Voters in West Virginia and Nebraska cast ballots in White House primaries Tuesday as a new poll showed presumptive nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump neck-and-neck in three key battleground states.
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The billionaire NY real estate developer has taunted Clinton in recent days by saying she “can’t close the deal” by beating Sanders, her only rival for her party’s nomination since February 1. “Don’t forget, Israel is our great bastion of hope in that region so Israel is very important”, Trump said.
Democrats also held a primary election Tuesday in Nebraska, although the party allocated all its delegates to the summer nominating convention in an earlier caucus won by Sanders.
He has narrowed his picks for running mate, telling Fox News he is considering five vice president options.
But at an evening rally at Louisville Slugger Field, she said she was looking forward to debating Trump in the fall.
Sen. Ted Cruz (TX), who suspended his campaign last week following Trump’s double-digit victory in IN, is open to the possibility of restarting his presidential campaign if he wins Nebraska’s GOP primary today, according to Politico.
The outcome in West Virginia, where only 29 delegates are at stake and opinion polls show Sanders with a slight lead, is unlikely to alter the course of the Democratic race. Sanders’ winning streak could continue next Tuesday, when Kentucky and OR both go to the polls. “We can win anywhere, as we’ve proven in legislative cycle after legislative cycle”.
Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he would spend millions of dollars from his own savings and plans to raise $ 1 billion for November general elections which might end up being the costliest U.S. presidential polls ever. She has 1,708 pledged delegates and 516 super delegates – party officials and lawmakers who can vote at the convention.
Bernie Sanders will win the West Virginia primary Tuesday, CNN projects, besting Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Donald Trump are very close in another nationwide poll, the former First Lady leads the reality TV actor and businessman by only four points in a recent Public Policy Polling survey.
Trump won the West Virginia Republican primary with 76 percent of the vote.
She later apologized and suggested her remarks were misunderstood, but in a state where livelihoods have hinged on coal for generations, many are unconvinced.
Unlike Sanders, Trump is in the midst of an uncontested race.
Sanders was last in OR on April 28 when he spoke in Springfield. Mr McConnell and others have decided that the best approach is to get behind Mr Trump, but especially in light of House Speaker Paul Ryan’s surprise decision to withhold his support, unity is elusive.
McConnell said he expected “a cordial meeting to discuss the way forward”. A defeated Cruz ruled out a third-party bid, but when pressed by reporters as he returned to the US Senate he declined to say whether he would endorse Trump.
Most West Virginia Republicans see their party as divided, but few think it will remain that way in November.
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In 2008, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) picked up 76 percent in the GOP primary in West Virginia and went on to win West Virginia in November, 55 percent to 43 percent, over then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois).
