Today's Brew highlights the results from Tuesday’s elections + provides updates about school closings and government pronouncements due to coronavirus
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Welcome to the Wednesday, March 18, Brew. Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

* Biden wins Arizona, Florida, and Illinois primaries, Trump clinches Republican nomination
* Officials in 41 states order schools closed due to coronavirus outbreak
* Filing deadline roundup

_ Updates on stories related to the coronavirus pandemic are current through Monday afternoon. Click here for the latest news ([link removed]) ._
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** BIDEN WINS ARIZONA, FLORIDA, AND ILLINOIS PRIMARIES, TRUMP CLINCHES REPUBLICAN NOMINATION
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Joe Biden won Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primaries in Arizona, Florida, and Illinois. Biden is projected to win at least 249 of the 441 pledged delegates available. Bernie Sanders is projected to win at least 116. After tonight’s voting, 58% of Democratic pledged delegates will have been allocated.

Donald Trump won Tuesday’s Republican presidential primaries in Florida and Illinois. With these results, Trump crossed the delegate threshold necessary to clinch the Republican nomination—1,276 delegates.

Maryland and Ohio became the fourth and fifth states to move the dates of their presidential and congressional primaries. Ohio was originally scheduled to hold its primary March 17. Gov. Mike DeWine (R) proposed that the state hold its primary on June 2.

Maryland moved its primary Tuesday from April 28 to June 2. Nine states still have presidential primaries scheduled between today and April 28—Alaska, Hawaii, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Together, those states will allocate 704 PLEDGED DELEGATES—about 18% of all pledged delegates—to the Democratic National Convention. Some of these states—such as New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island—are also actively discussing moving their primary dates due to coronavirus concerns at publication.

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** OFFICIALS IN 41 STATES ORDER SCHOOLS CLOSED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK
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Officials in 41 states and eight of the country’s 10 largest cities by population have closed schools in response to the coronavirus outbreak. These school closures affect more than 33 MILLION STUDENTS NATIONWIDE. Thirty-nine statewide directives closed all schools, while those in Wyoming and Indiana granted discretion to local authorities. The length of the closures varies—some schools are closed for at least two weeks while others are closed indefinitely. This information was compiled from news reports and government pronouncements and is current as of Tuesday afternoon.

School closure highlights:

* Total number of statewide school closures: 39
* Total number of school closures in the 10 largest cities: 8 (Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Jose, New York City, San Diego)
* Total number of students affected by statewide closures: 33,358,993

Here are more notable coronavirus-related updates since Tuesday's _Brew_:

* The California State Legislature suspended its session until April 13. It is one of 20 states that has altered its legislative sessions.
* Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts (R) banned all gatherings of more than 10 people.
* The Pennsylvania State Legislature allowed legislators to vote on measures remotely.
* The Virginia Supreme Court declared a state of judicial emergency and suspended all non-essential and non-emergency court proceedings until April 6.
* Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) banned all gatherings of 50 or more people in the state. Grocery stores, food pantries, childcare centers, pharmacies, and hospitals were exempt from the order.
* San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg banned all gatherings of more than 50 people.
* Santa Clara County (California) was one of six counties to announce shelter in place restrictions for three weeks beginning on March 17.

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** FILING DEADLINE ROUNDUP
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Seventeen states have filing deadlines this month for congressional, state, and judicial candidates. Filing deadlines passed this week in Maine (March 16), Colorado (March 17), and New York (March 17).

New York's deadline was moved from April 2 after Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed an executive order Saturday that also reduced candidate petition signature requirements. Under that order, candidates needed to collect 30 percent of the statutory threshold. For example, congressional candidates needed to collect 375 signatures rather than 1,250.

Utah’s statewide filing deadline ([link removed]) is tomorrow, March 19. Candidates can file for:

* U.S. House (4 seats)
* State Senate (15 of 29 seats)
* State House (all 75 seats)

The next statewide filing deadline after that is Tuesday, March 24, for West Virginia ([link removed]) .

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