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On cusp, Clinton keeps focused: ‘Not over until it’s over’

Clinton is expected to easily hit that number on Tuesday evening, when six more states hold Democratic contests: California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota and South Dakota.

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With a series primary votes on Tuesday that could see Clinton all but seal the party nomination, the White House refused to rule out an endorsement within days.

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, her rival for the nomination, said he meant to stay in the race until the party’s convention in July. After the results in Puerto Rico, it is no longer possible for Sanders to reach the 2,383 needed to win the nomination based on the remaining available pledged delegates and uncommitted superdelegates. – Clinton wrote in a bilingual tweet that thanked the Isle of Enchantment for the win.

Two Democratic sources told the network that the president is ready to “get people fired up” for the Democratic front-runner, and that waiting to endorse Clinton is “driving him insane”.

The Clinton campaign is stressing this is an “important milestone”, but it doesn’t want voters to be discouraged from going to the polls Tuesday, especially in California.

Ahead of Puerto Rico’s nominating contest, Clinton had been just 60 delegates shy of clinching the nomination, when including superdelegates, who consist of party leaders and elected senators, members of Congress and governors. Since Democrats operate on a proportional system, by Tuesday night, the former Secretary of State will have easily passed the threshold of pledged delegates.

Twenty-five percent of Sanders supporters said they would not vote for Clinton in the general election if she were the nominee against Trump, according to a Quinnipiac University poll.

California is the biggest prize, with 546 delegates at stake, and both Clinton and Sanders have spent significant time and resources campaigning in the state.

“I believed it was the right thing to do”. He’s said he is determined to win over superdelegates to his side and take the battle with Clinton all the way to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next month, trying to force a brokered convention.

Clinton’s total includes 1,812 pledged delegates earned through primary and caucus balloting, as well as commitments from 571 superdelegates. Clinton may lock the nomination on Tuesday but winning over the millions of passionate Bernie Sanders supporters is her summer job.

While he has made remarks indicating a preference for Clinton, his former secretary of state, Obama has so far avoided a clear endorsement and has focused his remarks about the campaign on blasting Trump.

AP surveys the superdelegates throughout the primary season to track whom they planned to support at the July convention.

It could also help Trump argue that she is a weak candidate.

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Sanders has vowed to continue running until after the Washington, DC primary on June 14. And then he plans to aggressively make the case against Republican Donald Trump.

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