Trump won 35 percent of the vote in Kentucky, edging out Cruz, who won 31 percent.
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In the closed GOP races, it’s an important chance for Texas Sen. Earlier in his speech, Cruz took multiple jabs at the billionaire real estate mogul.
She said she likes Trump because he says what people are afraid to say. In Kansas, Cruz picked up 24 delegates while Trump gained nine.
Kasich, lagging far behind among the Republicans, acknowledged that a sure way to grab the spotlight for his campaign would be to hurl insults at Trump.
Trump still has a substantial lead in the race for delegates who will select the presidential nominee at the party nominating convention in Cleveland in July. Party leaders – including 2012 nominee Mitt Romney and 2008 nominee Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Sen. Cruz suggested it was time for some Republican candidates to quit the race.
And in Maine, Cruz won with 45.9 percent of the vote, beating Trump’s 32.6 percent.
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He said: “After we win the Florida primary [on March 15], the map, the momentum and the money is going to be on our side”. Clinton, who’s been doing well with African-American voters, had an easy win in Louisiana. While Mr Cruz, the Texas senator, has support among the evangelical base, Mr Trump has succeeded in drawing some of their support in previous contests.
“I believe that he is a true fighter for conservatives”, said Berry, a 67-year-old retired AT&T manager.
At a televised debate on Thursday, his main rivals for the nomination, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, launched a series of attacks on him.
Despite leading polls nationwide and racking up a series of wins in primaries and caucuses so far, Trump has yet to win over many conservative leaders, who view his change of heart on abortion, health care and more as inauthentic.
The GOP front-runner tells his supporters: “After making this huge U-turn to Kansas, if I lose, I’m going to be so angry at you”. She said she liked the businessman because “he’s not bought and paid for ” . John Kasich was third at 12 percent and Rubio was locked out of any delegates by falling below 10 percent. She’s drawn strong support from black voters, a sizable part of the Louisiana Democratic primary electorate.
Saturday’s clashes between Clinton and Sanders, and a Democratic caucus in ME on Sunday, will set the stage for the CNN Democratic debate on Sunday night in Flint, Michigan. Sorry, guys, but in this campaign, you have kicked away the franchise.
Including superdelegates, those party insiders who can choose any candidate, Hillary Clinton now has at least 1,121 delegates, compared with at least 481 for Sanders.
Clinton and Sanders do battle Saturday in Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska, while the Republicans are contesting Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana and Maine. He added just six delegates to his 115 total.
Clinton and Sanders both campaigned in MI, a sign of the importance both attach to the state’s primary on Tuesday.
Super Saturday puts Clinton ahead of Sanders by a margin of 1,121 to 479 delegates. He’s hoping his emphasis on reducing income inequality plays well in a state hit hard over the years by shifting economic trends and globalization.
In the overall race for delegates, Trump has at least 347 and Cruz at least 267.
“I’ve been sitting here for five minutes and two of the three questions you’ve asked have been about Donald Trump”, Rubio said during a question-and-answer session. Trump leads the tally in his party with 373 to Cruz’s 291, Rubio’s 122 and John Kasich’s 33.
The victories in Louisiana were the 11th state wins for both candidates, the front-runners for the Democratic and Republican party nominations.
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The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has granted immunity to Pagliano so that he would be willing to speak with investigators.
