Senators Hillary Clinton and John McCain claim Super Tuesday wins in California.
All the major candidates in Super Tuesday's primaries are declaring victory -- and everyone is staying in the race for the White House.
The candidates are now preparing for the next set of primaries, and using what they've learned from their victories last night.
On the democratic side, Senator Hillary Clinton won eight states, including California. Senator Barack Obama won thirteen states -- New Mexico is still too close to call.
Among Republicans, Senator John McCain won nine states, including California.
Mike Huckabee won five southern states, and Mitt Romney won seven states.
Clinton won California's popular vote by a wide margin, but the race for delegates is fairly close. Delegates are assigned by congressional district.
Clinton won seven of 11 districts in the Bay Area, and 43 of the 53 districts statewide, but she and Obama split the delegates in many of those districts.
For the Republicans, every district is winner take all, and the Bay Area went to john McCain. Mitt Romney won just three Southern California congressional districts.
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton both say their campaigns gained the edge last night. We are hearing a lot of the same things on the Republican side, proving that one day later just about every major candidate has something to brag about.
Before leaving for Washington D.C. on Wednesday morning, Senator Barack Obama claimed victory.
In fact, Obama says the fact that he's still standing after Super Tuesday, is extraordinary.
"I think the Clinton Camp's basic attitude was the whole calendar was set up to deliver the knock out blow on February 5th and not only do we not plan to withdraw, we won more delegates and won more states," said Senator Barack Obama (D) Illinois.
Senator Clinton is also claiming to have won more delegates.
Nobody knows for sure yet because votes are still being counted in some races. Either way, the delegate count from Super Tuesday will be close.
The focus now for both sides is to raise as much money as they can, now that the race is expected to last many more weeks.
Last month, Clinton lent $5 million dollars of her own money to her campaign - a way for her to catch up with the fundraising efforts of the Obama campaign.
"My opponent was able to raise more money. We wanted to be more competitive and I think the results of last night show the wisdom of my investment," said Senator Hillary Clinton (D) New York.
On the Republican side, Super Tuesday proved to be more decisive - with Senator John McCain padding his lead.
But McCain is taking nothing for granted.
He offered an olive branch to outspoken conservatives, who have threatened to boycott his candidacy if he wins the nomination.
"I do hope that at some point we would just calm down a little bit and see if there are areas we can agree on," said Senator John McCain (R) Arizona.
The biggest surprise from Super Tuesday is mike Huckabee who revived his campaign by winning several southern states. On Wednesday, he addressed charges by the Romney campaign that he cut a deal with John McCain in West Virginia.
"Look, he lost, get over it. Get on with it. Life goes on," said former Arkansas Governor (R) Mike Huckabee.
Mitt Romney was the only major candidate who did not talk to the media on Wednesday. By all accounts Super Tuesday was a big disappointment for him, but he bows to go on.
