Puerto Ricans May Help Hillary Clinton Get Closer to the Nomination

Clinton won the island territory's primary in 2008 against Barack Obama

Millions of Puerto Ricans will go to the polls in the U.S. territory’s Democratic primary on Sunday, NBC News reports.

The primary has been overlooked because of a much larger cache of delegates up for grabs in Tuesday’s contests. But it could push Hillary Clinton closer to the 2,383 delegate goal and help her become the party’s Democratic nominee.

Rival Bernie Sanders has made an aggressive push there though, saying Thursday he would introduce his own bill to help the island territory deal with its debt crisis, The Associated Press reported. The House bill approved by a committee has drawn criticism, even though it has bipartisan and administrative support.

Clinton, who has a long history in Puerto Rico, won the primary against Barack Obama in 2008. 

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