Republican presidential hopeful, Donald Trump holds a plane-side rally in a hanger at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Vienna, Ohio, March 14, 2016.
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Ted Cruz suggested John Kasich reconsider the viability of his Republican presidential campaign late Tuesday, saying the race was essentially a “head-to-head” battle between himself and Donald Trump.
“We are going to go all the way to Cleveland and secure the Republican nomination”, he said.
The Republican front-runner also said he’d skip a debate scheduled for Monday, saying, “I think we’ve had enough debates”. “I want to begin by thanking all you”.
Kasich has won no other states and lags far behind Trump and Cruz in delegates.
In his victory speech, Mr Kasich said he wanted to create a “climate of opportunity” for future generations and praised the campaign of Marco Rubio – who announced his departure from the race following a crushing defeat in his home state of Florida.
Florida wasn’t the only state that Clinton won. That resounding win helped force Rubio out of the race after failing to unite the Republican establishment against Trump.
Donald Trump – fresh from winning four states on Tuesday – raised the prospect of violence from his supporters if he were denied the nomination by a contested convention.
“I don’t think you can say that we don’t get it automatically”, Trump told CNN after a night of wins in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. After all of the votes were counted, they each won by less than one percent, meaning it’s too close to officially call since there might be some errors in the counting. Those delegates, which is roughly 15 percent of the delegates needed to win the nomination, could be important if Trump cannot receive a majority of the pledged delegates by July’s convention.
Hours after Rubio suspended his campaign, Cruz encouraged Rubio’s supporters to join his campaign. Rubio had tried to stay in the race by getting into a fierce debate with Trump.
She also took the win in North Carolina, according to CNN, with 55 per cent of the votes compared with Mr Sander’s 40 per cent (73 per cent of votes counted).
After a surprise victory in MI last week, Sanders spent more time and resources to compete in OH and IL.
“They can’t come in to OH with the philosophy they have and win”, Kasich said.
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Former Secretary of State Clinton narrowly led Vermont Sen.
