And veterans of state conventions predict that the Cruz and Trump battle for delegates will still be in full swing at the state party convention on May 20-21 in Duluth.
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To win the GOP presidential nomination, a candidate needs 1,237 delegates nationally.
Forty-four percent of likely Republican primary voters in Pennsylvania support Trump, while 28 percent support Cruz and 23 percent support Kasich.
“We have to work hard, we have to talk to the voters, but I think the path, which has very few obstacles to us winning on the first ballot”, Brookover said of the convention.
Trump accused the Republican National Committee of implementing a “rigged system” in Colorado after losing out on the delegates there against Sen. “So, his kids can’t vote, and you can’t vote in the primary tomorrow?” The most recent poll shows Trump is leading in the state among likely Republican voters and independent voters.
Dozens of Trump Minnesota volunteers are now contacting Republicans who plan to show up at Minnesota’s eight congressional district conventions later this month, when each district will elect three delegates as part of the 38-member Minnesota national slate. Trump has benefited from winner-take-all rules in states such as Florida and Arizona. In the skit, Fallon, pretending to be Trump, called Cruz on the phone. “It’s a corrupt deal going on in this country and it’s not fair to you people”. Ted Cruz, whose chances are at 35%.
Reacting to the news of his victory, the real estate tycoon said, “Thank you to the great people of Missouri who voted for me and the state officials who worked to ensure the votes of the people mattered”.
About two-thirds of those polled said they have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, compared to 31% who view him favorably.
Asked about considering former presidential rival Marco Rubio for vice president, Cruz did not directly say he was looking at him, but refused to rule him out.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives for a rally at Griffiss International Airport on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, in Rome, N.Y. “It just so happens that I unified them against me”. He is facing delegate setbacks in Virginia, Arkansas, Colorado, Indiana, South Dakota, North Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Wyoming, Washington State, Missouri, and California.
