With Rubio’s decision to drop out, there are now three Republican candidates remaining in the White House race – Trump, Kasich and Texas Sen.
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The winners for both parties in Missouri are yet to be called with Mrs Clinton locked in tight competition with challenger Bernie Sanders and Mr Trump fighting openly homophobic rival Ted Cruz.
On the Democratic side, Clinton has won the Florida and OH primaries – crucial victories that bolster Clinton’s claim that she is her party’s only candidate who can win diverse states that will be pivotal in the November general election.
He congratulated Senator Rubio on his campaign but did not mention Mr Kasich or Senator Cruz, who are still hopeful hoping to block him from capturing the 1,237 delegates needed to win the nomination.
Donald Trump had a prediction Wednesday for what would happen if he makes it to the Republican National Convention in July just a few votes shy of winning the party’s presidential nomination outright and ends up losing a contested convention.
“I think there’s a natural healing process”, Trump told CNN’s Chris Cuomo following his Tuesday wins in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri.
Ohio Governor John Kasich nabbed his first victory in his home state, giving him the momentum he needed to continue his campaign.
As previously reported by Morning News USA, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who suffered a loss in his home state, said that he will be bowing out of the presidential race.
On the Democratic side, Clinton’s victories were blows to Sanders and bolstered her argument that she’s the best Democrat to take on the eventual Republican nominee.
Republican presidential candidate Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at his presidential primary election night rally in Berea, Ohio, on Tuesday.
“I will not take the low road to the highest office in the land”, Mr Kasich said. Kasich was declared victor in OH, but has not won another state so far. Marco Rubio from the race.
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Mr Sanders, a Vermont senator and self-described democratic socialist, is unlikely to overtake her in the delegate count, but his victory last week in MI underscored the unease many party voters have about her candidacy. And then, he said, he would go all over the country leading up to the GOP convention in Cleveland. Sanders has at least 800 delegates when the count includes superdelegates.
