Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders proved victorious in the Washington State Democratic presidential caucus that took place on Saturday, March 26, pulling in 72.7% of the votes statewide.

With high voter turnouts—reaching numbers estimated at 230,000 people, according to the Washington State Democratic Party—Sanders’ campaign claimed 101 of the possible 118 delegates that Washington has available.

“There’s certainly been a lot of interest in Sen. Sanders,” said Steve Verhey, chairman of the Kittitas County Democrats in an interview with the Daily Record. “He has generated a lot of excitement.”

Sanders also won Alaska and Hawaii on the same day, gaining an additional 30 delegates between the two (13 from Alaska and 17 from Hawaii). Sanders has now reached a total of 1,024 pledged delegates with 1,970 still up for grabs in upcoming caucuses.

An estimated 1,200 Democrats turned out at various locations around Kittitas County in order to caucus, including Central’s Student Union and Recreation Center (SURC).

Kittitas County’s total percentage for Sanders was higher than the state’s average, coming in at 77.4% in favor of Sanders with the remaining 22.6% turning out in support of Clinton.

While the percentage of votes from Kittitas County aligned closely with the rest of the state, a few counties showed varying degrees of support for Sanders.

However, even the counties that leaned towards Clinton were nowhere near overtaking Sanders’ lead. Garfield County (located in southeastern Washington) claimed the highest percentage of voters in favor of Clinton. She received 40% of the votes compared to Sanders’ 60%.

On the opposite end of the votes, the strongest support for Sanders came from Skamania County (located on the Oregon border), where he came away with a final total of 90.2% of the votes.

The Washington win for Sanders was followed by a surprising decision occurring in Nevada’s county conventions (a second round caucusing process) that took place on Saturday, April 2.

According to the Washington Post, the county conventions narrowed Clinton’s original lead in the state from 20 delegates to Sanders’ 15, to a new total of 18 delegates going to Clinton and 17 falling to Sanders.

Although Sanders’ campaign appears to be gaining momentum in the polls with his latest victories, Clinton is still holding a firm lead on Sanders in terms of pledged superdelegates (an unelected delegate who is able to support any candidate in the Democratic National Convention (DNC)). Clinton currently has 469 pledged superdelegates compared to Sanders’ 31.

A superdelegate’s vote, however, is not finalized until the DNC takes place July 25-28 in Philadelphia.

On the other side of the presidential race, the Republican party is still working on their campaign efforts and determining which candidate will be their front-runner—a process that will likely keep the party divided through the presidential primary taking place in May.

According to the Kittitas County Republican Party, Washington’s 44 national Republican delegates will not be awarded until the presidential primary on Tuesday, May 24.

Kittitas County’s GOP convention, in which delegates will be elected for the State Convention, will take place Saturday, April 9 at the Hal Holmes Center in downtown Ellensburg with registration beginning at 9 a.m.