Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes, a Clinton supporter, told CNN that based on her lead, Clinton is the “unofficial victor”. He needs to win by overwhelming margins the rest of the way to stand a chance at catching Clinton. 4 percentage points apart with 119 of 120 counties reporting.
Advertisement
“I feel about OR and Kentucky the way I usually feel, and that is if there’s a large voter turnout, I think we’ll win”. “I have no problem with Senator Sanders staying in until the end”, said Manley, who supports Clinton. “We’re always stronger united”.
“I’m all in for Hillary and I believe she is going to be the next president”, Rosenblum said in a telephone interview.
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are running neck and neck in Kentucky, which is holding one of Tuesday’s two Democratic primaries.
Tuesday’s contests aren’t likely to change the overall dynamics of the race.
Mrs Clinto, the Democrat’s overall frontrunner and nearly certain to secure the nomination in July, narrowly defeated Kentucky. Some were addressed after the elections in DE, when a temporary incorrect vote count from The Associated Press made it appear that Sanders lost votes – spurring outrage among some Sanders fans.
“Do you think Crooked Hillary will finally close the deal?”
Kentucky Republicans chose Donald Trump as their nominee in a March 5 caucus.
The tight contest was yet another demonstration of how divided Democrats are in the drawn-out national race for the party’s nomination. After Tuesday, only six Democratic primary elections remain.
Sanders, a Vermont senator, still faces long odds of defeating Clinton, the former secretary of state.
“I say to the leadership of the Democratic Party: Open the doors, let the people in!”
Tuesday’s primary in Kentucky was too close to call with Clinton leading Sanders by less than one-half of 1 percent. Thanks to everyone who turned out.
Her husband, Bill Clinton, was the last Democrat to carry the state in a general election.
Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee have signed a joint fundraising agreement that will allow donors to write checks of up to $449,400.
But first, Clinton must finish the primaries. Sanders can ask for a recanvass, which entails rechecking vote tallies on machines and would be conducted free of charge. All in an effort to net Clinton two more delegates. Those remarks contributed to a stinging loss for Clinton in last week’s West Virginia primary.
In her Kentucky campaign stops, she has lauded the sacrifices of miners and in a bid to court blue collar workers.
As a presidential candidate, Clinton has come under fire for paid speeches she gave, particularly to big banks and Wall Street, after leaving the State Department.
The state party disputed the Sanders campaign’s interpretation of the events.
Both candidates had traveled around Kentucky in the last week, campaigning and vying for the top spot.
Notwithstanding the outcomes in OR and Kentucky, Clinton remains a almost prohibitive favorite in the delegate count and Sanders has no clear path to victory, especially with voting looming in early June in Clinton-friendly California and New Jersey. Clinton is now just 92 delegates short of the 2,383 needed to win.
Advertisement
The Clinton camp is eager to focus on presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump ahead of November’s election.
