With mixed success, he has tried to offer the context he offered at the time – rival Donald Trump, a New Yorker, had donated to liberal, pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, anti-charter school New York Democrats.
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According to an Associated Press count, Trump has 743 delegates, Cruz has 532 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich has 143.
“On her worst day, she will be – she would be an infinitely better president than either of the Republican candidates”, Sanders said.
A Trump campaign statement said that he will add to his team as the Republican National Convention nears and that he would announce new hires in the weeks ahead.
Republican strategist Rob Stutzman, who’s running an anti-Trump SuperPAC, says California voters will soon be courted like never before.
Colorado opted not to hold caucuses, and as a result, the delegates will have been selected through a series of county elections that that the state has held over the course of the last week.
With former GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio now out of the race, the Republicans are choosing among the candidate options left in their party. Kasich held a town hall event in Hershey, and both Cruz and Kasich appeared over the weekend at the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference, a conservative gathering in Harrisburg.
Clinton’s campaign believes Trump’s sky-high unfavorable ratings could offset some questions voters have about her own character, and perhaps even give her a chance to peel off some Republicans who can’t stomach a vote for the real estate mogul.
While Trump lost Wisconsin’s primary Tuesday to Cruz, he still leads the delegate race.
GOP front-runner Donald Trump is leading Texas Sen.
The rules committee seats have become highly coveted prizes for their role in shaping a contested convention in Cleveland. While the Republican establishment has put its force behind Cruz in recent primaries, it may support Kasich in the Northeast, where the fact that there are fewer evangelical voters could help the OH governor.
Trump announced that he has assigned all functions related to the nomination process to veteran political operative Paul Manafort, who was hired to manage the process of corralling delegates who will pick the nominee. There is also a concerted effort by some to make sure those pledging a delegate for Trump, Cruz and Kasich are actually supporters of those candidates.
So far, polls show Trump taking the state by a significant margin.
That is a 40-point swing from Trump to Cruz, with Kasich being pretty much smack in the middle (but slightly closer to Trump).
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Others on the Trump slate are listed on the ballot as “uncommitted”, rather than supporting Trump. “The people want Donald Trump”. Trump claimed 27 per cent.
