Wyoming’s conservatism made it a likely win for Cruz, and he was the only presidential candidate to appear at the state convention, held in Casper.
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“I have zero interest whatsoever”, Cruz said when asked via video from an audience member during the Good Morning America town hall at ABC News’ Times Square studios.
In order for Trump to have a “great night” in NY, he said he would like to win at least 70 delegates in tonight’s primary, adding that if he reaches 50 percent of the vote, it would “be a great tribute”.
“He’s going to be the Republican nominee”.
Manafort said the campaign would be challenging some results, as he accused the Cruz campaign of violating the rules when it comes to the hunt for the delegates needed to secure the nomination. His competition Ted Cruz and John Kasich respectively have 545 and 143 delegates leaving 854 delegates still up for grabs, according to the Associated Press. The state has a unique system in which 54 delegates – three from each congressional district – are listed by name on the ballot, with no information for voters to know which candidate they support.
He also warned at a Saturday rally in Syracuse, New York, of a “rough July” if Republicans head into a contested convention in Cleveland.
Cruz has won a host of recent elections in states with a small number of delegates, including Wyoming’s 14 over the weekend, and claims that his latest luck with voters is worrying Trump about his chances of seizing the nomination.
But he said he was not interested in wooing delegates that way, describing it as undemocratic. “We’re going to follow the rules of the convention”.
The prospect of losing delegates has brought allegations from the Trump campaign that the nomination process is “rigged”, particularly after Cruz reaped delegate bonanzas in state Republican caucuses in Colorado and Wyoming, both of which dispensed with statewide primary votes altogether. But Rep. Trent Franks, an Arizona Republican who has endorsed Cruz, said he walked out of the meeting confident there wouldn’t be any changes before Cleveland.
Trump’s nicknames for foes have been mainstays in campaign speeches and debates for months.
The Republican presidential front-runner had softened his attacks on his chief rival, Texas Sen. That’s a separate process, in which party activists seek the positions primarily through local, district and state party conventions. He has repeatedly complained about Colorado, which awarded all 34 of its delegates to Cruz despite not holding a popular vote.
“It’s up to the campaigns to know the rules and compete within each of those states with the rules”, he said.
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Seven in 10 GOP voters say the candidate with the most votes in primary contests should be the Republican presidential nominee.
