Donald Trump projected to win Mississippi

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has apparently notched another key win on his path to securing his party's nomination.

Not longer after polls closed in Mississippi on Tuesday evening, multiple news networks projected that the real-estate developer would win the state.

Trump likely earned the majority of the state's 40 GOP delegates.

Shortly after Fox News called Mississippi for Trump, he thanked his supporters in a tweet.

His win came as his Republican rivals have angled to keep Trump from winning the 1,237 delegates he needs to lock up the nomination and avoid a fight at the convention.

Three other states are hosting GOP primary contests on Tuesday: Michigan, Idaho, and Hawaii.