“The highest conceivable gain is, like, four delegates, which I guess if you thought it was going to be that close, you’d fight over”, Temple said.
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Brady says that’s unlikely, with Trump likely to win big states such as NY and New Jersey, as well as having a lead in some winner-take-all states.
He told anchor Chris Cuomo, “I wouldn’t lead it”, but said it could happen. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is the closest to Trump, with 411 delegates, with Kasich far behind with 143.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ended his once-promising campaign after a devastating home-state loss.
In Missouri, Trump was tied with Cruz, the former with 40.8 per cent against the latter’s 40.6 per cent after all the votes cast yesterday were counted. Ms. Clinton has more than twice as many delegates as Mr. Sanders. He’ll also be watching his back in Midwestern states like Wisconsin and in, where John Kasich will hope to chip away at Trump’s delegate advantage.
Trump also effectively killed the next GOP debate scheduled for Monday in Utah, saying “we’ve had enough debates”.
“I’ll be honest. Nobody even told me about it”, said Donald Trump Wednesday morning in a phone interview to “Fox & Friends”. Trump skipped an Iowa debate because Kelly was moderating.
Hoosier voters, who are used to sitting on the sidelines as presidential candidates are chosen, will have a say in the nominating process after all. The Republican primary goes to Donald Trump.
Appearing later Friday on CNN’s “OutFront” with Erin Burnett, Clovis said “someone who would know” told him a contested convention is “not going to happen”.
There is little doubt that Mr. Trump would prefer securing the 1237 delegates he needs to secure the nomination before heading to the Republican convention in Cleveland in July, which is bound to be heated.
But while Trump is the frontrunner for the nomination, political observers believe he may fall short of the 1,237 delegates needed for an outright win. “If you just disenfranchise these people, I think you would have problems like you’ve never seen before”.
We call for a unity ticket that unites the Republican Party.
There was no rush among party leaders or donors to coalesce around Mr. Cruz, the only candidate in the race with even a long-shot chance of overtaking Mr. Trump in the delegate count. “He will not accept a nomination and believes our nominee should be someone who ran this year”, a spokeswoman said.
Amid the Republican chaos, Democratic front-runner Clinton focused on fundraising as her campaign begins to look ahead to the general election.
Should they clinch the nomination, it would represent the first time in at least a quarter-century that majorities of Americans held negative views of both the Democratic and Republican presidential nominee at the same time. He could reach the goal by winning most of the states that award all of their delegates to the victor.
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But the real estate mogul still has several major hurdles to clear, marking a narrow but viable path to the magic number of 1,237 delegates. That’s not good enough – it takes a majority of delegates to win the nomination, according to party rules.
