Democratic presidential front runner Hillary Clinton has notched up seven victories on the biggest night of the US election campaign, according to projections.
The former Secretary of State looks to have swept primary votes in Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, Massachusetts and her former home state of Arkansas.
But her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, is expected to win primaries in Oklahoma and his home state of Vermont, along with caucuses in Minnesota and Colorado.
In the Republican race, front runner Donald Trump is also projected to have won seven states.
Nominating contests were held on Super Tuesday in 12 US states ahead of November's presidential election.
The eventual winner will succeed President Barack Obama, who cannot run for re-election after two terms in office.
As she tightened her grip on the Democratic race, Mrs Clinton turned her attention to 69-year-old Mr Trump, who has proposed to build a wall on the US border with Mexico.
"Instead of building walls, we're going to break down barriers," she told a victory rally in Miami, Florida.
"The rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower," she added.
"Trying to divide America between us and them is wrong, and we're not going to let it work."
Mrs Clinton, who seeks to become America's first female president, has been facing an unexpectedly strong challenge from Mr Sanders, a Vermont senator.
Mr Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who has galvanised young voters by calling for a political revolution, has been striving to stay competitive.
In the state-by-state contests, the candidates are vying to win delegates who will vote for them at their parties' conventions in July.
After Super Tuesday, Mrs Clinton has at least 989 delegates overall, according to the Associated Press. Mr Sanders has at least 349.
Some 2,383 delegates in total are needed for the Democratic party's White House nomination.
Exit polls from Tuesday suggested Mrs Clinton drew support from a large majority of voters who cared most about a candidate who can win in November.
Among those who said they cared most about a candidate being honest and trustworthy, most voters in Virginia and Georgia supported Mr Sanders.
Mrs Clinton's campaign has been dogged by a federal investigation into whether she abused state secrets by using a private email server while she was America's top diplomat.
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