr Trump had 82 delegates, Mr Cruz was on 17 and Mr Rubio 16.
Mr Trump has repeatedly courted controversy in the campaign.
He sparked worldwide headlines with his anti-immigration plan to build a wall along the Mexican border, and also to ban Muslims from entering the US.
Republicans fear the front runner, who before Super Tuesday had won three of the first four contests, will damage their prospects of recapturing the White House after President Barack Obama's two terms.
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