Let’s start with the GOP race, where Ted Cruz’s big win in Wisconsin means Trump has to win about 60 percent of the remaining delegates to clinch that first-ballot nomination at the convention.
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Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders also won in Wisconsin, gaining momentum in his fight against front-runner Hillary Clinton and trimming her commanding lead in delegates.
A group of conservative talk radio hosts may be partly responsible for Ted Cruz beating Donald Trump in Tuesday’s critical Wisconsin primary. While all 28 of the state’s delegates go to the national convention as free agents, 10 said in interviews that they were committed to Cruz.
The path for Cruz is a lot tougher if he wants to be nominee before the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
But it said Manafort “will oversee, manage, and be responsible for all activities that pertain to Mr. Trump’s delegate process and the Cleveland Convention”.
Walker had previously said that a Republican who’s not now a candidate could emerge at the convention, but Wednesday said the race was between Cruz and Trump. “Ted Cruz is worse than a puppet – he is a Trojan horse, being used by the party bosses attempting to steal the nomination from Mr. Trump”.
More than 80% of respondents said they’d rally around Kasich in a November head-to-head with Clinton, with 3% saying they’d vote for the former senator and 4% saying they’d vote for another candidate.
Sanders has now won six of the past seven Democratic nominating contests against Clinton. No public Wyoming events have been announced by Cruz, Trump or Ohio Gov. John Kasich – who is sending Idaho Gov. Butch Otter in his stead.
Notably, the demographic most likely to vote for Trump in California is “fans of the Governator” – Trump leads 54 to 21 percent among those who backed Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 2003 recall election.
Republicans can’t be bullied by the threat of a revolt by Trump supporters into giving their nomination to a man so widely detested.
Cruz prevailed in an early organizational test in North Dakota, scooping up endorsements from delegates who were selected at the party’s state convention over the weekend. While both candidates are competing to win delegates through the primaries, they are also working behind the scenes to line up loyal delegates to represent them at the convention.
Up for grabs in the state’s pivotal April 19 GOP primary are 95 delegates.
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