The GOP’s “Rule 40(b)” requires candidates win the “support of a majority of the delegates from each of eight or more states” in order to have their named placed on the nominating ballot.
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Before the last convention, Republicans said a candidate would need a majority of delegates in at least eight states to be formally considered. But his loss in OH raises the prospect that he won’t secure enough delegates to win the nomination outright before the party’s July convention in Cleveland.
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The event was advertised as a meeting of the group Conservatives of Faith.
“If it comes down to Donald Trump and (Democratic presidential frontrunner) Hillary Clinton, I would certainly support Donald Trump as the Republican nominee”, he said.
Despite Kasich’s first win on Tuesday night, Cruz said it makes no sense for the OH governor to remain in the race.
“Mr. Trump, if you won’t debate in Utah, we’ll bring the debate to you”, said Ron Nehring, a Cruz spokesman.
“Nothing’s changed, other than the perception that this is more likely to become an open convention than we thought before”, Ryan told reporters Thursday.
As for rival Ted Cruz, the Texas senator “wouldn’t even win the Republican nomination before June 7 if he won all 756 of those delegates”, according to the report. I think his campaign’s been based on xenophobia, race baiting and religious bigotry.
Clovis also called Mitt Romney – who endorsed Trump foe Ted Cruz on Friday – and others who want to thwart Trump at the convention “a bunch of sore losers”, adding that the campaign will be ready for such a contingency if it happens.
“His excuse is silliness and it reflects his assumption that voters can’t figure out that he is not telling them the truth”, Cruz told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly.
In Florida, for instance all 99 delegates went to Trump as the victor of Tuesday’s primary, while in New Hampshire, delegates were awarded on a proportional basis.
He can’t. First off, a contested convention isn’t going to result in Kasich’s getting the nomination.
Just a handful of states will vote between now and mid-April, a reprieve for opponents.
In February, he had the same lead over second-place Marco Rubio.
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But that extraordinary scenario – in which the party would seek to override the outcome of the primaries and unite around an alternative candidate – is a long shot few in the party seem to have the stomach for.
