If they’re not telling that to OH voters, they’ve strongly insinuated it. Marco Rubio’s communications director Alex Conant said on CNN Friday morning that “If you’re a Republican primary voter in OH and you don’t want Donald Trump to be the nominee, John Kasich is your best bet”.
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Rubio reportedly picked up 10 delegates and 37 percent of the vote, while Kasich picked up 36 percent and Trump only 14 perent.
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, Marco Rubio’s most prominent Ohio supporter, couldn’t bring himself to vote for John Kasich for president despite suggestions to do so from Rubio and his campaign.
The Ohio governor’s campaign strategy requires a win in his home state, which votes Tuesday along with Florida, Illinois, North Carolina and Missouri. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and billionaire businessman Donald Trump won one apiece.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. He has 163 delegates so far as against 370 of Cruz and 460 of Trump.
The Texas senator won nine of the 12 delegates that were up for grabs.
Kasich believes OH could be a turning in the race and that if he blocked Trump in the Buckeye State, he could prevent him from becoming the Republican nominee.
The District’s sometimes-overlooked Republican voting bloc came out in force Saturday to cast ballots for the Republican presidential nomination and to choose delegates for the GOP convention.
Kasich leads Trump by 6 points, 39 to 33 percent, in the Buckeye State in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll released early Sunday.
The same is true for Kasich, who is fighting a battle for survival in the race in Ohio. Cruz also won the sole delegate from Guam at its presidential convention.
Including superdelegates – party leaders and elected officials who can support any candidate – Clinton’s lead is even bigger: 1,231 to Sanders’ 576. Up to now, only one of them had endorsed Clinton while the others were uncommitted.
Clinton now has 766 delegates to Bernie Sanders’ 551, based on primaries and caucuses alone.
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The man who was punched has told The Associated Press that he and others went to the event as observers, not protesters.
