They’re moving closer to winning the nomination for their respective parties. The ad focuses on Trump and not on Sanders, Clinton’s Democratic opponent. He needs to win 54 percent of the remaining delegates to clinch the nomination by the time the primary season ends on June 7. The source added that the conservatives are optimistic for this option, adding they believe “it is possible”.
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His supporters at his rally in Phoenix Tuesday night seemed to agree.
Jim Carns, a state representative from Alabama, where delegates are selected in the primaries, signed up to represent Trump last fall – when many still viewed the rise of the NY real estate mogul as a temporary phenomenon. “The reason that we have defied all expectations is that we are doing something very radical in American politics”. Sanders congratulated Clinton on her victories in a statement overnight.
“I supported Marco, because I know him; I thought he was the best guy”.
A group of conservative activists huddled behind closed doors Thursday at a Washington hotel to plot strategy to stop Republican front-runner Donald Trump, including calling for a unity ticket to oppose him and a floor fight at the GOP convention to deny him the nomination.
Trump urged Republicans to view the party’s nominating contest with the same sense of clarity. “We’re going to make our country rich again, and we’re going to make our country great again”.
Pressed to elaborate on the threat, Clovis said, “I think the consequences are going to be that what they think the Republican Party is is not going to be what the Republican Party is after the convention”. Rasmussen pollsters found Donald Trump leading the way with 43 percent support, followed by Ted Cruz at 28 percent and John Kasich at 21 percent.
Donald Trump holds up his book after a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club Jupiter on March 8 in Florida. “Hillary forever. Hillary’s good, yeah, the best”, said another. “Tonight was a good night”.
“There’s still an open question about whether he gets to 1,237 [delegates], and we’ll see as it plays out”, he said.
“Hopefully there’s time to still prevent a Trump nomination, which I think would fracture the party and be damaging to the conservative movement”, Rubio said. Now the race shifts to contests in Arizona, Idaho and Utah.
Once delegates are allowed to change their votes, some establishment figures have floated the potential to nominate someone who didn’t even run for president – such as House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan.
Trump dominated primary contests on Tuesday and has the lead in the delegate count.
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He scored major wins in key states of Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri on Tuesday to further cement his leadership over the GOP field, where Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is a distant second with 411 delegates.
