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Trump crushes Cruz in Indiana, presidential nomination in sight

Jim DeCamp, a former Army chaplain who is now chairman of Indiana’s Pastors’ Alliance, said: “There are things that we think of when we think of the ingredients of what made this country great and I’m looking for someone who is going to champion what made this country great”.

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FiveThirtyEight’s projections give Trump an 83 percent chance of winning the IN primary.

Cruz faces a high-stakes test of his presidential campaign in Tuesday’s primary, one of the last opportunities for the Texas senator to halt Trump’s stunning march toward the GOP nomination. Clinton holds a commanding lead over Sanders – she’s secured 91 percent of the delegates she needs to win the nomination.

Kasich, who is resting his presidential hopes on a contested GOP convention, ceded his IN campaign efforts to Cruz as part of a joint effort to block Trump’s path to the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination.

As the primary season winds down, Trump has gained more support from Republican leadership, and Trump’s spike appears to be a sign that Republicans are beginning to rally together to support the front-runner.

He spoke after Mr. Trump suggested Mr. Cruz’s father was connected to the man that killed President John F. Kennedy, the BBC reports. Though many analysts believe the race will be closer, the aide’s remarks to the AP reporter seem to show that Cruz is preparing for a loss.

Current Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen.

IN voters find themselves the next stop of a highly contested race.

Neither Clinton nor Sanders planned to spend Tuesday in Indiana.

Sen. Ted Cruz signalled that he would push the battle to the very end, meaning a batch of primaries on June 7 and then a possible floor fight at the July convention in Cleveland.

If Cruz does not get the nomination, Lake said he will reluctantly vote for Trump. Ted Cruz, during Tuesday’s presidential primary election. That could help near-term growth but Clinton is still a large favourite to win the Presidency at -340 compared to Trump at +280.

Trump has also won-over moderate Republicans and Independents.

Cruz has spent the last week in IN, but the polls in the Hoosier state opened the first week of April for early voting.

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Even if that happens – and even if it continues happening in every single state still left to vote – Clinton will still finish the campaign with a lead in pledged delegates over Sanders.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign stop Monday