Trump also picked up wins in North Carolina and IL.
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Ted Cruz suggested John Kasich reconsider the viability of his Republican presidential campaign late Tuesday, saying the race was essentially a “head-to-head” battle between himself and Donald Trump.
“We can’t lose what made America great in the first place, and this isn’t just about Donald Trump”, Clinton told supporters in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Clinton, meanwhile, would have won five states Tuesday with wider victories in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, and Ohio.
Kasich is adamant he can win his party’s nomination at the convention and then move on to defeat Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
Sanders, who was counting on his strong arguments against free trade, failed to make an impact on the industrial Midwest.
Rubio congratulated Trump on his win in a concession speech marked with grace and humility.
Although the OH governor won in his home state, 6ABC said, it is hard for Kasich to win a majority of delegates before the national GOP convention this July. Results in every state but Florida are too close to call. But when Rubio went 1 for 12 on Super Tuesday, some media outlets had the audacity to suggest that the Florida senator might actually be losing the Republican primary. More talk of winners and losers.
Clinton is pointing to the general election, telling reporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, that she thinks it’s important that she focuses on “the really risky path that Donald Trump has laid out”.
Clinton spent little time celebrating her primary victories as she already has her sites set on November and a possible showdown with Trump. Clinton edged out Sanders 49.613% to 49.365%, or by 1,555 votes.
Mr Trump has upended the political establishment by winning most of the state-by-state competitions for delegates who will choose the Republican nominee. “Beyond that, who knows?” Sanders has 580 when the count includes superdelegates.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., did not rule out the idea of being drafted by the party at the convention.
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Trump’s Florida victory brought his delegate total to 621. Bernie Sanders out of the race for the Democratic nomination, an estimated 33% of his support base wouldn’t vote for the former Secretary of State, even though Sanders himself would get behind her and would reportedly urge his camp to do the same. Marco Rubio dropped out of the race.
