Hillary Clinton is hoping to sweep all five primary contests, but Bernie Sanders continues to challenge and slow her progress toward the Democratic nomination to run for the White House.
The East Coast American states of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland are all holding primary nominating contests.
Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff has a preview:
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Bernie Sanders surprisingly successful run for the White House may end just short distance from where it started.
That short distance from Capitol Hill is Maryland, one of the five states holding primary elections.
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I think it comes down to who will vote on Tuesday. I hope everyone comes out and votes."
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Most of these are closed primaries where only party members can participate and
in most states, Hillary Clinton is in the lead.
Alice Ollstein is a Election 2016 campaign reporter for Think Progress.
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And because of our delegate system in every state, they have different rules, she's very far ahead and it will be very hard for him, even thought he's doing well in California which has a lot of delegates.
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But this is unlikely to be the end of his influence in the Democratic Party
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"WHY is it that we have this proliferation of millionaires and billionaires but thirty plus percent of the kids in New Haven Connecticut are living in poverty?"
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While he trails in the polls,
Bernie Sanders energized supporters have drawn the attention of party leaders
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"And if there's anything I'm proud of in this campaign, it's that we're trying to bring people together!"
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Think Progress campaign repoter Alice Ollstein
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"Even in states that Hillary has won, Bernie has won 19-29 year old by massive margins and so that's really scar thing for the Democratic Party going forward, is how do we make sure these young people feel the Democratic party is for them?
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Ahead of the five primary contests,
Hillary Clinton has been trying to recast her image, starting with a new television ad titled love and kindess
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"America is stronger when we're all supporting one another!"
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She's also been turning her attention to the upcoming general election campaign
floating ideas of who might run with her on the Democratic Party ticket
including including the following senators - Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Tim Kaine of Virgina
or even another woman, Senator Elizabeth Warren.
the current Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, who could court Latino Americans.
Bernie Sanders is not on the list, according to the New York Times.
Following the votes in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland,
the next challenge for the likely Democratic Nominee Hillary Clinton is to address another problem
the fact that more American voters DIS like her than like her.
Priscilla Huff, Washington
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